Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Man Charged in Fort Salonga Hit and Run

Northport man charged in October crash that killed a Massapequa Park construction worker.

Northport

A Northport man was arrested Saturday and charged in the hit and run accident that killed a Massapequa Park construction worker.

arrested John Pappias and charged him with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash. On Oct.28, and a coworker were on Route 25A in Fort Salonga loading a milling machine onto a trailer on the side of the roadway when Schultz was struck by a vehicle at 1:35 a.m. They were working the overnight shift for Intercounty Paving in Hicksville.

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Schultz, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. The coworker was uninjured.

Smithtown

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Thomas Scally, 36, of Selden and Michael Bowe, 35, of St. James were arrested Jan. 10 in St. James and charged with fifth degree criminal possession of marijuana. Reports indicate they were sitting in a car at the time of the arrest.

Patrick Falk, 19, of Smithtown was arrested Jan. 7 in Smithtown and charged with second degree possession of a forged instrument. He is accused of possessing an altered driver's license while driving in St. James.

Egbert Profitt, 42, of Huntington, John Chiarella, 33, and David Jacobs, 26, both of Nesconset, were arrested Jan. 7 in Nesconset and each charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument. The incident occurred on Woodview Drive in Nesconset.

Alexa Avellino, 20, and Marisa Chayet, 21, both of Nesconset, were arrested Jan. 7 in Nesconset and charged with loitering, unlawful use of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument. Reports indicate they were in a vehicle on Lake Drive in Nesconset at the time of the arrest.

Kings Park

Steven Sugarman, 41, of Quincy, was arrested Jan. 9 in Smithtown and charged with second degree grand larceny. He is accused of stealing roll-off containers from E-Pak Manufacturing in Fort Salonga.

Paul Findley, 23, of Bay Shore, and a 17-year-old male were arrested Jan. 7 in Kings Park and charged with possession of burglar's tools and trespassing. The incident took place at Nissequogue River State Park.

Hauppauge

Lee Colfin, 30, of Nesconset, Christopher Loeb, 25, of Smithtown and Francis Loeb, 30, of Smithtown, were arrested Jan. 7 in Nesconset and each charged with one count of third-degree grand larceny and five counts of criminal possession of stolen property.

John Bonghi, 23, of Centereach, was arrested Jan. 5 in Islandia and charged with third-degree burglary. He is accused of unlawfully entering Walmart and stealing a bucket containing wheel weights.

Three Village

Daniel Fisk, 20, of Port Jefferson, was arrested Jan. 6 at about 4:30 p.m. and charged with third degree criminal mischief. He was on Chambers Street in Setauket when he allegedly struck a Honda with a baseball bat.

Leo Fallon, Jr., 41, of Nesconset, was arrested Jan. 8 at about 1:30 a.m. and charged with first offense DWI. He made a left turn from the Walmart parking lot in South Setauket onto Route 347, allegedly screeching tires and nearly hitting the guardrail, attracting the attention of the police.

Huntington

have arrested a Centerport man on charges of criminal mischief as a hate crime after police said he intentionally damaged a Huntington mosque parking lot last month.

Hate Crimes Unit detectives, with the assistance of Second Precinct Crime Section officers, were conducting surveillance at Masjid Noor Mosque,  at 1032 Park Ave., as part of a continuing investigation into incidents of vandalism at the location. Police said that while detectives and officers were at the location Tuesday night, Stephen Pratt threw a glass bottle into the mosque driveway from his vehicle.    

Pratt, 55, of 700 Washington Dr., was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime for throwing a container of white concrete sealer into the driveway of the mosque on Dec. 31.

arrested James Sullivan IV on Tuesday and accused him of on Oct. 18.

Major Case Investigations Unit detectives charged Sullivan, 21, of Dix Hills, with one count of third-degree robbery.


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