East Hampton Police Reports for the Week of August 17
Staff Writer on Aug 21, 2023
MONTAUK — A South Elmwood Avenue resident went to the Town Police substation on July 22 to report that around 1 a.m. he was sideswiped by someone driving a blue... more
EAST HAMPTON — Town Police are investigating what appears to have been a fire possibly started by an explosion of fireworks in a mailbox on Coronet Lane. A postal delivery person alerted police to the vandalism on November 18. She said that the last time she had visited the box with mail was about 24 hours earlier. Police spoke with the homeowner who said that he had no idea who would’ve done such a thing. Photographs were taken of the mailbox as well as of partially burned envelopes, a burned package, and what appears to be an exploded firework and ...
29 Nov 2023 by Staff Writer
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — The Queens duo arrested by East Hampton Village Police on November 10, accused of shoplifting tens of thousands of dollars worth of handbags and purses from the Balenciaga store on Newtown Lane, have both been indicted by a grand jury in Riverside, according to court records. Lilliana Varela Garcia, 41, of Corona remains in custody in Suffolk County’s correctional facility in Yaphank. Varela Garcia’s not eligible to be released on bail until she is arraigned in County Court because she has two prior felony convictions. She’s scheduled to be arraigned November 22 in the Riverside courtroom ...
23 Nov 2023 by Staff Writer
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — An officer was dispatched to the Main Beach parking lot last Thursday evening. Village Police had received a report that a couple were performing lewd acts in a Nissan Rogue. The officer found the car. The male in the Rogue explained that he was watching a movie on the woman’s cellphone. “Negative problem,” the report concludes. MONTAUK — On September 24, a man described as being in his early 30s with a beard went to a restaurant on Westlake Drive. The man sat down and had dinner. When it came time to pay the check, which ...
16 Nov 2023 by Staff Writer
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — Village Police received a report of an erratic driver on Newtown Lane headed south from Stratton Square. The caller said that the four-door Toyota in question had turned into the Reutershan parking lot. An officer was dispatched to that location and located the car. The driver, a youth, the officer reported, did not have a driver’s license or even a learner’s permit. The officer issued a summons for unlicensed driving. The driver’s guardian was called and came to the parking lot, then drove the vehicle home with the defendant. EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — Jay Bailey Smith, ...
9 Nov 2023 by Staff Writer
SPRINGS — On Friday afternoon, Town Police were called to an Olive Street residence. The homeowner told police that a suspicious man had been seen the previous evening bicycling on the driveway of the property. The homeowner said that nothing had been taken or damaged on the property, but that the bicyclist should not return. Police were able to track the man down, who told them he was just “riding his bike around the neighborhood,” the report reads. Police warned him not to return to the property, or he could face a trespass charge. SPRINGS — Town Police released a ...
2 Nov 2023 by Staff Writer
SPRINGS — Jamie Villa-Villa, 44, was charged Saturday night with criminal contempt of a court order, a felony, along with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, by East Hampton Town Police. Police said he violated a “refrain from” order of protection issued in family court earlier this year when he shoved the protected party in front of a child. Criminal contempt in the first degree is a bailable offense, requiring the judge in the case to consider setting bail. On Sunday morning, during Villa-Villa’s virtual arraignment, the district attorney’s office asked that bail be set at $1,000, claiming ...
30 Oct 2023 by Staff Writer
SPRINGS — Town Police responded to a reported disturbance on Poplar Street at about 3 o’clock in the morning on October 9. Two coworkers went out for a night of drinking after work at a popular Springs bar before making their way to the home of one of the two. There, they got into a drunken dispute, which eventually turned into a physical confrontation. Both had minor lacerations but refused medical attention. Interviewing one of the two proved too difficult, police reported, due to the level of drunkenness. Neither wanted to press charges, calling it “a stupid fight.” AMAGANSETT — ...
20 Oct 2023 by Staff Writer
EAST HAMPTON — An East Hampton woman told police earlier this month that she had received a call from someone who claimed to be calling from Social Security about her account. The caller asked for her Social Security number, which she provided. After doing so, she went to her bank and changed her bank account number. No funds had been withdrawn, but Town Police warned her to watch her accounts, and report the matter to identitytheft.gov. MONTAUK — The owner of a popular Montauk bar and eatery on Main Street told Town Police last Friday afternoon that four men had ...
12 Oct 2023 by Staff Writer
EAST HAMPTON — A Riverhead man who, East Hampton Town Justice Court was told during his video arraignment Sunday morning, is moving this week to Springs, was charged with two felonies, after a domestic dispute, police said. According to East Hampton Town Police, Jose T. Galos-Galos, 28, struck a woman, smashed her cellphone, and vandalized her car. An order of protection was issued for the woman during the video arraignment by Town Justice Steven Tekulsky. EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — At least three businesses in the Newtown Lane - Main Street area reported receiving counterfeit $100 bills this past week. EAST ...
6 Oct 2023 by Staff Writer
Staff Writer on Aug 21, 2023