Police & Courts

Public safety dispatchers were inundated with calls around the time of the accident on Route 114 in East Hampton on April 16, but handled the situation with aplomb, East Hampton Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen said yesterday.

“It was incredible the amount of calls that came in during that short period of time,” said Chief Larsen, who is in charge of East Hampton Village Emergency Communications, which handles calls for the East Hampton Village and Sag Harbor Village Police Departments, five of the six fire departments that serve the Town of East Hampton, and two addi

Police detectives are taking the lead on a suspicious fire that destroyed an Amagansett house and threatened neighboring houses in the early morning hours last Thursday.

East Hampton Town Police Capt.

More than a week after a serious three-car accident on Route 114 in East Hampton, police are still looking for witnesses to help them figure out what happened.

The drivers of a Subaru Forester and a Chevrolet utility truck that collided head-on just north of Stephen Hand’s Path on April 16 were both airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, but their injuries were not believed to be life threatening, according to East Hampton Town police.

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A vandal tried to pry open the door to a gas cap on a Nissan parked behind the Hudson City Savings Bank on North Main Street earlier this month. Ana Stuckart told police the damage would cost about $150 to repair.

A chimney fire on Cosdrew Lane brought out the East Hampton Fire Department Friday morning. According to Dave Browne, the town’s chief fire marshal, squirrels had gotten into the chimney, which appeared to have been poorly installed, further compromising its integrity and leading to the fire. Mr.

An East Hampton man who has been in and out of prison for most of his adult life may be headed back again.

Two elderly drivers were involved in car crashes in the past eight days, both of which happened at the Red Horse Plaza in East Hampton Villag

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The scammer posing as a PSEG bill collector in calls to several local businesses was turned away by an alert businessman last Thursday. Vincent Balcuns of Balcuns Service Center on Main Street received a call telling him his electric bill was overdue. Mr. Balcuns stated that his account was paid up to date, and called PSEG, which confirmed it was a scam.

A vandal using black spray paint has caused $1,000 worth of damage to the interior of the Coast Guard and Life Saving Station on Atlantic Avenue, which is currently under interior renovation.

Robert Wood’s problems at home and at work became intertwined long ago, and now the former East Hampton Town police sergeant has documented them in a $10 million suit filed against the town, the village, and their top brass in United States District Court in Central Islip on Oct. 15.

The claim, which includes a charge against East Hampton Village of false arrest, accuses both police departments of violating his constitutional rights to speak freely and associate freely with his wife.

The Fourth of July fireworks display in Montauk was shut down about 15 minutes after it started on Monday thanks to what may have been a defective shell.

"It was closed down because there was an explosion that was not part of the show," said James Dunlop, East Hampton Town's senior fire marshal. Mr. Dunlop, who was in charge of safety, stopped the display a little more than halfway through to prevent further explosions caused by the ensuing sparks.