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By Kitty Merrill
I t s not l i ke we have an
unidentified, random shooter out
there. That was the information
East Hampton Town Police Detective
Lieutenant Chris Anderson wanted
to impart Monday morning.
He didnt want to impart much
else about the shooting that took
place last Thursday night. Not the
name of the shooter, though that
is known to police. Not the type of
gun used, nor the circumstances
surrounding the incident, which
some sources said looks to be an
accident. Not the precise location
of the shooting, other than the
address on Springs Fireplace Road in
East Hampton. Not the name of the
woman who led four police agencies
on a high sped chase along Montauk
Highway as she raced the victim, 20
year old Frederic Stephens Jr., to the
emergency room at Southampton
Hospital.
Cops would say Stephens suffered
a single gunshot wound to the
right arm and was transferred from
Shooting Still Under
Investigation
Independent / James J. Mackin
The scene on Springs Fireplace Road of Thursday nights shooting as of Friday afternoon.
Southampton to University Hospital
at Stony Brook where he underwent
surgery. Like the unnamed suspect,
the victim is said to have retained
legal representation.
East Hampton Village Police,
who arrested the driver, were
also remaining mum regarding
the womans identity, so as not to
impede the towns investigation,
they said.
On Monday Detective Lieutenant
Anthony Long gave a blow-by-
blow account of the village PDs
involvement in the drama.
It was around 8:30 on Thursday
night when an officer noticed a
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11:00AM prevailing time in the Amagansett Elementary School, 320 Main Street, Amagansett, New
York, 11930, and at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud.
The Contract Documents may be examined at the Office of the Architect, Burton, Behrendt, and Smith,
244 East Main Street, Patchogue, New York, (631) 475-0349, between 9:00AM - 4:00PM Monday
through Friday beginning on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 and may be obtained upon a deposit of One
Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the Am-
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whose check will be applied toward the printing allowance.
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days of the date of opening proposals. Bids shall be subject, however, to the discretionary right reserved
by the School District to waive any informalities in, accept or reject any alternatives, reject any propos-
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thereby be promoted.
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The Domino Effect has begun.
As exclusively predicted in The
Independents May 16 cover story,
Can Of Worms the repercussions
of the recent Southampton Town
Police department scandal have
begun.
After Lt. James Kiernan was
suspended by the Southampton
Repercussions Begin
Town Board The Independent
learned that one of the complaints
against him was that he let a police
officer, Eric Sickles, work though he
was allegedly hooked on drugs. Both
men worked in the departments
undercover drug unit.
Town Supervisor Anna Throne
Holst said town officials and the
DAs office were worried tainted
arrests were made, and that
convictions could be overturned. It
didnt take long.
In a press release Friday Suffolk
County District Attorney Thomas
Spota announced two prisoners
have already been set free from jail.
Spota wrote:
Recently the District Attorneys
Office came into possession of
i nformati on that affects the
credibility of a Southampton Town
police officer who was assigned to
the now disbanded Street Crime
Unit. As a result two defendants
charged with felony narcotics
offenses had their convictions
vacated on consent of this Office and
their indictments were dismissed.
They will be released from prison.
Spota said as many as 100 arrests
made by the Street Crime Unit were
being reviewed. He did not mention
Sickles by name nor has Sickles
been charged with any wrongdoing.
According to Throne-Holst and
others close to the town hall scene,
when incoming Chief William
Wilson came on board last year,
he became aware that Sickles was
using drugs and asked the DAs
office to investigate. Sickles was
sent to a rehab facility and has not
returned to active duty.
Our revi ew conti nues of
both pending and closed cases to
determine what, if any additional
action is necessary. It is anticipated
that other cases involving this Unit
will be dismissed, Spota said.
The deci si on t o r el ease
convicted drug dealers back into
the communi ty under these
circumstances is not undertaken
lightly and is made free from
political consideration or favor
contrary to recent assertions made
by former town and police officials.
Rather, we are duty bound under
the law to take this action. The
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cancer-kicking going down as Sensei
Michelle Del Giorno of Epic Martial
Arts-EAST in Sag Harbor, and her
karate students front, side and
roundhouse kick cancer out of the
water in two upcoming community
events.
The students will hold a Kick A
Thon on Friday at 5 PM, to raise
funding for Team Tarlow in a Swim
Across America event the following
weekend.
This project is an example of how
the children of our community can
make a difference by participating
in acts of kindness, says Sensei
Michelle. We are teaching our
young children that they can
be leaders in our community.
Our students learn the value of
helping others by raising awareness
and donations to fight cancer.
