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Crimes Nearby: Nesconset Man Charged with Leaving Scene of Fatal Accident

The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County and New York State Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Hauppauge   

Craig Williams, 38, of Nesconset, was arrested Sept. 29 and charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Police said Williams was driving a 2006 Honda eastbound on Nesconset Highway when he fatally hit pedestrian Thomas Wik Jr., 23, of Nesconset at approximately 4:50 a.m.. Williams allegedly left the scene of the crash, and was arrested a short time later by police.

Port Jefferson

Tracy James, 38, of Middle Island, was arrested on Sept. 24 at Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson and charged with robbery, burglary, forgery and criminal possession of stolen property. Police accused her of a June robbery in Bayshore when she allegedly stole property from another person. James was also charged with burglary for allegedly taking property from a home on Stony Brook Road in Stony Brook on June 18 and criminal possession of stolen property from an incident at Gold Rush USA in Centereach on the same date. She was also charged with forgery and accused of altering a check that she then deposited into an ATM in Coram on Sept. 6. Court records show that James was indicted in Suffolk County Criminal Court on Sept. 28 and her next court date is set for Oct. 3.

Two men were arrested on Sept. 28 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with criminal possession of stolen property. Alexander Gentile, 26, of Lake Ronkonkoma, and Michael Wisnieski, 25, of Port Jefferson Station, allegedly had stolen gardening and construction tools stashed at an apartment on Greenhaven Drive and in a car.

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Rocky Point/Miller Place


Bernadette Polat, 47, of Rocky Point, was arrested Sept. 25 in Miller Place and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Polat allegedly stole assorted items from the Miller Place Stop & Shop.

Rachel Taddonio, 27, of Miller Place, was arrested Sept. 25 at the Suffolk County Precinct Department Sixth Precinct in Selden and charged with fifth degree criminal possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor. She is alleged to have knowingly possessed stolen property from Pawn Brokers of America on Medford Avenue in Patchogue.

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