Crimes Nearby: Social Worker, Lawyer Arrested

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

Massapequa

• A Nassau County social worker faces drug charges after she was arrested on drug charges on the Southern State Parkway near North Massapequa last week, state police said. A trooper stopped a gray Nissan driven by Renee Pearson, 32, of Amityville, who was driving west on the parkway, because she was allegedly speeding. When he approached the car he could marijuanna, police said.  Police found several bags of pot and 12 green tablets which officers believed to be ecstacy. Pearson was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. marijuana possession and traffic violations.
• A man awakened by a barking dog spotted two people breaking into a neighbor's car on Sept. 23, police said.  The man looked out the window and saw Gregory A Cofts, 23, and Kalie M. Koester, 18, walking from a vehicle parked in the neighbor's driveway. He called police who stopped the pair who were in possession of a GPS, police said.  The witness identified Crofts and Koester and they were charged with possession of stolen property.
• On Sept. 20, a home was broken into on Carmen Mill Road in Massapequa. The burglar entered through the side dorr and took jewelry and cash sometime between 6 p.m. and 7:48 p.m.
• A burglar broke into a home on Camp Road sometime between Sept. 18 and Sept. 25, police said. The thief broke in through a window and took jewelry and cash.
• A 1969 Plymouth GTX was stolen out of a garage on Toronto Avenue sometime between Sept. 18 and Sept 25, police said.
• On Sept. 21, a South Farmingdale woman was arrested at Wal-Mart at the Sunrise Mall and charged with petty larceny.

Lindenhurst

• Sept. 24: Dursun Alakas, Lindenhurst, charged, Lindenhurst, harassment, second degree, physical contact.
• Sept. 23: James Makel, Bay Shore, charged, Lindenhurst, petit larceny.
• Sept. 23: Danielle Mariano, Lindenhurst, charged, Lindenhurst, acting in manner to injure a child younger than 17.
• Sept. 22: Christopher Hespeler, Lindenhurst, charged, Lindenhurst, criminal possession, marijuana, fifth, public.

Huntington

• A Huntington attorney has been arrested after stealing approximately $40,000 from one of his clients. Andrew Donner, of 45 Potter Lane, Huntington, was arrested Thursday and charged with third degree grand larceny and first degree scheme to defraud. Working as an attorney out of his home, Donner, 55, conducted his scheme by taking funds from an escrow account between 2006 until August 2011, according to investigators. Police say they suspect other customers of Donner's may have been defrauded. They are asking anyone who may have possibly lost funds to contact the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Economic Crimes Bureau at 631-853-5602.