Crimes Nearby: Alleged Armed Robber Caught

PORT JEFFERSON

• A 32-year-old Port Jefferson Station man was caught nine days after he allegedly robbed a Selden gas station at gunpoint. Police said Kevin Walter held up a Sunoco station on Middle Country Road in Selden, displaying a black pistol and demanding cash on April 21 at about 2:20 a.m. The cashier complied, but police didn’t disclose how much cash Walter took. Walter's vehicle was later identified using surveillance footage from the gas station, police said. He was arrested in Selden on April 30 at about 10:35 p.m.

KINGS PARK

• Jacqueline Pagano, 48, of Kings Park, was arrested after police found drugs in her car after pulling her over in North Bellport on May 1. Police said she was driving a 2010 Toyota on Martha Avenue at about 10:50 p.m. Police did not disclose the type of drugs they allegedly found in her possession.

• A 21-year-old Kings Park man was arrested and charged with assault after police said he punched a man in the face at a Huntington bar on April 27. Christopher Dutton was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, after the incident, which occurred at Mary Carroll’s Bar and Beer Garden at about 4 a.m.  

COMMACK

• A tip led to the arrest of Charise Akins, 34, of Brentwood, on a felony drug charge for the alleged possession of cocaine at the Commack Motor Inn on May 3. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Police said the cocaine was packaged with the intent to sell it.

• Joseph Russo, 52, of Copiague, was arrested after he allegedly stole two HP desktop computers from Walmart in Commack. When police placed him under arrest to charge him with petty larceny, a misdemeanor, on April 30, they found there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest related to another larceny charge, according to police.