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Suffolk County Police arrested a woman for killing her boyfriend in their Coram home on July 4.

After a physical confrontation Ashley Guimont shot and killed her boyfriend, Alex Carter at 702
Townehouse Drive in Coram at approximately 2:30 a.m. After shooting Carter, Guimont called 911.
Carter, 47, was transported to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, where he was
pronounced dead.

Guimont, 44, was arrested and charged with Murder 2nd Degree by Homicide Squad detectives.She will be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on July 5.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392.

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The Suffolk County Police Department, assisted by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, arrested three motorists during an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Huntington on July 4.

Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department’s Highway Patrol Bureau SAFE-T Team conducted a joint sobriety checkpoint operation with Suffolk County Deputy Sheriffs at the LIRR parking lot, located at Route 110 and Church Street, at 11 p.m. on July 4 until 2:30 a.m. on July 5. Volunteers and staff from STOP DWI Program also assisted, giving educational information to motorists.

The checkpoint was part of a holiday weekend enforcement crackdown targeting alcohol and drug impaired driving. A total of 245 vehicles went through the checkpoint.

The following was charged with allegedly Driving While Intoxicated: Miles Works, 32, of Locust Valley

The following were charged with allegedly Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs:

  • Jacob Charvat, 30, of West Babylon
  • James Russo, 19, of East NorthportThe above arrestees will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on July 5th.

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Suffolk County Police arrested a man on July 3 for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol with his child and grandchild in the vehicle in Lake Grove.

Fourth Precinct officers responded to a home on Crotty Avenue and determined the driver of a 2007
Honda CR-V, Michael Morris, was under the influence of alcohol and arrested him at 5:53 p.m. His
child and grandchild, ages two and three, were in the vehicle. Child Protective Services was notified.

Morris, 47, of Lake Grove, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated, an E felony, Aggravated DWI
under Leandra’s Law, an E felony, Criminal Contempt 2nd Degree, a misdemeanor, and two counts of
Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a misdemeanor.

The Honda was impounded.

Morris will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on July 4.

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Kristie Mace

Suffolk County Police arrested a Medford woman on July 1 for allegedly promoting prostitution.

Following an investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Human Trafficking
Investigations Unit, with assistance from the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force
arrested Kristie Mace in Farmingville at approximately 5:20 p.m. for promoting prostitution.

The investigation, which began in June of 2024, revealed Mace used multiple social media platforms to
recruit women from outside the United States to travel to Suffolk County on tourist visas, for the
purposes of conducting commercial sex work. Detectives believe while these women were operating in
Suffolk County, Mace continued to use social media to promote their sex work, while also assisting
them in traveling to and from area hotels in Farmingville, Medford, Islandia and other locations in the
county to see clients.

Detectives seized her vehicle and phone.

Mace recruited at least two women from Spain, and detectives believe there are more victims and other
suspects working with Mace. Mace, 28, of Waverly Ave., Medford, was charged with Promoting
Prostitution in the 3rd Degree, a D Felony. She was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket and is scheduled to
be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date.

Detectives ask anyone who has information on Mace, or other suspects to call the Human Trafficking
Investigations Unit, at 631-854-7512.

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Jonathan Redar

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Jonathan Redar, 33, of Miller Place, was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision after a jury found him guilty of Assault in the First Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree for shooting a relative during an argument outside of a billiards bar.

“Jonathan Redar, a prior felony offender, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting a family member outside a Mount Sinai bar. What began as a dispute turned into a near-deadly act of violence,” said District Attorney Tierney. “In Suffolk County, all should be on notice that any violence with a firearm will be met with decades behind bars.”

The evidence at trial established that on May 7, 2024, at approximately 2:03 a.m., Redar and the victim began to argue in the parking lot of a billiards bar in Mount Sinai. Redar then pulled out a firearm and fired a single shot at the victim while unsuspecting bystanders were nearby. The bullet penetrated the victim’s left forearm and abdominal area. Redar then fled the scene. The victim was transported to Mather Hospital and later transported to Stony Brook Hospital for emergency surgery in their trauma unit, where he was treated for numerous injuries including shattered bones and damage to his organs. A bullet fragment was also removed from the victim.

On May 15, 2024, while conducting surveillance, Suffolk County detectives located Redar and subsequently placed him under arrest at a Walmart in Yaphank.

Prior to this case, Redar had been convicted of multiple felonies including but not limited to Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony, in 2016, Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a Class E felony, in 2012.