Community service is an important
part of the students black belt
training.
On Saturday, Jul y 7, Team
Tarlow will stroke its way through
Hamptons Open-Water Swim in
Gardiners Bay in Amagansett.
Wendy Tarlow, a parent of one of
Epic Martial Arts youngest students
has been courageously fighting her
battle with Follicular Non-Hodgkins
Lymphoma.
I heard about this Hamptons
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chemotherapy treatment in 2010,
said Tarlow in a release announcing
the Kick A Thon. I had no idea this
was a national organization that
had events all over the country
with most of their proceeds going
directly to cancer research. This
swim is dedicated to Wendy.
Participants in the Kick A Thon
are hoping to complete 10,000
kicks with a pledge goal of $1500.
The event will take place at the
Epic Martial Arts-EAST studio,
where students ages three to 12
will combine their kicks to reach
their goal.
According to its website, Swim
Across America is helping to find a
cure for cancer through athleticism,
community outreach and direct
service. SAA has just celebrated its
25th anniversary, and has raised $40
million with events held in pools,
ponds, and lakes across the country.
The organization is dedicated to
raising money and awareness for
cancer research, prevention and
treatment through swimming-
related events. Team Tarlow has
participated all three years SAA
has joined with the East Hampton
Volunteer Ocean Rescue Squad for
the annual Hamptons Swim to
Fight Cancer.
Kai Fetzer, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
instructor for Epic Martial Arts, will
represent the students as he swims
a half-mile in open water for Team
Tarlow. The swim is in memory of
Alex Koehne, a young Sag Harbor
resident who passed away from
cancer in 2007.
To sponsor a student, donations
for the Kick A Thon can be made
at Epic Martial Arts-EAST, 75
Main Street in Sag Harbor, or to
Swim Across America at www.
teamtarlowsaa.com. For more
information on both events, call
Sensei Michelle at 631-725-5425.
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By Kitty Merrill
Its not exactly the toke of the
town, but the use of synthetic
marijuana has surged since it was
first introduced as herbal incense
about five years ago. Sounds all
hippy dippy and healthy, right?
Wrong.
L a s t y e a r , a c c o r di ng t o
Assemblyman Fred Thiele, there
were almost 7000 calls to poison
control centers concerning exposure
to the bogus boo. Heads who overdid
it wound up with hallucinations,
paranoia, rapid heartbeat, high
blood pressure, violent behavior and
even death.
Physical signs of use include
increased agitation, pale skin,
seizures, vomiting, profuse sweating
and uncontrolled body movements.
Synthetic cannabinoids aren t
detectable by common drug tests,
making them easier to abuse.
Sold by brand names including
Spice or K2, the ersatz ace looks
more like potpourri than a classic
i ncens e pyr ami d. Synt het i c
cannabinoids known as JWH-018
or JWH-073, featuring ten times
the strength of THC, the active
ingredient in natural marijuana,
are sprayed onto the potpourri.
Chemical manufacturing of the
Criminalize Knock Off Chronic?
synthetic sensimillion created an
enhanced blaze effect that results
in, according to Thiele, a dangerous
and addictive drug.
Websites that sell K2 and Spice
often carry the warning not for
human consumption, which has
allowed them to skirt government
regulation.
But not for long.
Last week Thiele announced the
state assembly passed legislation
adding synthetic cannabinoids
to the controlled substances list,
effectively banning their sale and
possession. Possession with intent
to sell could carry a jail sentence of
up to seven years.
The use of synthetic marijuana
is a dangerous trend that is rapidly
growing, especially among our
teenagers and young adults,
Thiele pointed out. By making
these substances illegal, we can
crack down on its distribution and
protect East End teens.
Since it was available in head
shops, convenience stores, and
online, and legal, phony funk was
becoming a drug of choice among
many teens, he continued. In the
past year alone, one in nine high
school students have used synthetic
marijuana. This legislation will help
keep these drugs out of vulnerable
hands, as using them can have
serious and fatal consequences.
Two years ago, county lawmakers
voted to ban the sale of knock-off
chronic to minors. Its banned in
Kansas, North Dakota, and Missouri,
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By Rick Murphy
RICKS SPACE
I know a hell of a lot about horses
my old man used to take me to
the track but Ive only ridden one.
It happened during my hippie
years, probably around 1972 or so.
A bunch of us went to Oklahoma,
where we saw an advertisement: $20
to ride all day on a 40,000 acre piece
of wilderness; bring your own lunch.
