LI Deputy Sheriff Honored For Nabbing 'Fugitive From Justice': Sheriff

RIVERHEAD, NY — A deputy sheriff was honored for nabbing a fugitive in Riverhead recently police said.

On March 7, Suffolk County Legislators James Mazzarella, Trish Bergin, and Leslie Kennedy presented Deputy Sheriff Anthony Lagrasta a proclamation, signed by all 18 legislators, for his February 27 arrest of Gabriel Joshua Kantrow, 32, a fugitive from justice from the State of Colorado, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon said.

Kantrow was wanted out of Adams County, Colorado, on the crime of sexual exploitation of minor-material film, a felony in Colorado, Toulon said.

Kantrow was arrested when Lagrasta requested identification from all occupants of a vehicle attempting to enter the facility to visit an inmate, Toulon said. Kantrow was a passenger in the vehicle, Toulon said.

Adams County confirmed the warrant and said that they would extradite Kantrow, Toulon said.

Lagrasta began his career with the Sheriff’s Office in April, 2021 and is assigned to the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office's headquarters bureau. Prior to working for the Sheriff’s Office, he was a Town of Islip park ranger from 2017 to 2021 and worked as a part-time police officer for Ocean Beach Police Department in 2020, Toulon said.