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Crime Report: Cigarettes Bought with Stolen Credit Card

The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Suffolk County Police Department Fourth Precinct reported these arrests and incidents in Smithtown during Sept. 9 - 15.

Joseph Welling, 22, of Smithtown, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Smithtown on fourth degree grand larceny. Reports state Welling stole a Chase Bank credit card from a woman's car and bought four packs of cigarettes from a 7-Eleven between Aug. 5 and Aug. 6.

Jawad Malik, 34, of Centereach, was arrested on Sept. 9 in Smithtown for first-offense DWI charges. Reports state Malik was arrested on the corner of Lawrence Avenue and Main Street at 4:57 a.m. after driving a 2011 Honda Accord the wrong way on Bank Avenue, a one-way street. 

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Kenneth Taylor, 31, of Smithtown, was arrested in Smithtown on Sept. 9 on first degree criminal contempt charges. Reports state Taylor was arrested on 292 Ronkonkoma Avenue at 5:54 p.m. for unlawful possession of marijuana while being arrested for active warrants.

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