At this point I should point
out I think it was Oklahoma. My
buddy swears to this day we were
in Texas. Another one swears it was
Mississippi. When you consider we
A Horses Arse
werent sure if we lived on Earth or
Mars or Pluto, any one of us could
be right. Or maybe none of us are.
I had an Afro that soared to the
sky a la Jimi Hendrix. Two of the
guys had ponytails. One guy had
purple shoes you get the picture.
Them ol boys saw us coming.
Give Killer to that one with the
Afro, I could hear one of them
say, spitting out tobacco juice with
every other word. Later I found out
he was Tex.
There were six of us we
mounted up and the guide gave us
a map thats the last we saw of
him. Killer took off like a bat out
of hell and within minutes I was
completely lost. Then my saddle
started slipping. Slim must have
forgotten to fasten it properly.
Slim told us never let go of the
reins, and I didnt. Killer, though,
could have broken free anytime he
wanted. I realized hed played this
game many times before. He knew a
tenderfoot when he met one. No, he
wasnt going to run away but he
wasnt letting me on his back, either.
We walked and we talked. Well,
I talked, anyway. He snorted. I kept
looking for the Watering Hole
which appeared on the map but
the truth was I was lost. (Maybe I
was a little stoned, too who can
remember 1972, anyway?)
I would say clever things like,
Please let me back up, and Where
the f**k are we, anyway?
Finally I couldnt hold out any
longer and I took out my cream
cheese and jelly sandwich, my only
sustenance for the long day ahead.
I took a bite, and he snorted.
Want a bite? I asked.
He gulped down the whole
freaking thing.
Now it was just Killer, the blazing
sun, and me.
We walked for hours. We came
to a wooded area. I found a stream.
Killer drank. I drank. Killer peed.
I peed.
I tried to sing to him, but that
didnt go over well. (It never does.)
Finally I tried talking to him
like a cowboy. I reckon the sun be
setting soon, I said. Best we head
back to camp down yonder. This
went on for a while.
Fi nal l y, ar ound 4: 20, he
inexplicitly allowed me to get on
board, and he took off. At first I was
scared, but soon the sheer elation
of whipping through the wind on
this magnificent beast overtook
my senses.
After what seemed like 15
minutes we rounded a bend and
there were the stables. But it wasnt
over yet. A string of barbed wire
was stretched over several hundred
yards. Killer decided to race parallel
to it, inches from the fence -- where
my leg was. My frantic shouts of
Whoa did nothing to slow him
down. My jeans started getting
snagged. I almost fell off, but
mercifully, the horse came to a dead
stop by his barn.
I dismounted hastily, still wobbly.
Tex and the boys ambled over
with stupid grins on their faces.
Howd it go? one asked, giggling.
Great, I said. Once he learned
who the boss man was. I put
him through his paces. Had him
cantering. Jumped a few fences.
Killer? Huh! Ya shoulda called him
Pansy, boys. Now if youll excuse me,
I reckon I gotta bang some shoes for
this big boy before dinner. Whats
it gonna be, stew or stew?
With that I sauntered to the
parking lot and our Volkswagen
van.
We spent the ride home bragging
about our horseback riding expertise
until one by one the truth came
out. OK, several of us were crying
out there when it finally dawned
on us that we might die in the
wilderness. I still see the headline
in my dreams: Body Of Lost Hippie
Found In Oklahoma Gorge. (Or was
it Mississippi?)
I never went horseback riding
again, but I still have bowed legs.
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Southampton Police Scandal
One has only to observe the speed of the District
Attorneys action to realize how serious the Southampton
Town Police scandal really is.
First a Grand Jury was convened within days after the
revelation that a town cop working undercover in the Street
Crime Unit had been allowed to work while addicted to drugs.
Friday Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota
announced an almost unheard of move: two convicted drug
dealers were summarily released from jail and put back on
the street, their arrests apparently tainted by the rogue cop.
Worse, Spota said 100 other cases are under review.
The former police chief said its all political, but the
DA doesnt put convicted criminals on the street to make
a political statement. If truth be told everyone concerned
tried to keep a lid on this thing, and with good reason
-- the magnitude of this situation is enormous. Lawsuits
will undoubtedly fy, suits that could cost taxpayers untold
millions. Heads are going to roll. Arrests are going to be
made count on it.
The timing, of course, couldnt be worse, because the
Southampton Town Police are entering a very busy season,
and we need them to keep the peace, not be subjected to
suspicion and innuendo. Lets not forget there are a lot of
good cops out there working hard to serve us.
