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EAST HAMPTON — Braulio Camillo Padilla Romero, 35, of East Hampton was charged by East Hampton Town Police with felony assault in the second-degree late in the afternoon of October 9. Police said that on the previous afternoon, Padilla Romero had struck a teenager with a “long wooden stick wrapped in brown leather multiple times on his legs and arms.” “The actions of the defendant resulted in welts and bruises to the victim’s legs and arms, causing substantial pain and swelling,” the criminal complaint reads. He was held overnight and was arraigned last Thursday morning. East Hampton Town Justice David Filer set bail at $5,000, which has since been posted.
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — Police visited a Lee Avenue property the afternoon of October 9 after its owner, whose main residence is in Manhattan, reported that he had seen someone, a male whose description he could not give, run across his property. The owner said that the only way to enter the property is through a gated entrance, by entering a passcode. Police walked the property and checked the basement, but found nothing suspicious.
MONTAUK — Town Police are investigating the theft of an Ubco electric bike, white in color, parked by the swimming pool at the Montauk Yacht Club back in July. The bike was valued at $6,000 by its owner, a Montauk resident. The owner had loaned the bike to a Bridgehampton man who had his boat docked at the yacht club. The bike had been parked by the Bridgehampton man by the swimming pool on the north side of the yacht club property and was stolen at some point between July 5 and 7. The incident itself was reported on August 13. Another Montauk resident told police that he had seen someone on a similar e-bike by Saint Therese Catholic Church on South Essex Street on August 10 in the late afternoon. Police are investigating.
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — A village resident called police on Sunday afternoon, reporting suspicious activity in the area of Pudding Hill Lane and Georgica Road. The caller told police that she had seen four juveniles hit a metal street sign, causing a loud bang, and wasn’t sure what else they had done in the area. Police canvassed the area but could not locate any juveniles. “Negative property was damaged in the area,” the report concludes.
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — Police received a report Monday afternoon that the front door on a Stratton Square residence was wide open. An officer was sent to the house, where the current renter and occupant told the officer that her husband must’ve left the door open. “Everything appeared normal,” the report concludes.
