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The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

 

Suffolk County police reported the following arrests:

Commack

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 Randy Luchen, 54, of Commack, was arrested July 26 and charged with first-offense DWI. Police said Luchen was driving an 82’ Chevrolet Corvette on Commack Road at 7:07 p.m. July 26 when they pulled him over for DWI charges.

Edward Fisher, 46, of Smithtown, was arrested July 22 and charged with DWI with a previous conviction in the last 10 years. According to police, Fisher was driving when he was unable to stay in his lane on Route 25 in Commack and was pulled over.

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Christopher Cipoletti, 27, of Commack, was arrested July 26 and charged with criminal mischief with intent to damage property. Police said Cipoletti broke a glass pane window on the door of a house on Walter Court in Commack on July 5. Cipoletti was arrested at his home in Commack on July 26.

Smithtown

 Edward Fisher, 46, of Smithtown, was arrested for DWI charges with a previous conviction in the last 10 years on July 22. According to police, while driving Fisher was unable to stay driving in his lane on route 25 in Commack and was pulled over. Police said he has a previous DWI conviction also.

Martin Shanahan, 41, of Smithtown, was arrested for first offense DWI charges on July 26. While driving his 2003 Dodge Ram, Shanahan was driving down Morewood Drive in Smithtown where he crashed into a parked vehicle, police said.

Christopher Baessler, 29, of St. James, was arrested and charged for operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs on July 25. According to police, Baessler was driving his 2005 Ford at the corner of Main Street and Singer Lane in Smithtown when he parked his car halfway on the curb.

Three Village

Thomas Steinmetz, 34, of Stony Brook, was arrested July 27 in North Bay Shore and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police say Steinmetz possessed a hypodermic instrument and a controlled substance when they stopped him at 8:55 p.m. on Fifth Ave. At the Third Precinct in Central Islip, police say they found a different controlled substance in his possession, and charged him with a second count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Norman Torgersen IV, 40, of Setauket, was arrested July 26 in Centereach and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police observed him parked in a vehicle in a parking lot on Route 25 in Centereach at approximately 5 p.m.

Port Jefferson

Glenn Johnson, 30, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on July 23 at 11:37 a.m. and charged with assault. Police say that Johnson, who is homeless, went into the on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station and took a bottle of water from the refrigerator. He then allegedly punched the cashier in the store in the left eye without provocation. The cashier was taken to for treatment.

Rory Whitworth, 23, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on July 26 at 8:30 p.m. and charged with petit larceny. Police say that Whitworth took a lawnmower off of someone else’s property on Mill Street.

Miller Place-Rocky Point 

Joseph Militscher, of Mt. Sinai, was arrested July 27 in Farmingville and charged with public lewdness. Militscher was allegedly engaged in a sexual act in public.

Colin Harrington, 21, of Middle Island, was arrested July 26 in Rocky Point and charged with first-offense DWI. Harrington was pulled over for speeding on 25A and North Country Road where he was found to be intoxicated, police said.

Louis Perfetto, of Miller Place, was arrested July 24 in Mt. Sinai and charged with second degree menacing. Perfetto was driving on Route 347 at Old Town Road when he allegedly pointed a gun at another driver.


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