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SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police arrested Anthony Colonia, 29, of Shirley this past week on a felony charge of grand larceny in the third degree. According to police, back in February, a Northwest Woods resident reported that she had paid Colonia, who was doing business as Pristine Painting Inc, via check, $5,800 as a down payment to paint the interior and exterior of her property. The check was handed to Colonia by the homeowner, police said, in Sag Harbor Village, making the alleged crime that department’s responsibility. However, the owner of the Northwest Woods house told detectives that while Colonia had cashed the check, he had failed to do the work promised, despite her reaching out to him multiple times. Police said Colonia promised to start work on a specific date, then continually rescheduled that start date. Starting in the beginning of March, Colonia stopped responding to the homeowner’s text messages and calls entirely, police said. After an investigation by police and detectives, an arrest warrant was issued for Colonia, which was executed on Friday, when Colonia was arraigned. He was released without having to post bail and is due back in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court on January 24.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A process server visiting a Denson Road residence in order to serve the tenants papers reported back to the attorney who had hired him that, while he was unsuccessful at serving the documents, he noticed that the back door was damaged. The attorney involved alerted police, who checked the residence and spoke with the tenant. The tenant said that the glass door on the back of the house had no stopper on it, and that the wind had blown it open the day before and shattered the glass.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A Sag Harbor resident reported to police December 4 that she had been an almost-victim to an attempted scam. The woman said that her vehicle had been stolen previously in Las Vegas, and that several pieces of ID, including credit cards and an expired driver’s license, were inside the vehicle. Someone then took her card and license information and tried to purchase a Mercedes-Benz. The transaction was denied. The woman said the incident occurred while she was in Sag Harbor, and asked Sag Harbor Village Police to document the situation which they did.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police received a complaint Saturday morning about a property on Division Street, where, the caller said, there was construction going on, contrary to village code. An officer visited the property and spoke with the foreman of a framing company working on the site, who told the officer he was not aware that such work was prohibited under village code on weekends. The crew stopped working, packed up, and with the officer still present, left the scene. No further action was taken.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — On Sunday afternoon, an officer responded to a report of a driver being locked out of a car, which was parked on Main Street, with the keys, as well as the car owner’s dog, inside. It appeared that the dog had jumped on the lock button on the door. The officer was successful in gaining entrance to the car and reuniting dog and owner.
