Crime Report: Man Robs Bagel Deli
Police blotter reports in Patchogue, North Patchogue, East Patchogue and Medford on Jan. 30.
The following information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.
Incidents:
A man with a gun robbed a bagel deli on East Main Street in East Patchogue on Jan. 30.
A wallet was stolen from a vehicle on Midway Avenue on North Patchogue on Jan. 30.
A incident of harassment was reported on River Avenue in Patchogue on Jan. 30.
An incident of aggravated harassment was reported on Skyhaven Court in Patchogue on Jan. 30.
A burglary in the second degree was reported on West Shore Drive in Patchogue on Jan. 30.
Criminal mischief to red light cameras on East Sunrise Service Road in East Patchogue was reported on Jan. 30.
An incident of harassment involving a person reporting that a girlfriend assaulted them on Wilson Avenue in Medford on Jan. 30.
A person received threatening phone messages on W End Drive in Medford on Jan. 30.
Arrests:
Stephanie Tafe, of Patchogue, was arrested in Patchogue on Jan. 30 and charged with petit larceny.
Kasey Caypinar, of East Patchogue, was arrested in East Patchogue on Jan. 30 and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
Andrea Setkowsky, of West Islip, was arrested in Medford on Jan. 30 and charged with criminal possession of controlled substance in the seventh degree.
For questions about this blotter, email michael@patch.com. The Suffolk County Police Public Information number is 631-852-6308. All arrests have been previously published on the SCPD's website here.
Andrea Setkowsky
2:21 am on Friday, March 23, 2012
Carrying your prescribed medications with you without your actual prescription should be called something different then possession of a controlled substance......possession of a controlled substance leads people to believe that you were carrying ILLEGAL substances, when in fact a prescription medication is a legal substance. I feel if they changed the wording of that actual charge then it wouldn't be slanderous to disclose that information if someone was accused of that. I do feel that if someone was carrying their medication without their written prescription it shines a whole new light onto the meaning of possession of a controlled substance. They should call it possession of a LEGAL controlled substance. This way when people read this information they don't automatically assume you were carrying drugs. Anyone in this situation would know how embarrassing this could be and I would suggest that some type of lobbying should be done to get that to be a different charge other then possession. If this information were not made public and broadcast all over the internet then maybe the wording wouldn't matter as much but when your putting information out there about someone that could have negative effects on their personal and professional lives then maybe more care and thought should be put into our words.