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SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A Sag Harbor resident contacted police in the early morning hours of July 15 after receiving an ominous phone call that was apparently part of a scam. The man answered the phone a little after midnight because his sister’s ID came up as the caller. But the person on the other end was not a sister. Instead, a male voice told the village resident that he was holding his sister and demanded money. The resident told police that he knew his sister was in Thailand, and immediately reached out to her, but did not hear back via either text or call. However, later, the police report says, the man’s sister did contact him and told him that she was safe and on her way home.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A woman who had been staying on a Howard Street property came to police headquarters a little after midnight on July 15 to report that there was a suspicious person in the property’s pool house. The woman said she’s been staying in the house, while she was babysitting for the homeowners the week before. She told police that she was planning on taking the Jitney to the city, but missed her bus. When she returned to the house, she discovered someone in the pool house where she had been staying. Investigating officers learned that someone was actually another babysitter, who said she had been employed by the homeowners for the coming week.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police came upon a man sleeping on stairs in the area of Wharf and Bay streets in the early morning of July 15. An officer woke the man reporting that the man appeared quite intoxicated. The man was unsure of how he wound up where he was found sleeping and said that he worked as a mate on a yacht docked nearby. Police were able to reach another employee who worked on the yacht in question, and then transported the intoxicated mate to the local yacht club where the boat was docked.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A 43-meter-long yacht docked in a Sag Harbor marina received some unwelcome visitors Sunday evening. Village Police checking on the trespassing complaint they received found that a group of juveniles had boarded the vessel. When confronted the juveniles said that it was “stupid,” and “We shouldn’t have done it.” They admitted, the report says, to eating on the boat and taking selfies with each other. The owner of the yacht told police there was no damage and he would not press charges but wanted the youths off the yacht and warned not to come back. Police contacted the youths’ parents and told them what had gone on, and the juveniles were sent on their way.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police were briefly involved in a dispute between the seller and buyer of a sailboat on West Water Street. The buyer told police that the price had been agreed upon as $10,000 and that he was to get some extra sails included. The seller said that he wanted another $2,000 for the extra sails. Police explained that this was a civil matter and they had to handle it through the courts.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A woman who is having a house built on Lincoln Street told Village Police on Monday afternoon that a truck pulled onto her property and dumped debris, then left. She took a photograph of the truck, the report says. It was from a different contractor than the one that she was using. Her contractor confirmed he was unaware of who had dumped debris on the property.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police responded to a complaint about landscaping noise late Saturday morning at a Bluff Road house. When police arrived at the address, they reported finding landscaping work going on. They spoke to the man in charge, who told them that the homeowner had told him that it was OK to work on Saturday, as long as it was not too early. Police spoke with the homeowner as well as the man in charge of the landscaping crew and explained that they would be in violation of village code, which prohibits such work on Saturdays, if the work continued. Though neither homeowner nor worker were particularly happy to hear this, said police, they agreed to stop work for the day and said that work would pick up again on Monday.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — On Friday night, a little before 10 p.m. Village Police received a noise complaint about loud music coming from a Long Island Avenue residence. An officer visited the house, confirming that there was loud music being played and spoke to the homeowner who agreed to turn the music down. One hour later, a different caller made the same complaint about the same residence. This time an officer told the owner that he would have to issue him a summons for violating the village’s code regarding noise at night if he did not turn the music off. The music was turned off.
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Police received a complaint of loud music being played in a bistro on Main Street well after midnight Sunday. The officer dispatched to the scene reported finding several people standing outside the bar, but added that there was no loud music being played.
