Crime & Safety
Lindenhurst Woman Arrested on Drug Charges in Lake Ronkonkoma
A man was also arrested following a traffic stop. Officer broke car window "fearing the safety of residents," police say.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY- A man and woman were arrested on drug charges Tuesday in Lake Ronkonkoma, police said.
According to police, an officer spotted a man driving a car “erratically” on Hawkins Avenue around 3:40 p.m.
When an officer asked 30-year-old Michael Kramer, of Coram, to get out of the 2010 Jeep, near Slater Pharmacy south of Portion Road, he refused, police said.
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The officer ”fearing the safety of residents” broke the car window and pulled Kramer out of the car, police said.
Kramer was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (heroin). The passenger in a car, 27-year-old Kailey Brennan, of Lindenhurst was charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (a prescription drug with no prescription) and possession of a hypodermic needle.
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Kramer and Brennan will be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip Wednesday.
Photo: Google Maps/Hawkins Avenue in Lake Ronkonkoma
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