On May 7, 2025, Redar was convicted of Assault in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C felony, after a jury trial heard before Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard I. Horowitz.

On June 30, 2025, Redar was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision. He was represented by David Besso, Esq.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Sean E. Buckley and Jeremy Waite of the Major Crime Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Gregory Marino of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Sixth Squad, and District Attorney Investigator Daniel Gallagher of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office as well as research analyst, Brooke Baade of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

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Fifteen individuals, including Mujjahid Huq, a pharmacist from Halesite, have been charged for their participation in schemes in which the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and other health care benefit programs, were fraudulently billed more than $10.6 billion, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Eastern District office on June 30.

Huq, 45, is charged by indictment with three counts of health care fraud, two counts of unlawful monetary transactions, and conspiracy to make false statements in health care matters in connection with a $2.1 million pharmacy fraud scheme.

As alleged in the indictment, Huq, a licensed pharmacist, owned several pharmacies in Brooklyn, Queens, and Buffalo, New York. Through these pharmacies, Huq billed Medicare and Medicaid $2.1 million for drugs that were not dispensed.  Huq also allegedly agreed with others to make false statements about his ownership of the pharmacies, and used the fraud proceeds for his personal benefit.  Trial Attorneys Patrick J. Campbell and Arun Bodapati of the Northeast Strike Force are in charge of the prosecution.

“This record-setting Health Care Fraud Takedown delivers justice to criminal actors who prey upon our most vulnerable citizens and steal from hardworking American taxpayers,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. “Make no mistake — this administration will not tolerate criminals who line their pockets with taxpayer dollars while endangering the health and safety of our communities.”

Read more about the case here.

 

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Do you recognize this man? Photo from SCPD

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Investigative Unit officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole merchandise from a store in Farmingville last month.

The man pictured above allegedly stole items from Stop & Shop, located at 2350 N Ocean Ave., on June 23 at approximately 4:10 p.m.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS, utilizing a mobile app which can be downloaded through the App Store or Google Play by searching P3 Tips, or online at www.P3Tips.com. All calls, text messages and emails will be kept confidential.

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Do you recognize this man? Photo from SCPD

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole from a Selden store in June.

The man pictured on the right allegedly stole three HP ink cartridges valued at approximately $187 from Target, located at 307 Independence Plaza, on June 21 at 9:55 a.m.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS, utilizing a mobile app which can be downloaded through the App Store or Google Play by searching P3 Tips, or online at www.P3Tips.com. All calls, text messages and emails will be kept confidential.

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Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after human remains were
discovered in a submerged vehicle in Mt. Sinai on June 30.

Representatives from two volunteer organizations, Explorers with a Mission, and Adventures with
Purpose, were utilizing side-scan sonar devices near the Cedar Beach boat ramp and located a PT
Cruiser submerged in the water at approximately 5 p.m. on June 30. Divers entered the water and
located what they believed to be a human bone in the vehicle, brought it to the surface and called 911 at
7:43 p.m.

Marine Bureau divers conducted an initial search of the vehicle before suspending the search at
approximately 9 p.m. due to water conditions. The search resumed July 1 and Marine Bureau divers
located additional human remains.

The vehicle was removed from the water utilizing a crane from Murphy’s Marine Services in Port
Jefferson. Personnel from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner will determine the
identity of the remains and a cause of death.

Speculation is that the remains are of Robert Long, a Miller Place resident who was 62 at the time, and was last seen on December 21, 2010, after leaving the Miller Place Wine & Liquor Store around noon.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Homicide Squad detectives at 631-852-6392.

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The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) is advising motorists
to be prepared for heavy traffic on Friday, July 4,  between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. near
Governor Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park in Suffolk County.

Motor vehicle traffic on the following state parkways and state and local roadways in close proximity to the site may be affected, including:

• Northern State Parkway
• Sagtikos Parkway
• Southern State Parkway
• Sunken Meadow Parkway

Attendance at Sunken Meadow State Park for past Fourth of July holidays have caused morning and afternoon gridlock and serious traffic disruptions on the aforementioned roadways and tributaries. If possible, avoid Sunken Meadow and Sagtikos Parkways. Possible closings may occur at these locations due to heavy traffic.

Drivers wishing to avoid delays and possible road closures should avoid the Sunken Meadow
Parkway interchanges from mid-morning through late afternoon. Sunken Meadow State Park often fills to capacity. Park visitors may want to consider Heckscher State Park in East Islip as an alternative.