Suffolk County Police arrested a man on Jan. 21 in connection to 11 felonies, 10 of which occurred in Ronkonkoma during December 2022.

Fifth Precinct Patrol officers responded to a 911 report of a man slashing tires in the parking lot of the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, located at 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway, yesterday at approximately 10:45 a.m. After canvassing the area, officers located and arrested Teshawn Farris at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway and Lakeland Avenue at 11:03 a.m.

Following an investigation by Fifth Squad detectives and Crime Section officers it was determined that Farris was also allegedly responsible for the following:

• Slashing the tires of six vehicles at the same hotel on December 24, 2022
• Falsely reporting two fires at the same hotel and then damaging the fire alarm on December 24, 2022
• Menacing an employee of the hotel with a knife on December 24, 2022
• Causing $3850 in damage to a 2022 Tesla in the parking lot of the Ronkonkoma LIRR station of December 2, 2022    

Farris, 26, of 100 North 16^th St., Wheatley Heights was charged with nine counts of Criminal Mischief 3^rd Degree, two counts of Falsely Reporting an Incident 2^nd Degree and one count of Menacing 2^nd Degree.  He is being held overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip later today. 

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