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The following information was supplied by the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments. Where an arrest is mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Dix Hills

Suffolk County Police are stepping up patrols in the Half Hollow Hills area after at least three burglaries were reported on Sept. 21.

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Homes located on Lincoln Avenue, McNulty Street, and Aldus Place in Dix Hills were reportedly broken into and large items were taken, according to police.

The incidents occurred during the day. Members of the community have said two other homes in the area were burglarized as well, but police have not yet confirmed that information.

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Police said that they will be increasing patrols in the area. 

Hauppauge

Danilo Corporan, of Smithtown, was arrested for assault in Hauppauge on Sept. 18. Corporan, working with an ally, punched a person in the head around 9:30 p.m. After the person fell to the ground, Corporan continually kicked him in the head, police said.

John Elliott, 31, of Ronkonkoma, was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in Islandia on Sept. 13. Elliott was driving a 1995 Mitsubishi southbound on Veterans Highway when officers ran his plates and determined he was driving without a valid license. The police pulled Elliott over and, after a look in his vehicle, found a stun gun on the driver side floorboard.

Farmingdale

Ryanne Hunter, 23, of Laurelton, was arrested Sept. 10 in East Farmingdale and charged with second degree aggravated harassment and petty larceny. Reports indicate Hunter was arrested for the alleged theft of products from Walmart. Reports indicate Hunter also called another female and made threats.

Massapequa

A Central Islip woman was arrested for driving drunk with three children in her car Saturday night, police said.

Ana Gonzalez, 43, was stopped in the parking lot of the  at 11:27 p.m.

Police had spotted a 6-year-old boy standing in the back seat.

When officers approached the car they found two girls, ages 6 and 2. The two oldest children are Gonzalez' son and daughter, while the youngest child is her granddaughter, police said.

Police said Gonzalez had been drinking and she was charged with three counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated under Leandra's law, which makes it a felony to drive drunk with a child under 15.

She also faces a lesser DWI charge and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

The children, who weren't hurt, were released to a family friend.


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