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Bridgehampton Vote Tuesday on $1 Million Fire Truck

The Bridgehampton Fire District is asking the public to approve a $1 million bond proposal with a vote to be held on Tuesday, but the district has come under criticism for what some people are saying is a lack of public input and transparency on the process.

Oct 19, 2015
Montauk Brothers Charged



Two Montauk brothers were arrested on drug charges late last month after police reported finding them with a large number of restricted medications.

According to East Hampton Town police, Rogelio Crespo-Agron, who is 30, had 17 oxycodone hydrochloride pills and 43 alprazolam pills in a Panadol bottle that was found in his sweatshirt pocket. Elliott Enrique Crespo-Agron, 27, allegedly had 39 oxycodone pills in a Zantac bottle and broken alprazolam pills in an Advil container.

Oct 15, 2015
On the Police Logs 10.15.15



Amagansett

Two tires on a Honda parked in a driveway on Osprey Lane were flat on Monday morning. Robert Conti called police at about 9:45 a.m. when he noticed the tires had been punctured. Police couldn’t find any other cars in the area with similar damage. Mr. Conti estimated it would cost about $400 to buy new tires.

East Hampton

On Oct. 5 a 17-year-old East Hampton High School student told a school officer, Kim Notel, that she had lost $600 in cash.

Oct 15, 2015
Queens Man Charged Under Leandra’s Law

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s task force to combat drunken driving was in East Hampton over Columbus Day weekend, resulting in seven arrests.

Oct 15, 2015
On the Police Logs 10.08.15

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Oct 8, 2015
A Quiet Week for Police



An Amagansett man was charged with aggravated drunken driving last Thursday night after crashing his 2000 Nissan into a wall off Accabonac Road.Elfido Lopez-Mendez was headed south on Collins Avenue, just inside East Hampton Town police jurisdiction, when his car drifted across the double yellow line as he turned left onto Accabonac. After making the turn, he swerved off the road, across a grassy shoulder, and into and onto a slate wall in front of a residence.

Oct 1, 2015
Filmmaker Killed in Crash



A filmmaker whose documentary “The Uncondemned” is to be shown at the Hamptons International Film Festival was killed in a one-car crash early last Thursday morning. Nicholas J. Louvel, 34, was traveling north on Route 114 when his vehicle crossed into the southbound lane, left the road, and struck several trees.

Mr. Louvel, who lived in New York City and Wainscott, was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Oct 1, 2015
Helicopter Rescue



The Coast Guard on Friday came to the aid of a man who was experiencing chest pains and numbness and tingling in his left arm while aboard a cable-laying vessel off the coast of Montauk.

Shortly before 9 a.m., according to a Coast Guard statement, watchstanders with the Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received notification from the vessel, called the Decisive, that a man was in need of medical assistance.

Oct 1, 2015
On the Police Logs 10.01.15



East Hampton

Terry Wallace of the Wallace Gallery received a call from police early on Sept. 21, after they discovered a shattered window on his shop, which is on an alley between Main Street and the Reutershan parking lot. The gallery features classic American artwork, as well as works by local artists. Mr. Wallace checked and reported nothing missing.

Police were called to the area near the jetty at Georgica Beach last Thursday afternoon due to a complaint about vehicles on the beach. Police arrived as several surfers were leaving in four-by-four vehicles.

Oct 1, 2015
D.W.I.s Keep Police Busy

A local tennis pro was arrested on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge Tuesday morning for the fourth time in the past three years. Two of the prior cases are pending in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court.

Kiril P. Tcherveniachki, whose LinkedIn page describes him as the director of tennis with Annacone Tennis Management, was first arrested in East Hampton during a sweep in 2012. His lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., negotiated a reduced charge for him at the violation level.

On April 22, 2014, Sag Harbor police allegedly found Mr.

Sep 24, 2015
On the Police Logs 09.24.15

Amagansett

Andrew Sabin of Bluff Road called police last Thursday to complain that he had received an anonymous letter with a copy of an article about him that appeared in The New York Post on Aug. 30, featuring the anti-Hillary Clinton signs that he had reported stolen from his front lawn. Mr. Sabin told police he wanted the anonymous-letter incident documented.

