Zinnias and dahlias at Diane Miller's stand on Ocean Road in Bridgehampton. ALEXANDRA TALTY

Zinnias and dahlias at Diane Miller's stand on Ocean Road in Bridgehampton. ALEXANDRA TALTY

UPDATE: Wednesday, May 10, 12:50 p.m.

Last Friday, Mr. Tuttle pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment against him in Southampton Town Justice Court.

Two of the charges, fourth-degree stalking and second-degree criminal contempt, were added to the indictment in court.

The now six-count indictment includes unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds, a felony, three counts of fourth-degree stalking, third-degree criminal trespass and second-degree criminal contempt.

According to documents, Mr. Tuttle was found to be in contempt of court after he disobeyed a temporary order of protection issued to him in person by Judge Andrea H. Schiavoni.

Sheila Kelly, the director of communications for District Attorney Timothy Sini, said on Thursday that the charge of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, which Mr. Tuttle originally faced from the incident on April 19, was dropped.

He is due back in court on June 1.

ORIGINAL STORY:

An armed Hampton Bays man was arrested by Southampton Town Police last week after reportedly stalking a Hampton Bays High School employee at a lacrosse game held at the high school on April 17.

At approximately 3 p.m., police responded to the Argonne Road school’s athletic field and determined that Todd Tuttle, 46, who had said he was watching his son play lacrosse, did not have a son on the team, according to a press release.

Mr. Tuttle was found to have a loaded rifle in his vehicle, which was parked in the school’s parking lot, and a loaded magazine in his pants pocket, police said.

A school employee reported that Mr. Tuttle had been repeatedly stalking her over the past several weeks following a “domestic conflict.”

He was arrested on Tuesday, April 17, at the high school and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds, a felony, and third-degree criminal trespass and fourth-degree stalking, both misdemeanors.

When reached on Tuesday, Superintendent Lars Clemensen said the issue “had been developing over the past couple of weeks.” He declined to say if the school employee, whose son plays on the school’s lacrosse team, was present at the time of the incident.

On Wednesday, April 18, the school was placed on a “modified lockdown” for approximately two hours while police completed a search of the athletic field.

Mr. Tuttle was arrested again on April 19 at 11:27 p.m. at the Shell gas station in Hampton Bays after violating a stay-away order of protection issued by Southampton Town Justice Court on April 18, according to a police report. He was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree stalking and second-degree criminal contempt, all misdemeanors.