Crimes Nearby: Search Leads to Guns, Drug Bust in Wading River

Three Village

• Suffolk County police called in a helicopter and K-9 unit late Tuesday night to search for a pair of individuals in Lake Grove suspected of trespassing onto the property of an abandoned house, though the suspects were able to avoid police.

According to police, two 911 calls were received around 11:10 p.m. on Tuesday. One reported a suspicious vehicle and another reportedly spotted a man on the property of an abandoned house on Angela Lane – behind Raymour & Flanigan, just east of the Smith Haven Mall.

Police approached the car shortly after, they said, and upon trying to search the car the driver sped off.

Port Jefferson

• Catherine Mann, 45, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested April 19 and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny: property value greater than $1,000, a felony. Mann allegedly took $2,450 worth of cash and jewelry from another person’s house.  

• Ray Pena, 18, of Port Jefferson Station, and Stanislav Vidal, 18, of Selden, were arrested April 19 and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. According to police, the two were arrested in the parking lot of the Sunoco gas station on Old Town Road in a 1997 BMW and found to be in possession of heroin.  

• Michael Paolucci, 49, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested April 17 in Patchogue and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Paolucci allegedly took a T-Mobile cellphone valued at $70 from the Best Buy in Patchogue.

Riverhead

• A search warrant led to a drug bust in Wading River on Wednesday, police said. According to Riverhead Town police, ongoing complaints from residents of the Wading River community led to an investigation by the East End Drug Task Force, in conjunction with the Suffolk County Emergency Services Unit, Riverhead Town C.O.P.E and K-9 units.

Police said the search at 49 Overhill Rd. led to the recovery of quantities of marijuana packaged for sale, a quantity of cash, and weapon, including a .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol and more. Also recovered were scales and packaging materials, police said.

Police arrested three residents of the address, including Gregory Brewer, 55, who was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation; he was released on an appearance ticket. James Brewer, 22, was charged with criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree, a misdemeanor. He was also released on an appearance ticket.

Justin Brewer, 19, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor; criminal possession of a firearm, a felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor; and criminal possession of marijuana in the third degree, a felony. Justin Brewer was arraigned in Riverhead Town justice court and remanded to the Suffolk County Correctional Facility on $10,000 bail.