Crime & Safety
Crime Report: DWI Arrests at Problematic Intersection
The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
• Joseph Litterello Jr., 39, of Mt. Sinai, was arrested March 22 in Mt. Sinai and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Litterello was involved in a car crash at the corner of Route 25A and Echo Avenue at 5:25 p.m. while he was driving west on Route 25A.
• James Brandeburg, 52, of Smithtown, was arrested March 20 in Mt. Sinai and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Brandeburg was involved in a car crash at the corner of Route 25A and Echo Avenue at 5:40 p.m.
• David Callender, 33, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 21 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle with 10 or more suspensions, a misdemeanor. Police observed him driving west on Route 347 at 1:24 a.m., and said he had a suspended license.
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• Joseph Graney, 23, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 21 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. He was stopped during a vehicle-and-traffic stop at the corner of Boyle Road and Old Town Road. Police said he had an undisclosed controlled substance in his possession.
• Levi Quinteros, 28, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 20 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with criminal mischief with intent to damage property, a misdemeanor. Police arrested him in connection with a March 10 incident in which he allegedly threw a rock through the window of another person's vehicle on Ontario Street in Port Jefferson Station.
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• David Muniz, 36, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was arrested March 19 in Port Jefferson Station as a fugitive without a warrant. Police said Muniz was wanted for a probation violation in New Jersey. He was arrested on Viceroy Place in Port Jefferson Station at 12:21 p.m.
• Justin Broder, 34, of Port Jefferson, was arrested March 18 at the Sixth Precinct in Selden and charged with filing a false report in the third degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Broder, who also had a bench warrant out for his arrest, falsely reported that he had been assaulted.
•Cynthia Correia, 57, of Stony Brook, was arrested March 17 in Port Jefferson and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police pulled her over after observing her to have headlight problems while she was driving north on Main Street at 2:49 a.m.
• Alex Puma, 36, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 17 in Miller Place and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police pulled him over after he allegedly failed to stay in his lane which traveling on Echo Avenue at 7:13 p.m.
• Ethan McKinstry, 28, of Vernon, N.Y., was arrested March 16 in Port Jefferson and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police pulled him over after observing him speeding and crossing over double yellow lines while he was driving north on Main Street at 4:10 a.m.
•Sandra Raines, 45, of Coram, was arrested March 16 in Port Jefferson and charged with second-degree arson, a violent felony. Police arrested her on North Country Road in Port Jefferson and said she had intentionally started a fire at a building on Margaret Drive in Coram at approximately 5:30 p.m.
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