Southampton Town Board members, including the town
supervisor, must step up and put politics aside. There is no
room for fnger pointing or posturing. It really doesnt matter
who did what in the early stages of the scandal, whos on
the side of the new police chief and who isnt. We need our
leaders to and lead during a crisis like this, and it starts
with the truth, and nothing but the truth. The process must
include candor it must play out in public, warts and all.
The people who ultimately have to pay for this mess
deserve at least that much.
Apologies
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the Max Cure Foundation,
Inc., a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) charity, I placed ads in
the local newspapers for the Memorial Day
weekend editions that contained signifcant
errors.
Max Cure is having three fundraisers
this summer in the Hamptons, including the
revival at the Duke home in East Hampton
on July 21st of what used to be an annual
gathering to watch the freworks display. I
am Vice Chairman of Max Cure, a pediatric
cancer foundation. The net proceeds from
the event on July 21st will beneft not only
Max Cure but also the foundation started by
Ms. Duke known as Fundacion Amistad. Max
Cures share of the proceeds will be used
to further its mission to fund research for
pediatric cancers and to provide fnancial
assistance to low income families battling
cancer in their children.
The latter effort was launched in No-
vember, 2011, and will shortly include over
30 families in New York City, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Louisiana, California, Minne-
sota, Florida and on Long Island. Max Cure
was formed by my family in December 2008
following my grandson Maxs diagnosis
of cancer (he is now in remission). Our
foundation has made a difference, and will
continue to make a difference, as it fulflls
its mission.
The ads that were placed in the local
papers for Memorial Day weekend, I am
embarrassed to say, were unintentionally
misleading and untrue. There could be no
other interpretation other than Max Cure
was representing it was paying for the
freworks being provided by Grucci. Max
Cure has nothing to do with the freworks.
I since learned they are being pro-
vided by The Clamshell Foundation, a local
charity. I take full responsibility for the
misinformation in the ads. When I learned
on Thursday, May 24th, that the ads were
erroneous, I reached out to Ross Perchik,
Clamshells founder and its Executive Direc-
tor, and apologized. I want to take this op-
portunity to personally thank Ross Perchik
and his colleagues for the manner in which
The Clamshell Foundation responded to
this unfortunate incident.
RICHARD PLOTKIN
Vice Chairman of
The Max Cure Foundation
Courting Disaster
Dear Mr. Murphy,
I read the letter of Bea Derrico in your
5/16 Indy. In it the writer, referred to an
earlier letter by Nicholas Zizelis, which I
had also read. The writer states that Presi-
dent Obama, threatened the Supreme
Court. What Ms. Bea interprets as a threat
was President Obama stating to the Court
that he hoped they would not conclude
a negative decision on the law relative
to the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act passed by Congress as legislation
and subsequently signed by the President,
since legislation is the responsibility of
Congress; some heck of a threat.
Im certain it had these unbiased
Judges shaking in their gowns, not from
fear of the threat but laughter knowing
that they can do whatever they damned
well please including intervention into
the power of the other two branches with
immunity and without fear of loosing their
life long un-elected seats.
The Supreme Court, the one-third
branch of our countrys government contin-
ues unabated, to overreach. Selecting the
leader of the Executive Branch in the 2000
election and deciding that Corporations are
a Person and as such can contribute their
dollars as they choose, which may be just a
little bit more than a real person-Person;
a little bit more by hundreds of millions as a
corporation-Person. Outrageous!
Now they choose to decide if the Legis-
lative third Branch be allowed to legislate.
The suggestion of Mr. Zizelis that the Su-
preme Court should have term limits and
elections is right on since they are anything
but unbiased and as he pointed out,
REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY IS IN OFFICE.
As for Justice Scalia, beyond his obvi-
ous opposition to the Affordable Care Act
passed by Congress, he is his own biggest
and most audible fan and can justifably
be referred to as a smartass who knows
as Judge he is untouchable for the rest of
his life regardless of his bluster.
If the Supreme Court in its infinite
unbiased wisdom should once again
overreach and overturn the Act nearly 50
million would be left uninsured leaving
us worse off than we were four years ago
with higher costs, more uninsured and a
political environment further poisoned by
the failure of a long overdue all-out effort
to reform a health care system everyone
knows is fawed.
Rather than be misguided by the
distorted negative blabber pertaining to
PPACA, read it. It clearly benefts people
People. The American health insurance
industry has six Lobbyists for each con-
gressman spending millions to defeat it.
That in itself should be a clue as to who
benefts and who does not by the PPACA not
being overturned by our nine self-anointed
Black Gods.
ARLENE PHILOMENA
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