Crime & Safety

Police: Woman Lifts 21 Wallets from Bloomingdale's

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

• Kolleen Murphy, 35 of Huntington Station, was arrested on July 7 on a charge of driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Police said Murphy was driving a 1999 Jeep west on Jericho Turnpike in Smithtown at about 1 a.m. and was unable to maintain her lane.

• A Smithtown man, who police said was drunk, crashed into a parked car on Chatham Road in Smithtown and fled the scene on Sunday. Abhishek Shah, 32, of Smithtown, was arrested at 3:50 a.m. on Wesleyan Road in Smithtown on a charge of driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Police said the accident occurred at 2:30 a.m.

• A Queens man was arrested on Friday for selling Four Loko, an alcoholic drink, to a minor at the Gulf gas station on West Main Street in Smithtown, according to police.

The 45- year old man from Ridegwood was arrested on a charge of unlawfully dealing with a child, first degree, which is a misdemeanor.
Police said the mandid not ask for identification when he sold an alcoholic beverage and two Four Lokos to an underage drinker. The incident happened at 9:40 p.m.

A Smithtown woman, who police said stole 21 wallets from Bloomingdale's, was arrested on felony fourth-degree grand larceny charges last week.

Venus Schwartzapfel, who is 59, was arrested on July 2 at the mall after taking the wallets and a Bloomingdale’s tote without paying for it, police said. The incident occurred at about 3 p.m.

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