Three City Residents Charged in Home Improvement Sting

Three Long Beach and two Oceanside residents were among 31 people arrested Wednesday in a home improvement sting conducted by Nassau County Police Department.

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The Fourth Precinct conducted a joint operation with the Nassau County Consumer Affairs Department, called Operating a Home Improvement Business without a Permit, between April 29, 2013 and May 1, 2013, and arrested the following individuals:

• Allen Colnick, age 69 of 415 West Broadway Long Beach
• Timothy O’Farrell, age 25 of 19 Vermont Street Long Beach
  
• Robert Freudiger, age 41 of 177 West Park Avenue Long Beach
• Barry Minsky, age 40 of 2297 Knight Street Oceanside
  
• Todd Boehm, age 44 of 202 Elizabeth Street Oceanside
• Michael Them, age 29 of 16 Fairview Lane Oyster Bay
  
• Michael Simone, age 45 of 410 West 53rd Street New York
• Michael McCormick, age 46 of 2602 Bedell Street Bellmore
  
• Byung Lee, age 43 of 145-43 Willets Point Boulevard Whitestone
  
• Louis Recco, age 49 of 207 North Delaware Avenue North Massapequa
  
• Robert Maffia, age 67 of 26 Roxbury Street Huntington Station
• John Joyce, age 37 of 392 Maplewood Road Huntington Station
  
• Juan Lemus, age 47 of 840 Smith Street Uniondale
  
• Bryan Bruce, age 41 of 97 Cromwell Place Lake Grove
• Juan Hernandez, age 39 of 414 Greenwich Street Hempstead
• Yizhar Damari, age 28 of 140-66 Burden Crescent Jamaica
• John Debatto, age 49 of 1 Marion Court Center Moriches
• Edgar Aguilar, age 36 of 259 South Main Street Freeport
• Paul Monserrat, age 36 of 280 Bellmore Avenue East Islip
• Nicholas Alliegro, age 27 of 1536 North Gardener Drive Bayshore
  
• Oscar Iglesias, age 46 of 155 Madison Avenue Brentwood
• Miguel Chavez, age 58 of 189 Benton Place Bayshore
• Avraham Kardi, age 45 of 1550 Pebble Lane Hewlett
  
• Darren Confessore, age 51 of 24 Arlyn Drive East Massapequa
• Wayne Chester, age 45 of 56 North Long Beach Avenue Freeport
• Ermen Lopez, age 39 of 97 Center Street Williston Park
  
• Arnez Ali, age 40 of 149 Sportsmen Avenue Freeport
  
• Yaron Shamua, age 44 of 1240 East 69th Street Brooklyn
  
• Gurpreet Singh, age 23 of 113-16 93rd Avenue Richmond Hill
  
• Felix Cruz Jr., age 47 of 3326 Bayfront Drive Baldwin
  
• Christopher , age 51 of 2 Bell Court Bellmore. 

All of the above listed defendants were released on an Appearance Ticket and will appear at First District Court in Hempstead on May 22. 

In addition Guthrie was charged with operating a motor vehicle with an expired inspection, excessively tinted windows and having  only one registration plate.

Paul Mazzarese, age 33 of 114 Greenway Boulevard Elmont was observed operating a 2008 BMW to the scene of the investigation. It was determined the defendant was operating with a suspended license and was found to be in possession of marijuana.

In addition to Operating a Home Improvement Business Without a Permit, Mazzarese was charged with two counts of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Vehicle, Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.

In addition to Operating a Home Improvement Business Without a Permit John Esposito, age 70 of 61 3rd Avenue Merrick was observed operating a 1997 GMC with a registration and inspection sticker that were forged. He was charged with two counts of Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd Degree.

According to police, the defendants were met by members of the Nassau County Consumer Affairs Department at a location in Valley Stream.

Police said the defendants then gave estimates on the work involved and were asked if they have a home business license. If the person in question said "yes," they were checked. If the person in question said "no," they were arrested. Police said that since the offense is a violation, the defendants will more than likely receive a fine, but the decision is ultimately up to the judge.

Defendants Mazzarese and Esposito will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

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