Crime Report: Rocky Point Man Charged in Attempted Robbery

Joshua Maines, 22, of Rocky Point, was arrested July 20 in Miller Place and charged with first-offense DWI. Maines allegedly hit a car on Cedar Drive in Miller Place at approximately 3:10 a.m and was found to be intoxicated.

Keith Lopez, 27, of Selden, was arrested July 19 in Mt. Sinai and charged with first-offense DWI. Police said that around 2:30 a.m. Lopez was observed failing to maintain his lane of travel several times as he was traveling southbound in a 1997 Ford on CR 83 in Mount Sinai. Upon being stopped, he was found to be intoxicated.

John Wendal III, 48, of Sound Beach, was arrested July 18 in Rocky Point and charged with first-offense DWI. Wendal was stopped for an expired registration ticket at Route 25A in Rocky Point at 3:54 p.m. Police said there was a strong odor of alcohol emanating from his breath and an open bottle of alcohol was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle.

Steven Guiffre, 48, of Mt. Sinai, was arrested July 16 in Mt. Sinai and charged with petty larceny. Guiffre allegedly stole a Rug Doctor carpet cleaner between on from Kohl’s in Rocky Point on June 24.

Randolph Joseph, 26, of Rocky Point, was arrested July 16 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with second degree robbery. Joseph allegedly attempted to rob an individual on Main Street, Port Jefferson Station at approximately 5 a.m. by punching and kicking the victim on his face, head and body.

Lisa Kelly, 46, of Miller Place, was arrested July 15 in Selden and charged with petty larceny. Kelly arrested at College Plaza, Selden at approximately 11:30 a.m. for allegedly putting five uniform shirts and one pair of uniform pants into her purse while she was in the fitting room of Life Uniform Store and leaving the store without paying for them.