Crime & Safety

Long Island Pizzeria Employee Sold Cocaine: Police

BREAKING: A Long Island pizzeria employee was selling more than pies, police say.

RONKONKOMA, NY – An employee at a Long Island pizzeria is accused of selling cocaine out of the business, police said.

The Suffolk County Police Department executed a search warrant Tuesday night at a home located in the unit block of Cedar Drive in Bay Shore that resulted in the seizure of significant amounts of drugs, weapons, cash and other paraphernalia, police said. Placido Buscemi, 54, who lives at the home, was arrested at his employer, Mama Mia's Pizzeria, located at 892 Johnson Ave. in Ronkonkoma, police said.

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