| Issue #50, March 23, 2007 |
Blotter
Drug Ring
Agents from the State Drug Enforcement Agency and the Attorney General’s office arrested a doctor from Amagansett after he was found to have prescribed an unusually large amount of narcotics – nearly 30,000 pills a day – to his patients. He was also prescribing 60,000 pills of Viagra a day, which was described as “normal for the Hamptons” by authorities.
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Fake Bill
A fake $50 bill turned up in Southampton last week. A sharp-eyed bank employee detected the bill after noticing that it didn’t look right. The Secret Service was called, as they usually handle these types of crimes. The bank employee was tipped off when he noticed Bugs Bunny on the face of the bill.
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Candle Fire
A woman lit a candle on top of her stove in East Hampton and then forgot that she had lit it. The candle caused a fire, which the woman managed to put out before the fire department arrived. Exactly why anyone would light a candle above a stove is still a mystery.
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Another Fire
A woman in East Hampton called police after smoke started pouring out of her fireplace and into her house. The fire department showed up and inspected her fireplace and then determined that the woman had a broken chimney elbow. Soon after, the woman remembered that her fireplace had told her that it had hit its funny bone pretty hard that week.
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Bad Driver
An erratic driver was driving along Route 27 in East Hampton last week. Police caught up with the driver, who explained that he was just sightseeing and that he was driving poorly because he was not familiar with the area. Police advised him to sightsee the road, unless he wanted to sightsee an East Hampton driving ticket.
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Intoxicated Man
A man, who he appeared to be highly intoxicated, was approached by Sag Harbor police. The police found a bottle of Vodka hidden underneath a paper bag, and took the Vodka and the man’s keys. He then went from highly intoxicated to highly hung over.
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Naked Driver
A man in Hampton Bays was pulled over by police after they noticed that he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. When the officers approached him, they noticed that he wasn’t wearing any clothes, either. The man tried to explain to police that he was operating the vehicle while naked on a dare and that he forgot to put on his seatbelt. Police asked the man to cover himself, drive home and put on some clothes. They also told him to be careful not to get anything caught when he put on his seatbelt.
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Shelter Island
A man on Shelter Island called police after he heard gunfire outside of his home. Police investigated the incident and found that the gunshot came from hunters, who had all of their licenses in order. The hunters agreed to try to keep it down.
– Written and Compiled by David Lion Rattiner
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