Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Police Seek Man Who Exposed Himself to Teens

A look at crime in neighboring towns.

Smithtown

Cristina Fronzoni, 30, of Bohemia, and Francisco Maldonado, 33, of Bohemia, were arrested on Oct. 11 by police in connection with multiple Nesconset robberies.

Police said Fronzoni and Maldonado stole landscaping equipment from a parked truck at the Nesconset Public Storage facility off Route 347 some time between 6 p.m. on Oct 8 to 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 9. The equipment is valued to be worth more than $4,000.

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Police said the pair also is believed to have stolen a tool set from a storage unit at Public Storage in Nesconset between Oct. 8 and Oct. 9. The tool set is worth more than $1,000, according to police reports.

Fronzoni and Maldonado allegedly stole a leaf blower, three weed wackers and other landscaping supplies from a landscaping trailer parked on Southern Boulevard in Nesconset between 6 p.m. Oct. 8 and 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 10, according to police. The value of this equipment was estimated to be more than $1,000.

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Fronzoni was arrested Oct. 11 and faces two felony counts of third-degree grand larceny and one felony count of fourth-degree grand larceny.

Maldonado was arrested Oct. 11 and is charged with two felony counts of third-degree grand larceny and one felony count of fourth-degree grand larceny.

Stephanie Richards, 54, of Saint James, was arrested Oct. 9 and faces one felony charge of fourth-degree grand larceny - items worth more than $1,000. Richards walked into Saint James Jewelry Shoppe on Sept. 25 at roughly 3:14 p.m. and took an 18k white gold and diamond necklace.

Three Village

Suffolk Police have released a sketch of a man they say exposed himself to a group of teens in East Setauket earlier this week. 

According to police, around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, an adult male in a vehicle, described as a four-door station wagon, exposed himself to the teens who were walking past the vehicle near Setauket Elementary School on Main Street. 

The man is described as being in his late 20s to early 30s with brown curly hair and a thin-build. He was clean-shaven, wears glasses and was wearing a blue T-shirt and blue jeans. The vehicle, which is described as a Subaru Legacy, or similar, was silver/green-colored, or possibly Sea 
Mist. It had the old-style white New York empire plates.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. 


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