Brookhaven Town Police Blotter: Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2024

BROOKHAVEN TOWN, NY — Suffolk police responded to a range of incidents, and made some arrests in connection with robberies, public lewdness, and an injured officer, according to the department's logs.

Here's a snapshot from Oct. 7 to Oct. 13:

CENTEREACH

Detectives are investigating whether separate robberies of GameStops in Suffolk are connected, a police spokeswoman said Monday.

Two people from Brooklyn were charged with second-degree robbery in the cases, according to police.

Jahmeer Mitchell, 18, is accused of forcibly taking three PlayStation 5s and gaming headphones at GameStop in Centereach just before 8 p.m. on Aug. 11, police said. In the other robbery, Majesty Thomas, 22, is accused of robbing another GameStop location in North Babylon on July 20, according to police.

Further details were not available.

Both Mitchell and Thomas pleaded not guilty at their arraignments and temporary orders of protection were issued, online court records show. Mitchell's bail was set at $50,000 cash, $100,000 insured bond, or $200,000 partially secured surety bond, while Thomas was released with non-monetary conditions, records show.

They are both due back in court later this month.

EAST PATCHOGUE

A Bellport man bolted from an officer in a traffic stop in East Patchogue early Saturday morning, police said. The 24-year-old was pulled over in a 2017 Hyundai Sonata on Atlantic Avenue at around 5 a.m., but fled, according to police. He was charged with third-degree unlawful fleeing, police said.

An officer was taken to the hospital after a scuffle with an arrestee on Saturday in Ronkonkoma, police said.

Christopher Delrio, 33, of Port Jefferson Station was pulled over in a stolen 2006 Ford F250 pickup on Smithtown Avenue at around 6:20 p.m., and during his arrest, he pushed her and resisted being placed in handcuffs, according to police. The officer was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue, police said.

Delrio was charged with second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest.

He pleaded not guilty and his bail was set at $75,000 cash, $150,000 insured bond, and $750,000 partially secured surety bond, online records show.

SHIRLEY

• Police arrested a man they say was caught committing a lewd act inside a 2023 Honda CRV parked in the parking lot of Kohl's in Shirley on Oct. 1. The 28-year-old Mastic man was arrested on Oct. 10 and charged with public lewdness, a misdemeanor, police said.
• The resident of an apartment on Apel Drive told police he left his home and when he returned he found the door kicked open and an E-bike and a pair of sunglasses stolen on Oct. 8.

Editor's Note: Patch does not publish the names of people charged with misdemeanors, unless the crime is violent, involves a child, or is connected to the injury or death of another person.