Crime Report: Mt. Sinai Man Charged With Grand Larceny

• Joseph Berendowski, 61, of Mount Sinai, was arrested in Mount Sinai on April 27 and charged with petit larceny. According to police, Berendowski stole two bottles of wine from Bella Maria restaurant in Coram.

• Yan Rodriguez, 21, of Coram, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on April 28 and charged with assault in the third degree. Police said Rodriguez punched someone in the nose on West Broadway in Port Jefferson, causing bleeding and swelling. The victim was transported to .

• Joseph Hayes, 32, of Mount Sinai, was arrested on May 1 and charged with grand larceny. According to police, Hayes refused to return a six-man lift to Dam Equipment in Holbrook after he reportedly took the lift in October 2011.

• Lisa Watson, 47, of Mount Sinai, was arrested on May 1 at about 11:50 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. According to police, Watson was stopped in a 2009 Jeep while driving on Route 112 in Coram.

• Sean McDermott, 30, of Mount Sinai, was arrested in Holbrook on May 2
at about 10:15 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled
substance in the seventh degree and loitering. Police said McDermott was arrested after being stopped for a traffic violation and was in possession of drugs.

• Eric Heskin, 21, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in Central Islip on May 2 around 2:30 p.m. and charged with criminal mischief. Police said he forcibly took a shelf off of a hallway wall and broke it.

• Michael Paolucci, 48, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in East
Farmingdale on May 3 around 12:30 p.m. and charged with petit larceny. According to police, Paolucci stole a vacuum cleaner from Target in Medford.

• John Ortiz, 47, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in Smithtown
on May 3 around 8:20 p.m. and charged with DWI, first offense. According to police, Ortiz was driving a 2003 Toyota near the intersection of Canal Road and Mount Sinai Avenue when he reportedly crashed into the rear end of another car.

• On May 2, someone reported a grand larceny at Graceful Rose Restaurant. According to police, audio equipment, including two amplifiers, were allegedly stolen from the restaurant.

Correction: An earlier version of this reported a trespassing arrest. Patch does not typically report violation arrests if they are the top charge. We regret this inclusion and apologize for the error.