Crimes Nearby: Mother Leaves Kids in Hot Car in Commack

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An East Northport woman was arrested Saturday afternoon after she left her two young children locked in a hot car, according to Suffolk County police.

Maria Luongo-Devivo, 49, of East Northport, was charged with two counts of child endangerment after she left her two sons, ages 1 and 5, locked in a car in the parking lot of Meat Farms supermarket in Commack.

A passerby noticed the children in the car with the windows closed around 3 p.m. and alerted a store employee who called the police.

When police arrived, Luongo-Devivo had returned to her car and, they said, her sons were both sweating profusely and their faces were flushed. Police said the children were in the car without proper ventilation for six minutes.

The children were checked for health issues at the scene, but did not need further medical attention, police said. The family’s neighbor picked them up, and police notified Child Protective Services.

Luongo-Devivo was released on bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on August 1. 

PORT JEFFERSON

Police arrested an 18-year-old they said was not only driving with a suspended license, but with felony-weight cocaine. Jamel Worlds, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested after a traffic stop on Suffolk Avenue, near Wheeler Road, in Central Islip on May 28 at about 11  p.m. He was charged fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor.