Crimes Nearby: Assault in Hauppauge

Suffolk County police reported the following arrests.

Three Village

Thomas Steinmetz, 34, of Stony Brook, was arrested July 27 in North Bay Shore and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police say Steinmetz possessed a hypodermic instrument and a controlled substance when they stopped him at 8:55 p.m. on Fifth Ave. At the Third Precinct in Central Islip, police say they found a different controlled substance in his possession, and charged him with a second count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Norman Torgersen IV, 40, of Setauket, was arrested July 26 in Centereach and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police observed him parked in a vehicle in a parking lot on Route 25 in Centereach at approximately 5 p.m.

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Commack

Randy Luchen, 54, of Commack, was arrested July 26 and charged with first-offense DWI. Police said Luchen was driving an 82’ Chevrolet Corvette on Commack Road at 7:07 p.m. July 26 when they pulled him over for DWI charges.

Edward Fisher, 46, of Smithtown, was arrested July 22 and charged with DWI with a previous conviction in the last 10 years. According to police, Fisher was driving when he was unable to stay in his lane on Route 25 in Commack and was pulled over.

Christopher Cipoletti, 27, of Commack, was arrested July 26 and charged with criminal mischief with intent to damage property. Police said Cipoletti broke a glass pane window on the door of a house on Walter Court in Commack on July 5. Cipoletti was arrested at his home in Commack on July 26.

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Hauppauge

Joseph Seminara, 34, of Selden, was arrested July 23 and charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense, in Hauppauge. Police said Seminara was driving a 1998 Ford when he got into an accident at Terry Road and Old Nichols Road Intersection. He was found to be intoxicated, according to police.

A Lake Ronkonkoma teen was arrested July 23 and charged with third-degree assault with the intent to cause physical injury. The teen was arrested after two groups of students got into a fight on July 20 , leading to eight people being arrested for rioting. Two people suffered broken jaws as result of the fighting. Suffolk County police are continuing their investigation of the fight.

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Port Jefferson

Glenn Johnson, 30, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on July 23 at 11:37 a.m. and charged with assault. Police say that Johnson, who is homeless, went into the on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station and took a bottle of water from the refrigerator. He then allegedly punched the cashier in the store in the left eye without provocation. The cashier was taken to for treatment.

Rory Whitworth, 23, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on July 26 at 8:30 p.m. and charged with petit larceny. Police say that Whitworth took a lawnmower off of someone else’s property on Mill Street.