Crimes Nearby: Strangulation, Assault, and Flattened Tractor Trailer Tires

Suffolk County police reported the following arrests between July 30 and Aug. 6.

Kings Park

Nicole Leone, 28, of Centereach was arrested Aug. 5 in Kings Park and charged with first offense DWI. Reports state Leone was allegedly operating a 1996 Jeep on Route 25A, Kings Park while intoxicated.

Commack

Multiple tires belonging to a tractor trailer parked at a lot in Commack were flattened sometime between 10:30 p.m. on July 30 and 6 p.m. on July 31, Suffolk County Police said. The vehicle was parked in a lot located at the corner of Commack Road and Genesee Drive.

According to Suffolk County police, a person got into a verbal altercation with another individual over a parking spot in the parking lot of the located at 5025 Jericho Turnpike.
When the victim returned from inside the store, they found their vehicle, a 2005 Lexus, had multiple scratches on it. The incident occurred at 2:15 p.m. on August 2.

Hauppauge

David Sedacca, 22, of Carmel, N.Y. was arrested in Nesconset July 25 at 2:30 a.m. on charges of driving while intoxicated. Police said Sedacca was driving a 2007 Honda westbound on Smithtown Boulevard when he went through a red light and crashed into a pickup truck.

Scott Perino, 29, of Patchogue, was arrested in Hauppauge July 24 at 2:44 a.m. on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana. Police said officers saw Perino wandering aimlessly outside The Bagel Gallery. When police approached Perino and asked for his identification, he took out a rolled marijuana cigarette. Perino was arrested on the spot and was also found to be intoxicated, according to police.

Adelino Santiago, of Hauppauge, was arrested in Hauppauge July 22 at 9:27 a.m. on charges of assault. Police said Santiago entered an a basement apartment and began hitting the apartment’s resident in the head, face and ribs. The man was bruised on his face and eyes. Police said they do not know if the injured man was hospitalized.

Three Village

Jacob Shurtluff, 19, of South Setauket, was arrested Aug. 1 in South Setauket and charged with second-degree strangulation. Police did not release any other details on his arrest.

Port Jefferson

A seventeen year old boy from Centereach was arrested July 30 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with third degree assault. The youth allegedly punched someone in the face in a parking lot on Route 112, Port Jefferson Station. Reports indicate two other suspects are at large.  

Adam Heller, 35, of Port Jefferson was arrested July 27 in Port Jefferson and charged with third degree criminal mischief. Heller was arrested for allegedly punching the hood of a Toyota Avalon on East Broadway, Port Jefferson at approximately 3:40 p.m. 

Northport

Martin Oster, 45, of East Northport, was arrested in East Northport on July 31 and charged with first and second degree criminal contempt for violating an order of protection.