According to Westhampton Beach Police reports, Peace Ofoego has been busted three times for trespassing since the end of May, although she has entered seven properties in the village.
The Hamptons has its very own Goldilocks — a woman who has been walking into houses in the posh village of Westhampton Beach, bedding down and spooking residents who pay as much as $250,000 for a summer rental.
Peace Ofoego has rejected help from police, though she does reportedly sometimes accept it from local residents.She had passed through an unlocked gate that leads from the beach and entered the house through the unlocked back deck, where she seemed content to lounge while waiting for police to show up, according to the report.
“A few weeks ago, she approached me in Lidl asking for help,” wrote Marie Costelli. “She needed money to pay for her groceries. As I was handing her some cash, which she took, a man who may have been the store manager asked her to leave. I felt sorry for her. I hope she gets the help she needs.” Ofoego, seen here at the local marina, said she left a violent marriage in Florida, making her way to Washington, DC — where, she said, her belongings were stolen — and then to New York.
Ofoego told police in May that she has no friends or family on Long Island, but has at least one relative in Louisiana, an aunt. When police called Ugoo Onyenekwu, she told them that Ofoego was “moving around looking for a location where she could regain custody of her children who are currently in California,” according to a police report.
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