Police & Courts

East Hampton Town police have charged Scott A. McKallip, 56, with third-degree arson, a felony, for a December fire at East Hampton Indoor Tennis.

A 61-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested with a stolen car and metal knuckles, which are considered a weapon, in the 7-Eleven parking lot in Montauk on April 24 at about 9:50 p.m.

“A group of youths” were riding bicycles and “doing tricks” in the village, according to a woman who called police on April 26 at about noon. Police looked but could not find the kids. Bicycling is prohibited in the downtown area.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the people who burglarized a Bridgehampton house in December and made off with a number of items, including a Breguet Marine watch worth thousands of dollars. 

Surveillance video shows four people entering the house on Ocean Road at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 8. The Swiss timepiece they snatched has a serial number of 5071 and retails for between $15,000 and $35,000. The men’s watch is made of stainless steel, with Roman numerals for the hours.

A former real estate agent from East Hampton who injured a town police officer in a drunken-driving crash over Labor Day weekend pleaded guilty to several charges in Suffolk County Criminal Court on Monday and as a consequence will avoid jail time.

A woman was awakened at about 6:45 a.m. on Saturday by hearing a noise in the living room of her trailer in the Oakview Highway, East Hampton, mobile home community.

An East Hampton man was charged with menacing on April 10 after allegedly pointing a gun at a man who had been living at the same address on Cliff Drive in Bay Point, Noyac.

Andrew D. Hellman, who injured a town police officer in a drunken-driving crash over Labor Day weekend, will enter a drug treatment program.

A New Jersey man was arrested on April 2 on an a charge of drunken driving after East Hampton Town police found him sitting behind the wheel in the middle of a Montauk road.

A deer was found stuck in a fence on Madison Street on Friday morning. Police were able to free it, and it ran off.

An 18-year-old from East Hampton was charged last week with felony criminal contempt, among other charges, after town police said he disobeyed a court order in a domestic violence case.

One of the pivotal members of the Montauk drug ring broken up by police last summer is headed to state prison for six years.

East Hampton Village police spotted a motorcyclist speeding on Sunday morning, but instead of stopping, the motorcyclist took off, passing several cars, until he eventually stopped in Sagaponack.

Eddie Diaz, 31, was walking a friend’s dog on Pantigo Road last Thursday at 2 a.m. when he tied it to a tree. He then left the area and could not remember where he had tied the dog up. An officer found it in front of 61 Pantigo Road and reunited it with its owner.

Two drivers with drunken-driving records were charged with felony driving while intoxicated last weekend after police said they were caught driving at excessive speeds.

The 21-year-old Springs man accused of killing his aunt’s dog late last year may soon take a plea deal if a Suffolk County Criminal Court justice is satisfied with written material supplied during a court appearance on Friday.

A 54-year-old East Hampton woman was charged on Sunday with a felony after she allegedly assaulted her elderly mother.

A Suffolk County bus driver called police because she believed a man had followed her in a Jeep while she made routine stops between the East Hampton Village train station and Montauk on March 10 and again on March 17.

A man who reported a fire at an East Hampton house ended up being taken away in handcuffs on March 8 after police found him evasive in answering questions, according to Detective Sgt. Dan Toia.

On Tuesday, Mr. Cohen will be the moderator for the East End for Opportunity’s forum Driving in East Hampton: What You Need to Know, which will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the East Hampton Library.

East Hampton Town police arrested an apparent drunken driver in the early morning hours on Saturday in Springs. An officer saw a 2016 Ford F-250 heading south on Three Mile Harbor Road near Fort Pond Boulevard when the driver failed to signal turning left around 2:50 a.m., according to a report.

Police were called to 159 Main Street about a man urinating on the sidewalk outside a white 18-wheeler on Friday morning at about 8:15 a.m. Police noted that the East Hampton Library is at 159 Main Street, and found no sign of an 18-wheeler.

An 18-year-old East Hampton man was involved in an accident that left one man dead in Flanders Tuesday morning.

A fight that broke out inside the Point Bar and Grill in Montauk on Saturday night led to a drunken-driving arrest.

A Big Red Med Disposal Box has been placed at the East Hampton Town Police Department’s Montauk precinct on South Embassy Street.

Two patrons police described as elderly at the East Hampton Senior Citizens Center on Springs-Fireplace Road got into a fight on March 1 around 11:15 a.m. One man punched another, causing an abrasion.

Sag Harbor Village police are investigating how more than $55,000 was siphoned from accounts belonging to Sag Pizza and LT Burger.

A drunken driver hit a stop sign and an intersection sign for Spinner Lane and Floyd Street in East Hampton before driving onto a Floyd Street property and then fleeing the scene late last month.

Two men got into an argument on Sunday morning that led to a physical altercation with another man after a party at a house on Muir Boulevard.

East Hampton Town police charged a 62-year-old man with heroin possession after picking him up on arrest warrants on Feb. 25.