Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Robbery, DWI and Assault

The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Suffolk County police reported the following arrests between July 17 and July 26:

Northport

A man suspected of six bank robberies was arrested by Suffolk County police Friday.

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Michael Walsh, 58, of East Elmhurst, Queens was charged him with two counts of first degree robbery. He is suspected in bank robberies in Suffolk, Nassau and upstate, including one in Northport and another in East Northport.

Christopher Cipoletti, 26, of East Northport, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with third degree robbery and fourth degree attempted grand larceny.

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Police say Cipoletti jumped into the passenger side of a car at the  drive thru ATM, located at 271 Larkfield Road in East Northport. The bandit claimed he had a gun before making off on foot with cash from a woman who was withdrawing money.

Cipoletti was also implicated in an unsuccessful robbery attempt on the same day of a man making a withdrawal from the ATM at  at 385 Larkfield Road.

Huntington

A Huntington Station worker was accused of assaulting a musician after a show Saturday night. Police said Jalaluddin Khojandi, 25, assaulted Michael Hargreaves, of Southampton, with a crowbar about 3:45 a.m. Sunday. Khojandi was arrested later in the day in Huntington Station.

Smithtown

Victor Vitale, 59, of Kings Park was arrested July 20 in Smithtown and charged with prohibited use of a weapon. Reports indicate Vitale was arrested for alleged discharged of a double gage barrel shotgun with people nearby. The incident occurred at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Old Northport Road.

Hauppauge

David Sedacca, 22, of Carmel, N.Y. was arrested in Nesconset July 25 at 2:30 a.m. on charges of driving while intoxicated. Police said Sedacca was driving a 2007 Honda westbound on Smithtown Boulevard when he went through a red light and crashed into a pickup truck.

Scott Perino, 29, of Patchogue, was arrested in Hauppauge July 24 at 2:44 a.m. on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana. Police said officers saw Perino wandering aimlessly outside The Bagel Gallery. When police approached Perino and asked for his identification, he took out a rolled marijuana cigarette. Perino was arrested on the spot and was also found to be intoxicated, according to police.

Adelino Santiago, of Hauppauge, was arrested in Hauppauge July 22 at 9:27 a.m. on charges of assault. Police said Santiago entered an a basement apartment and began hitting the apartment’s resident in the head, face and ribs. The man was bruised on his face and eyes. Police said they do not know if the injured man was hospitalized.

Kings Park

Michael Grusel, 26, of Kings Park was arrested July 17 in Kings Park and charged with fifth degree criminal possession of marijuana. Reports state Grusel was arrested for the alleged possession of marijuana in a municipal parking lot located in Kings Park at approximately 8:35 p.m. Reports also indicate he allegedly struggled with police when officers arrived.

Three Village

A seventeen-year-old boy from Lake Grove was arrested July 26 in Stony Brook and charged with second degree criminal contempt. Reports indicate the youth allegedly violated an order of protection and pulled a phone jack from a wall.


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