Crimes Nearby: Recent Arrests

Police officials in Nassau and Suffolk counties issue the following recent crime reports. Arrest information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.

Massapequa

1. A Nassau County social worker faces drug charges after she was arrested on  the Southern State Parkway near North Massapequa last week, state police said.

A New York State trooper stopped a gray Nissan driven by Renee Pearson, 32, of Amityville, who was driving west on the parkway, because she was allegedly speeding.

When he approached the car he could smell marijuanna, police said. 

Police found several bags of pot and 12 green tablets which officers believed to be the drug ecstacy.

Pearson was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, marijuana possession and traffic violations.

2. A man awakened by a barking dog spotted two people breaking into a neighbor's car on Sept. 23, police said.

The man looked out the window and saw Gregory A Cofts, 23, and Kalie M. Koester, 18, walking from a vehicle parked in the neighbor's driveway, police said.

The man called police who stopped the pair and found them in possession of a GPS, police said. The witness identified Crofts and Koester and they were charged with possession of stolen property, police said.

3. On Sept. 20, a home was broken into on Carmen Mill Road in Massapequa. The burglar entered through the side door and took jewelry and cash sometime between 6 p.m. and 7:48 p.m.

4. A burglar broke into a home on Camp Road sometime between Sept. 18 and Sept. 25, police said. The thief broke in through a window and took jewelry and cash.

5. A 1969 Plymouth GTX was stolen out of a garage on Toronto Avenue sometime between Sept. 18 and Sept 25, police said.

6. On Sept 21, a Massapequa couple was arrested on Clarks Boulevard and charged with second-degree harassment.

7. On Sept. 21, a South Farmingdale woman was arrested at Wal-Mart at the Sunrise Mall and charged with petty larceny.

8. On Sept. 21, an Amityville woman was arrested at Wal-Mart at the Sunrise Mall and charged with petty larceny.

9. On Sept. 21, a Massapequa woman was arrested at Wal-Mart at the Sunrise Mall and charged with petty larceny.

1O. On Sept. 23, an Amityville woman was arrested at Wal-Mart, at the Sunrise Mall and charged with petty larceny.

11. On Sept.23, an Amityville man was arrested at Duane Reade, 901 Carmans Road, Massapequa and charged with petty larceny.

Farmingdale

1. Two men were arrested in Farmingdale on warrants. Police said Amar Brown, 28, of Amityville, was arrested Sept. 26 in Farmingdale on a warrant, and James Makel, 47, of Bayshore, was arrested the same day on Farmingdale on a warrant. No further details were provided. 

2. Anton Murria, 51, of Central Islip, was arrested Sept. 25 and charged with DWI and other traffic violations. Reports indicate Murria was traveling in a gray GMC SUV, speeding, and changing lanes without signaling. Reports state a Trooper spotted the vehicle, pulled Murria over, and determined he was intoxicated. The incident occurred about 3:35 a.m., on the eastern side of the Southern State Parkway.

3. Stephen Larberg, 57, of S. Farmingdale, was arrested Sept. 23 in Hauppauge and charged with third degree criminal trespassing, and third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Reports indicate Larberg was arrested at 330 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge about 2 p.m.  

4. Thomas Igoe, 47, and his son, Thomas Igoe, 18, of Roosevelt, were arrested Sept. 22 and charged with fourth degree grand larceny and fourth degree criminal mischief. Reports indicate both stole metal light poles. When troopers spotted their vehicle, a blue Ford pick-up truck on the northern side of the Northern State Parkway near Post Avenue, they were pulled over. Reports say the trooper spotted the poles in the rear of the pick-up and arrested them. It was noted that both men allegedly used a power saw to cut down three light poles on the Meadowbrook Parkway about 5:10 p.m.

Lindenhurst

1. Sept. 24: Dursun Alakas, Lindenhurst, was charged in Lindenhurst with harassment, second degree, physical contact.

2. Sept. 23: James Makel, of Bay Shore, was charged in Lindenhurst with petit larceny.

3. Sept. 23: Danielle Mariano of Lindenhurst was charged in Lindenhurst with acting in manner to injure a child younger than 17.

4. Sept. 22: Christopher Hespeler of Lindenhurst was charged in Lindenhurst with criminal possession, marijuana, fifth, public.

5. Sept. 22: Thytialli Johnson of Amityville was charged in Lindenhurst with petit larceny.