East Hampton

Joseph Martin, a Queens Lane resident, told police that at some point on Sept.

Sep 24, 2015
Police Impound Yard Is Hit

A man who was a resident of Phoenix House, the drug treatment center on Industrial Road in East Hampton, was arrested after allegedly breaking into the East Hampton Town police car impound yard.

Sep 24, 2015
Former Anchor Is Charged

Felicia R. Taylor, a former CNN anchorwoman, was arrested after an accident in Sag Harbor Village on Sept. 4.

Sep 17, 2015
Gay Lane Bike-Car Crash

A bicyclist was struck by a car that was trying to make a left into the parking lot near CVS pharmacy in East Hampton Village on Sunday afternoon.

Sep 17, 2015
On the Police Logs 09.17.15

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Sep 17, 2015
Parade Road Closures

Drivers should be aware that there will be some road closures to accommodate the Springs Fire Department’s 50th anniversary parade on Saturday.

Sep 17, 2015
Busy Holiday Weekend

For local police, the Labor Day weekend climaxed a hectic summer on and off the roads, with 14 people arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on charges of driving while intoxicated.

Sep 10, 2015
Injured In Pool Dive

A visitor to Amagansett was said to have suffered a spinal injury when he dived into a pool at the start of Labor Day weekend.

Sep 10, 2015
New Sag Harbor Sergeant

The Sag Harbor Village Police Department, once again, has two sergeants in the ranks. Robert F. Drake, a full-time village police officer for 14 years, was newly minted at a village board meeting on Tuesday evening.

Sep 10, 2015
On the Police Logs 09.10.15

Amagansett

Andy Sabin told police last week that two yard signs reading “Hillary for Prison” were yanked up on Aug. 25 from in front of his Bluff Road house.

East Hampton Village

Police were called to Winston’s Restaurant on Aug. 31 on a report of a knife fight. Two men were arguing, a witness told police, then exchanged blows. One of them was overheard saying he was going to get a knife from his car. Police tried to calm that man down, but ended up handcuffing him.

Sep 10, 2015
Also on the Logs 09.03.15

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Sep 3, 2015
Caught in Triangle Pose

The East Hampton Town Ordinance Enforcement Department served the Surf Lodge in Montauk with citations on Aug. 25 for an illegal change of use and a site plan violation, both stemming from the use of the outdoor deck, which has never received site plan approval, as a pop-up yoga studio, according to Betsy Bambrick, the town’s director of code enforcement.

Sep 3, 2015
Crimes in the Workplace

Three local men charged in separate incidents with workplace-related crimes were arraigned recently in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

Sep 3, 2015
Day Care Providers Arrested

Two women who were supposed to be taking care of infants while their parents worked instead were force-feeding, pushing, and slamming the children down onto the floor, according to Southampton Town police.

Sep 3, 2015
Driver Charged in Fatal Crash

Sean P. Ludwick, a former partner in BlackHouse Development, a New York City real estate firm, was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning.

Aug 30, 2015
On the Police Logs 08.27.15

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Aug 27, 2015
Summer Is Ending, but Arrests Continue

Jose M. Chuchuca-Loja, 37, an East Hampton Village resident, was driving a 1995 Toyota Celica, police said, when he struck another car at the intersection of Newtown Lane and Main Street and drove away. A Carlos Taxi driver, who saw what happened, called police and then followed the Toyota to the 23-hour parking lot near Lumber Lane.

East Hampton Village police said the car was not hard to find because it had front-end damage, a broken axle, and smoke coming from the engine. Police said they found Mr. Chuchuca-Loja running away from the car.

Aug 27, 2015
Those Were Not Your Houses

At about 4:30 Friday morning, a man who was renting a house for the weekend forced his way into a house elsewhere in Montauk.

Aug 27, 2015
On the Police Logs 08.20.15

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Aug 20, 2015
Seen on Surveillance Video

A sharp-eyed officer recognized the teenager as the man who was seen four nights before, in a surveillance video outside Plaza Sports on Montauk Main Street, stealing a Nickel skateboard.

Aug 20, 2015