Crime & Safety
Woman Bites Police Officer At Oyster Festival: Cops
The woman resisted arrest after she refused to pay for parking at the festival, police say.
A Syosset woman is accused of biting a police officer following an incident at the Oyster Festival in Oyster Bay on Sunday, police say.
According to authorities, 24-year-old Molly Dutrow refused to pay parking lot fees for the Oyster Festival in the lot on the corner of West Main Street and Larrabee Avenue at 5:15 p.m. Police responded to the scene and directed Dutrow to exit her vehicle.
Police say Dutrow bit an officer on the left arm, causing a contusion, and resisted arrest by kicking her legs. She was placed under arrest and transported to the Second Precinct.
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An investigation revealed she was involved in unrelated incidents, police say.
She was charged with second-degree assault, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, first-degree identity theft, second-degree governmental administration, resisting arrest and four counts of petty larceny.
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She will be arraigned on Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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