People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.
Arrests
- Deni Rodriguez, 26, of S. Centre Avenue, was arrested at 8 p.m. on Oct. 8 and charged with being the subject of an outstanding warrant relating to criminal possession of marijuana. Police said Rodriguez was arrested near S. Park Avenue after he was seen on the street by an officer aware of the outstanding warrant for his arrest
- Christopher Gaines, 19, of Laurelton and a 14-year-old girl from Hauppauge were arrested on Oct. 10 at 6:29 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of stole property. Police say the pair was arrested after police saw them driving a motor vehicle that had been reported stolen. Kennon Knight, 24, also of Laurelton, who was a passenger in the car, was also arrested on charges of being the subject of an active Nassau County Family Court warrant.
-Thomas S. Knight, 59, of Merrick, was arrested on Oct. 11 at 4:42 p.m. at St. Agnes Cathedral and charged with petit larceny. Knight was arrested after he allegedly removed money from the donation box at the church. He was also charged with what police said was an open Nassau County bench warrant.
- Alex Infante, 21, of Rockville Centre was arrested on Oct. 9 at Waterford Road in Island Park and charged with criminal possession of a narcotic drug with intent to sell.
- Thomas Zitelli, 53, of Overton Street, Freeport, was arrested at 12:55 p.m. on Oct. 17 and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation. Police said they arrested Zitelli after he passed a red traffic light on Sunrise Highway at Oceanside Road and was found to be operating his car with a suspended driver license.
Burglaries
- On Oct. 8 at 6:40 a.m., an Arleigh Road resident told police that between Oct. 7 at 11:40 p.m. and the following morning at 6, someone entered his house through an unlocked side window and stole two laptop computers, a computer notebook, several credit cards and $600 in cash from inside the residence.