NYC Man Found Dead in Water Off Amagansett

By Timothy Bolger Posted on July 21, 2014

A 39-year-old Brooklyn man died while riding a kite board in the waters off Amagansett on Sunday afternoon.

Nicholas Valtz was found floating in Napeague Harbor off Lazy Point at about 2 p.m. after his family reported that he had not returned to their Bridgehampton home, East Hampton Town Police said.

The victim was taken to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine his cause of death.

East Hampton Town Police ask anyone with information on the case to call them at 631-537-7575.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.