Body Shop Owners Arrested for Petit Larceny, Making False Statement
Holbrook man and partner stripped car of windows and windshield after crash, police say.
A Holbrook man was arrested Friday for stealing parts from a car that was taken to him after the vehicle’s owner was involved in a motor vehicle crash earlier this month, according to Suffolk Police.
Sal Osnato, 62, of Holbrook, and James Jeffery, 54, of Central Islip, were charged with petit larceny and making a false statement after removing a customers windows and windshield from her car after a crash, police said. They were each issued a field appearance ticket.
Police said a 38-year-old Brentwood woman was in a motor vehicle crash on Front Avenue in Brentwood on January 15 at approximately 3:30 p.m. The woman’s 1997 Nissan was taken to Jim’s Perfection Auto, located on Wisconsin Court in Bay Shore. When the woman went to retrieve her vehicle from the auto body shop, she noticed the side windows and windshield had been removed.
The woman told police the windows and windshield were intact when she was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore by ambulance.
The investigation is continuing, and police are seeking further victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Third Precinct Crime Section at 631-854-8326.
Nancy Evans Figat
7:45 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
This sounds like one of those staged crashes that I was involved in last year. Involves insurance companies, Cops, crashers,medical.Alot of fraud going on in Suffiolk.
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3:09 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
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NYPD SUPPORTER
3:10 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
this guy was probably just doing his job and towing and now they make him out to be a criminal...i hope that when the case is dismissed that the same reporter lets people know of the dismissal
NYPD SUPPORTER
3:11 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
how bad was the crash mr reporter? do you have any pictures or is this all heresay? nancy i agree...
Chris R. Vaccaro
3:44 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
All of the information from the story came directly from a release issued by Suffolk County Police.
NYPD SUPPORTER
4:14 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
sounds like half a story....but then again it also sounds like a trivial story. do you know how hard it is to take the windows out of a car? and were the windows broken from the crash that they HAD to remove them as a part of the towing company safety requirement?