Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Man Arrested After Trespassing at Smithtown School

The following information was supplied by local police departments. It does not indicate a conviction.

Three Village

• Suffolk County police called in a helicopter and K-9 unit late Tuesday night to search for a pair of individuals in Lake Grove suspected of trespassing onto the property of an abandoned house, though the suspects were able to avoid police.

According to police, two 911 calls were received around 11:10 p.m. on Tuesday. One reported a suspicious vehicle and another reportedly spotted a man on the property of an abandoned house on Angela Lane – behind Raymour & Flanigan, just east of the Smith Haven Mall.

Police approached the car shortly after, they said, and upon trying to search the car the driver sped off.

Smithtown

• Michael Lombardo, 22, of Commack, was arrested on April 17 in Smithtown and charged with criminal mischief.  Police said Lombardo threw an empty nitrous oxide canister in an incident of road rage. According to police no one was hurt in the incident.

Police did not specify the degree of the charge. Lombardo was also arrested on April 16, according to police, and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Police said Lombardo was swerving from lane to lane while driving a 2003 Nissan west on Sunrise Highway.

• Robert Cassino, 18, of Kings Park, was arrested in Smithtown on April 20 and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor. Police said Cassino entered Accompsett Elementary School in Smithtown on April 20 at 4:55 p.m. through and open window and remained inside but did not take anything. Cassino was spotted by a school security guard, who alerted police.

Miller Place-Rocky Point

• Ryan Deon, 25,of Rocky Point, was arrested April 16 in Shoreham and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. According to police, a bottle containing illegal prescription medication was seen on the passenger side floor of his 1996 Chevrolet pickup. 

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