Crime & Safety

Four Massapequa Teens Arrested in Drug Related Robbery

Accused of stealing oxycodone in Hicksville.

Four teens from Massapequa have been charged with robbery after they took oxycodone from a 20-year-old man in Hicksville, police said.

Taylor Bocchiaro, 17, Joseph Dilena, 19,  Ryan Heselton, 18, and Edward Kaercher, 17, drove to a 7-Eleven parking lot on South Broadway "with the intention of purchasing an undisclosed amount of oxycodone pills" according to police.

They picked up the victim in a car driven by Dilena at about 5:55 p.m. The group drove to the parking lot a Sleepy's on South Oyster Bay Road.

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When they got there, they allegedly pushed the victim out of the car, punched him and took the oxycodone pills from his pocket.  They got back in the car and headed south on South Oyster Bay Road.

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The teens were charged with robbery, 2nd.

The victim suffered minor injuries and refused medical attention.

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