Crime & Safety

7 Arrested At Sobriety Checkpoint: Police

The checkpoint was part of ongoing summer enforcement operations targeting impaired driving due to alcohol and/or drugs.

Seven people were arrested during an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Patchogue, Suffolk Police said.

Officers from the Highway Patrol Bureau’s Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team (SAFE-T) conducted the checkpoint on the eastbound Sunrise Highway service road at Route 112 in from 11:30 p.m. Friday until to 2:35 a.m. Saturday. The checkpoint was part of ongoing summer enforcement operations targeting impaired driving due to alcohol and/or drugs, police said. A total of 431 vehicles went through the checkpoint.

The following people were charged with DWI:

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  • George Meadows, 59, of Shirley
  • Maureen Novak, 61, of Naples, Florida
  • James McPeak, 63, of Mattituck
  • Stephen Termini, 28, of Mastic
  • Daniel Acevedo, 27, of Shirley

The following person was charged with driving while ability impaired by a combined influence of alcohol and drugs:

  • Raven Gonzalez, 29, of Shirley

The following person was charged with driving while ability impaired by alcohol:

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  • Rosanna Iorio, 34, of Mastic Beach

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