Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Screwdriver, Soda Thrown at Setauket Man

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

Suffolk County police reported the following arrests.

Kings Park

Erin Burke, 26, of Kings Park was charged with driving while intoxicated on June 14 at 12:38 a.m. Police said Burke failed to maintain her lane and crossed over a double yellow line on Town Line Road in Commack.

Michael Gingo, 23, of Kings Park, was charged with driving while intoxicated. Police said Gringo was driving a 2010 Nissan on Landing Avenue in Smithtown on June 13 at 1:15 when he failed to maintain his lane.

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Three Village

A man was confronted Saturday night by a trio of men who threw a screwdriver and a filled soda cup at him at approximately 11:55 p.m., according to a police report. Police said three unknown men approached the complainant near the intersection of Belle Meade Road and Technology Drive in East Setauket in a maroon-colored Camaro, threw the screwdriver and soda cup at him, and fled at a high rate of speed. The complainant said he saw them strike a tree at the intersection of Belle Meade Road and Upper Sheep Pasture Road before continuing to drive away. The man was not injured in the incident, which police classified as second-degree harassment.

Daniel Wexler, 27, of Setauket, was arrested June 14 at 3:27 a.m. and charged with first-offense DWI. Police said Wexler was swerving and failed to stop for a stop sign on Gnarled Hollow Road at Old Town Road in Setauket.

Matthew Weiner, 23, of Setauket, was arrested June 13 at his home in Setauket. Charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Police said he was waving a machete. Police also charged him with criminal possession of a controlled substance for having prescription pills without a prescription.

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Hauppauge

William P Shine Jr. , 38, of Hauppauge, was charged with driving while intoxicated on June 15 at 3:32 a.m. Police said Shine ws driving without headlights on Sunken Meadow Parkway and pulled over and found to be intoxicated.

Michael Sandella, 47, of Hauppauge, was charged with driving while intoxicated on June 12  at 12:31 p.m. Police said Sandella was observed with the key in the ignition of a Volkswagen Jetta on North Country Road in St. James when he was found to be intoxicated.

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Port Jefferson

Prosecutors unveiled additional, upgraded charges and accusations against David Bradley, the Port Jefferson Station man and putting a 19-year-old man in handcuffs.

At his arraignment in Riverhead criminal court on Wednesday, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said that Bradley had caught three other alleged victims in his spree of impersonations and fake arrests.

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Miller Place-Rocky Point

Donna Hancock, 53, of Shoreham, was arrested June 12 in East Setauket and charged with petty larceny. Hancock allegedly stole various items from Walmart that she put in her purse.

Keith Kocka, 24, of Stony Brook, was arrested June 11 in Sound Beach and charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police said he was arrested at approximately 9:30 p.m. while seated in a 2000 Toyota.

Stephanie Richards, 20, of Rocky Point, was arrested June 11 in Sound Beach and charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Richards was arrested along with Kocka, according to police.

Melanie Wersan, 20, of Mt. Sinai, was arrested June 11 in Patchogue and charged with petty larceny. Wersan was arrested at approximately 8 a.m. at Walgreens for allegedly taking two pairs of sandals and various make-up products without paying for them.


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