Man Followed Teenager Into Her Suffolk Home: Police

DEER PARK, NY — A man who police said followed a female teenager into her Dix Hills home in January was arrested Thursday.

A 17-year-old girl on her way home noticed the driver of a black pickup truck following her to her house around 4:15 p.m. Jan. 29, police said. Ismail Sarimehmet, 47, of Deer Park, pulled up in front of her home, walked up the driveway and entered her attached garage and started speaking to her, police said.

The girl called for her parents and immediately went inside the house, police said. When the man heard the parents were home, he walked back to his truck and left, police said. The girl was not harmed, police said.

Sarimehmet was arrested at his home at noon Thursday following an investigation by Second Precinct Crime Section officers, police said. He was charged with second-degree criminal trespass and second-degree harassment.

Investigators believe other females were targeted and are asking anyone with more information to
call the Second Precinct Crime Section at 631-854-8228 from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m.

Sarimehmet was held overnight at the Second Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday.