Crime & Safety
Road Rage In Suffolk Leads To Damaged Vehicle, Arrest: PD
A driver stopped short after cutting in front of a car, police say. He and a passenger got out and punched and kicked the car, police say.
MELVILLE, NY — A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a Melville road rage incident that happened earlier this month, Suffolk police said.
Jayson Otero-Savage, 18, of Huntington Station, was driving a 2022 Tesla T3 southbound on Walt Whitman Road, near the Northern Parkway entrance ramp, when he cut in front of a 2017 Chevrolet Impala and stopped short around 2:20 p.m. Feb. 15, police said. Otero-Savage and two male passengers of the Tesla exited the vehicle, police said. One passenger looked on while Otero-Savage and the other passenger punched and kicked the Chevrolet causing extensive damage, police said. The three then got back into the Tesla and drove away southbound, police said.
Otero-Savage was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal mischief. He was held
overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday.
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