Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Driver Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run
A look at recent crime in the region.
A Northport woman was arrested Thursday after police said she was driving while intoxicated after her passenger was seriously injured in a crash in Centerport early this morning.
According to Suffolk County police, Elizabeth Damilatis was driving a 2011 Volvo SUV westbound on East Main Street when she lost control of her vehicle, which struck a utility pole on the north side of road in front of 375 East Main St. at 3:51 a.m.
The passenger in the SUV, Thomas Martin, 36, of Huntington, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
Melville
A Melville man was arrested Monday and accused in a hit-and-run accident that killed a bicyclist earlier in the day, Suffolk County police said.
Albert Dibernardo, 28, was identified as the driver, Suffolk police said. Dibernardo was charged with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting involving a fatality.
The victim, who was identified as Ricardo Fernandez, 44, of Amityville, was spotted by a motorist on Express Drive North in Dix Hills, a quarter of a mile east of Burrs Lane, who then notified Suffolk police about 10:05 a.m.
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Deer Park
Police are investigating an armed robbery at Deer Park's New York Commercial Bank Thursday afternoon.
Police say a man entered the bank, located at 720 Grand Boulevard at approximately 1:15 p.m., approached a teller, displayed a handgun and passed a note to the employee demanding cash.
The teller complied with the robber's demands and the man fled on foot. He was last seen running southeast through the bank parking lot.
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