sad, so sad... Do we have to use such words to describe someone so in crisis? I know the rest of us are perfect human beings, but really,do you not have some compassion for his poor family?

Looks like he is pulling down a pension of $32,000 a year even though he was convicted of breaking the law while on the job. Go to http://seethroughny.net/ to see all public employee information in the state of NY

I don't really know what to say. After his past history I would have thought he would stay out of further troubles. I guess he misses the extra income he learned to live on. Well, a lot of people are having serious financial problems, should they also become drug dealers or bank robbers?

Why is this only a misdemeanor and not possession with intent to sell? It should be a felony!

Wow. My post got deleted. I didn't realize this was Newsday....

It's going the Newsday way, for sure!

Hey guys. Nothing is more important to us than allowing the community to freely discuss the issues that matter to them on Patch, but we do require that the conversation stay civil. Keep it clean, be considerate of others and don't libel your neighbors, it's all we ask.

"It is the policy of Patch to print the names of people arrested for serious crimes in the communities after that information has beed made public by the authorities. It would have been unfair to not name those alleged to have committed the above crimes when we regularly run crime blotters on the site".

Then it is well within my right to inform the families involved of their rights to seek legal action against those who feel they can slander their names on a public forum, correct?

Henry, perhaps I might have gone overboard in my views & for that I will apologize. But I won't apologize for my views. Bottom line, Ms. Sloat is still wrong for making those names public. She does not have the right to post those names, knowing full-well the repurcussions it will have on the families of those convicted. Small towns can be very brutal when it comes to subjects such as these. What Ms. Sloat is doing basically is condemning these families to judgement that they don't deserve. Think about it. Sons & Daughters in school, Mothers & Fathers who are otherwise productive members of the community will be subject to unecessary slander & ridicule for the mistakes of one family member. Do you find that fair? As a supposed journalist, do find that to be unbiased reporting? I personally find it to be agenda-driven nonsense and amatuer-style writing...

I might just do that.

If that is in fact the case, then please send Ms. Sloat my deepest apologies. I'm by no means too proud to admit I was wrong in the handling of this subject.

And please don't think for one minute that this changes my views on this website in any way. I still very much enjoy it's articles for the most part. But if I feel an injustice is being played out, I must act on it. That's just the way I am...

We never include names of minors in arrest situations.

they should have thought about the repercussions before selling heroin to people. obviously they did not care about their family, friends or community when they were dealing. They are contributing to someones unfortunate disease. they are killing people. how would these dealers like if one of these addicts robbed, murdered or hurt someone they loved for their drugs? Our community has EVERY right to know who WE live next door to. who OUR children are hanging around and WHERE deals are occurring. obviously Mr. Massaro has never been directly effected by an addict. you never watched an addict suffer. you never sympathized with someone who was robbed, mugged, murdered or hurt by an addict or you would have a very different opinion. I VERY much feel for the children of the dealers arrested. Sloat has a job to do and she did it well. These names were going to get out. It is public information. i have NO pity on the dealers. get a real job like the rest of us that don't include destroying the lives of others.

How do we stop drugs...it's sad for everybody. It ruins everything. The sad reason is that we have the technology to do so but obviously the people who are in charge are profiting from not doing so.

Short of monitoring everyone's homes 24/7 there sadly is not much that can be done especially with hard drugs like heroin since the demand is so high. And I'm not quite sure what good the names will do you, since they're probably going to jail anyway...

I disagree, If these kids know where to go to buy the drugs the cops should know too and arrest the dealers. Then the court system in this country has to punish the criminals appropriately - selling a highly addictive illegal drugs deserves more than a slap on the wrist. If you do a crime, be prepared to do the time and also see your name in the newspaper or the patch. I'd like to who on my block has an illegal drug problem in case stuff starts happening in the area - I think you might find it informative to see names especially if you see an acquaintance of your kids - might raise your eyebrows or the hair on your back.

It is hurtful, we're all proud of Kings Park. This isn't 20 years ago and most of our residents' hearts would go out to the parents and family as they have a long road ahead of them. This is all public information and I applaud Jennifer and the Patch for keeping us in the know about this and other topics that affect all of us. Maybe all parents should get involved with Kings Park In The Know at our schools because "you never know" what's going on in our town until it's too late.

How is it possible for this man to collect a (nice) pension after being convicted on FOUR counts of bribery related to his Town job???

i think the patch ruins alot of lives. People assume that your are guilty before a trial or any evidence of the crime laid out. It causes a lot of shame in innocent family members in the community. I find they just take what is said by the police or the news feed and do no investigative work on their own. I personally would like to see the patch go away. Yes I understand that he communities right to know, but at the expense of ruining others lives, I do not think so. To all of you that are angry about this mans pension, then go out and vote to change things. I am angry about a lot tof thel public servants pensions that many don't deserve. We as voters are the ones that can vote this down, these people are just taking advantage of the system allready in place. it may have worked in the 1960's but not now. Not when 1 in 5 people are getting food stams in our country

The Patch did not get arrested for buying ot selling Heroin! In your argument, all media should be shut down?

I agree with much of what Cathy said which was also expressed in another posting last week. Yes, buying heroin is a crime as is being arrested for DWI or smoking marijuana. Is the community served by knowing the names of those arrested; especially since they have not been convicted of a crime? I really do not thinks so. Instead, it gives some an opportunity to get up on their anonymous soap box and denounce these people as scum or whatever other unpleasant term is part of their vocabulary. There is a lack of compassion for what the arrested person and their family members are going through. Imagine the humiliation of their children, if they have any, and please don’t give me they should have thought about that before committing the crime. To me, the Patch is the place the holier then thou crowd gravitate towards so they can spew their anonymous comments. It really does not serve the community and would not be missed if it went away in my opinion.

ALL newspapers, including the local ones print names..... It is public information.
I for one, like to know if a heroin dealer or sexual predator in living nearby.

""There is a lack of compassion for what the arrested person"" Really? What about the lack of compasion for the person they harmed or killed?

RE: Cathy.....If you dislike the Patch, no one is forcing you to read or comment on it! I use Patch manly as a FiOS customer who is without News 12 and wants local news. Every news source has its flaws but Patch is fairly reliable, and hasn't yet crossed any lines another source won't. It is most policies that the names of the accused will be released to the public, unless they are minors or have negotiations in place with the police/lawyers.....these people are 'ruining' their own lives by making poor and illegal choices, the Patch has nothing to do with it.

I didn't read anything abt him stitchin neither he signd statemants on bigger dude y u think he got off with not intant to distrbute he's rat cause got caught

So typical scared to do the time when did the crime so brings down his dealers so he can get litlle mistameaners u kidding he got caught with half a sleeve for christ sake u serios and he only gets desk appearances SNITCH!!!!!!!

I don't know why anyone would want to live in Kings Park if these comments are a representative of the people who live there.

Backwards, small town mentality is not acceptable anymore. We live in a global community now. You can not pick and choose what you feel is right and wrong, there are standards across the board now. If you do something illegal you will have reprecussions. You can not get out of jail free now because your grandpa worked on the railroad with the judge.

And for those who truly feel the names of those who break the law should not be posted on a public forum for all to see, it seems as if you are only preparing for this to happen to yourselves.

Please think about others when you post comments on this site, it's run by people who are just trying to help spread non biased information that is not skewed by "opinions" of the community, because then it's not really news is it?

I think all sides have been heard here, so we will close comments on this article.