Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Grand Larcenies at Outlet Mall
The following information was supplied by local police departments. It does not indicate a conviction.
Smithtown
• Joseph Trapasso, 34, of Ronkonkoma, was arrested on April 29 in Smithtown and charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. According to police, Trapasso punched someone in the face on Springdale Drive in Ronkonkoma.
• Andres Panchana, 23, of Holbrook, was arrested in Smithtown on April 26 and charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense, which is a misdemeanor. According to police, Panchana was driving on Route 25 and Terry Road at 10:20 p.m. in Smithtown when he was involved in a crash.
• Jon Wilson, 25, of Ronkonkoma, was arrested on April 25 in Smithtown and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Police said Wilson was driving a 1999 Chrysler Seabring and was serving and unable to stay in the lane he was driving in.
• Brian Healy, 30, of Smithtown, was arrested in Commack on April 19 and charged with second-degree robbery, a felony. Police said Healy stole items from the Walmart on Crooked Hill Road in Commack. According to police, as Healy fled, he cut someone with a knife. The robbery occurred at 9:11 p.m.
Riverhead
• Four were charged with stealing from a Tanger store; the second grand larceny incident at Tanger in Riverhead this week, police said. According to Riverhead police, a call came in at 4:03 Saturday afternoon about an alleged larceny at the Gap Outlet at Tanger.
Four suspects, Preisila Alvarez, Lucia Gomez, Carlos Moran-Flores, and Jorge Mauricio-Astudillo were arrested and charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, a felony, after police said they stole approximately $2,000 worth of merchandise from the store.
• Just two days earlier, a Coram man was arrested and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny after police said he stole jeans from a Tanger store. According to Riverhead town police, Norman Oates, 19, of Coram, was arrested at 1:35 p.m. on Thursday after taking $2,280 worth of merchandise from the True Religion store at Tanger. Oates was processed and held for arraignment, police said.
Commack
• Gregory Miller, 46, of Commack, was arrested in Commack on a charge of theft of services, a misdemeanor. Police said Miller had been drinking at Jackson’s Restaurant and left the bar without paying the bill.
• Joseph Ancona, 21, of Commack, was arrested April 26 at Radburn Drive in Commack on a charge of petty larceny, a misdemeanor. He was also arrested on a charge criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor. He was allegedly in possession of heroin.
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