Crime & Safety
Miller Place Man Arrested on Four Charges on Northern State Parkway
Man arrested for DWI drugs, possession, disorderly conduct and traffic violations.
A Miller Place man was stopped on the Northern State Parkway near Glen Cove Road Thursday morning for moving unsafely from lane to lane, New York State Police said.
When stopped at approximately 11:20 a.m., the trooper noticed the driver, Jeffrey Albano, 47, of Miller Place, had constricted pupils, droopy eyelids and slow speech. After failing sobriety tests, he was arrested for DWI Drugs. A search of the vehicle then revealed eight decks of heroin, police said.
Albano complained of pain in his feet and legs while in custody and was brought to Nassau University Medical Center for observation, where he began spitting at members of the hospital staff and using offensive language, according to police.
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He was arrested for DWI Drugs, seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (a misdemeanor), disorderly conduct and traffic violations.
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