Sunday Morning Brawl Results In Five Arrests, Crashed Subaru: Police

LEVITTOWN, NY. — Five people were arrested Sunday morning after a verbal altercation turned physical, resulting in the theft of a wallet and the crashing of a car, police said.

Nassau County police said that officers had responded to a disturbance call at a Barnyard Lane residence at 9:40 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, police said they determined that 54-year-old Levittown resident Michael Nero had been in a verbal altercation with 39-year-old Elmont resident Matias Marquez before the altercation escalated and turned physical. When it became physical, police said 49-year-old Pablo Munoz Rivera, 51-year-old Jennifer Marrero and 38-year-old John Stansbury, all New Jersey residents, got involved, kicking and punching Marquez.

Police said the other parties in the altercation took Marquez’s wallet during the incident, and that a 38-year-old woman was struck by Marrero with a black metal object. After being struck by Marrero, police said the 38-year-old woman was pushed, shoved and threatened by Nero. She was left with redness and swelling on her left arm, police said.

After the altercation, police said Marquez got into a 2020 Subaru and tried to hit the other people who had been involved, all of whom were in the street. He missed the people, police said, but hit a parked 2019 Chevy Tahoe.

Marquez, Marrero, Nero, Rivera and Stansbury were all arrested without further incident, police said. All five of the arrested individuals and the woman who had been struck and threatened refused medical treatment at the scene of the incident, police said.

Rivera is now facing two counts of second-degree robbery, while Nero is facing two counts of second-degree robbery, one count of first-degree criminal contempt and a count of second-degree harassment, police said. Marrero, meanwhile, faces two counts of second-degree robbery and a count of second-degree assault, police said. Stansbury is charged with two counts of second-degree robbery, police said. Finally, Marquez faces a charge of first-degree reckless endangerment and a third-degree charge of criminal mischief, police said. All five of the individuals were arraigned Monday, police said.