Crime Report: Odd Way to Gridlock, Torched Vehicle, and Creepy Ex-Boyfriends

The following information is directly from the Suffolk County Police Department's media incidents list .

Holtsville

• An incident of grand larceny took place on Waverly Avenue on September 25. Police responded to the call at around 6:30 when the complainant reported his van was missing.
• Police responded to another grand larceny on Blue Point Road on September 24. According to the report tools were stolen from a work van at around 10:30 p.m.
• Police responded to a call for criminal mischief on Waverly Avenue on September 25. According to the report a mailbox was knocked over at around 7 p.m.
• Police responded to a burglary on September 24 on Sylvan Drive after the complainant said an adult white male, possibly in his teens, was banging on the door to get in at around 11:15 a.m.
• A number of items were stolen from a house on Lindsey Court on September 22. The grand larceny call came in at around 11 a.m.
• Police responded to an arson call on Blue Point Road at around 3 a.m. on September 19. According to the complaint, a man said he ran out to the front of his house and saw that his 2000 Lincoln was on fire. According to police the man's son extinguished the blaze. The investigation is ongoing.
• Police answered a call for harassment on September 19 on Abner Drive. According to the complaint it was domestic dispute involving alcohol; the husband informed police that there were guns locked up in the house.
• Damien McNeil, of Holtsville, was arrested on September 24 for multiple counts of burglary in the 2nd-degree: dwelling.

Ronkonkoma

• Police responded to a call for harassment on September 25 at the corner of Johnson and Ocean Avenues. According to the complaint a man in a hoodie was standing in the middle of the intersection at around 5 a.m.
• Police answered a call for grand larceny on Clarendon Road on September 25. The complainant named a possible 17-year-old culprit during the call, which came in at around 2 p.m.
• Police responded to a call for criminal mischief to a black Honda Acura on Railroad Avenue on September 25 at around 7:30 p.m.
• Police answered a harassment call after a dispute with an ex-wife on Joan Street on September 25. The call came in at around 10 p.m.
• Police responded to a harassment call shortly after midnight on September 24. According to the complainant, her ex-boyfriend was attempting to disable her vehicle on Railroad Avenue.
• Police responded to a call for aggravated harassment after a woman claimed her ex-boyfriend was stalking her throughout the day. Police answered the call on Express Drive South on September 23 at around 10:45 a.m.
• Christina Picciano, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was arrested in Dix Hills on September 25 for multiple drug charges, including criminal possession with intent to sell.
• Steven Frisenda, of Ronkonkoma, was arrested on September 22 for reckless endangerment in the 2nd degree.
• Michael Redding, of Ronkonkoma, was arrested on September 21 for menacing in the 2nd degree, with a weapon.

* A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.