Crimes Nearby: Animal Neglect; LIRR Scam

Editor's Note: One or more names in this report have been redacted in light of additional documentation provided regarding this case.

The following crime reports were taken from information provided by local law enforcement officials. An arrest is merely an accusation; it does not indicate guilt.

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Farmingdale

A Farmingdale woman who was arrested by the FBI Thursday and accused of participating in a $1 billion for retiring LIRR workers was released on $750,000 bail Friday.

Maria Rusin was one of eight defendants who appeared in federal court in Manhattan yesterday. She was hospitalized after becoming ill during the bail hearing, an episode which prosecutors later said she faked, also claiming she gave misleading information about bank accounts and property overseas.

Rusin, 55, was the office manager of Peter Ajemian of Syosset, an orthopedist who is accused of helping more than 700 get disability benefits from 1998 to 2008, according to the federal criminal complaint. Ajemian was employed at a Rockville Centre-based practice until his termination in late 2008. He currently operates a practice in Baldwin.

Wantagh

A Massapequa teen was among three people arrested for criminal possession of stolen property in Wantagh on Oct. 22, police said. Carlos Nunez, 17, Rudolf Murrizi of Kew Gardens, Queens and a 16-year-old, whose name wasn't released because of his juvenile status, were arrested after being positively identified by a witness who saw three people run from a car after its alarm went off. Police said they were carrying stolen property.

Northport

A Massapequa Park construction worker was killed in a hit and run crash in Fort Salonga early Friday, cops said.

Victor Schultz, 45, along with a co-worker, were loading a milling machine onto a trailer on Route 25A near the Sunken Meadow Parkway at 1:35 a.m.

A dark colored SUV traveling west on 25A struck Schultz and fled without stopping.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The co-worker was not injured.