4 Arrested On LI After Reports Of Reckless ATV Riders: Police

LONG ISLAND, NY — Four people were arrested following reports of reckless motorcycle and ATV riders in Suffolk County and Nassau County Thursday morning, police said.

Suffolk County police, Nassau County police, Amityville police and New York State Police responded to multiple calls in western Suffolk and eastern Nassau at about 10 a.m.

Marbin Benitez, 19, of North Amityville, was arrested at 10:15 a.m. on The Boulevard in North Amityville while riding a stolen Yamaha ATV, police said. He was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Andrew Mendoza, 36, of Selden, was arrested at 11:15 a.m. at the corner of Route 231 and Straight Path in Dix Hills while riding a Yahama ATV, police said. He was charged with reckless driving and issued multiple vehicle and traffic summonses.

Sergio Polar-Negron, 24, of Bayville, was arrested at 10:15 a.m. at Express Drive North and Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia while riding a 2018 Yamaha ATV. He was charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest.

Denzel Washington, 25, of Brentwood, was arrested at 11:25 a.m. on Ocean Avenue in Central Islip while riding an unregistered 2015 Yamaha ATV, police said. He was charged with reckless driving.

Benitez will be held overnight at the First Precinct and scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip Friday.

Mendoza, Polar-Negron and Washington will be arraigned at a later date. All four of the vehicles were impounded.