Crimes Nearby: East Northport Man Charged With Driving On Parkway While On Drugs

The Suffolk County Police Department's  reported these arrests and incidents Nov. 30 to Dec. 6.

Northport

An East Northport man was arrested Friday afternoon after police discovered him allegedly driving on the Northern State Parkway while under the influence of drugs.

According to New York State police, Nicholas P. Stratienco, 24, of East Northport, was stopped by a trooper near the Commack Road exit (Exit 43) for towing a trailer on the parkway.

Commack

Brian Parkin, 56, of Miller Place, was arrested Dec. 6 at the Fourth Precinct and charged with leaving the scene of property damage. Parkin was allegedly driving a 2005 Ford on Nov. 11 when his vehicle struck a 2002 Mercedes-Benz in a Commack 7/11 parking lot, causing damage to the driver's side. He allegedly fled without exchanging information.

Errol Onfroy, 51, of Springfield Gardens, and Craig Brown, 37, of Brooklyn, were arrested Dec. 6 in Commack and charged with fourth degree grand larceny. They are accused of using a forged credit card at the  on Crooked Hill Road.

Carolyn Bradley, 21, of Commack, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated at Delaware Avenue in Long Beach on Dec. 2.

Morris Wine, 54, of Commack, was arrested Dec. 5 in Hauppauge and charged with third degree grand larceny. He is accused of engaging in a scheme to obtain mortgage loan proceeds using falsified documents from Wells Fargo between 2007 and 2008.

Walter Hasim, 33, of Commack, was arrested Dec. 5 and charged with second degree aggravated harrassment. Hasim is accused of sending numerous unwanted text messages to a female victim.


Hauppauge

Robin Moran, 40, of Centereach, was arrested Dec. 3 in Hauppauge and charged with third-degree assault and second-degree criminal tresspassing. Moran is accused of punching and slapping a female victim, causing bruising and requiring treatment of the victim at Stony Brook Medical Center.

William Bohn, 58, of Huntington, was arrested Dec. 2 in Hauppauge and charged with third-degree grand larceny. He is accused of withdrawing money from a charity's bank account.

Robert Conti, 45, of Hauppauge, was arrested Dec. 2 in Ronkonkoma and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.

Richard Hedge, 54, of St. James, was arrested Dec. 1 in Islandia and charged with first offense DWI. Police said Hedge was driving north on Route 454 when in a 2000 Ford when he was stopped by officers and determined to be intoxicated.

Carlo Lopez, 22, of Hauppauge, was arrested Dec. 1 in Islandia and charged with third degree possession of stolen property. Police said Lopez was in possession of a 2002 Acura that had been reported as stolen.

Jovan Abel, 21, of Huntington, was arrested Dec. 1 in Hauppauge and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Vaughn Hunt, 22, of Coram, was arrested Nov. 30 in Islandia for first-degree criminal contempt. He is accused of violating an order of protection and punching a female victim in the face.

Smithtown

Suffolk County Police arrested a 21-year-old St. James man after they say he pointed a green laser at an airplane and the ensuing police helicopter sent out to determine the laser's location.

David Smith was charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree and may face future charges from the New York Port Authority and New Jersey Terrorism Task Force.

According to police, the Federal Aviation Administration notified SCPD that an aircraft had been targeted around 9:55 p.m. by a green laser pointer on the ground. While a responding helicopter approached the airspace where the alleged initial incident occurred, police said the helicopter was also targeted by the laser.
Using units on the ground in the Fourth Precinct and Community Oriented Police Enforcement, Smith's residence on King Arthur's Court was determined to be the location, they said. He was arrested less than an hour after the FAA contacted SCPD.

Police said the investigation is continuing.