L-R: James Donnellan, Joseph Elardo, Nicole Johnson, and Sharmane Cromer are accused of stealing frozen shrimp and selling them to a Chinese food takeout restaurant. (Suffolk County Police photos)
NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) -
Police on Long Island say they have made arrests in ongoing shrimp thefts from local supermarkets.
Police say the thieves were selling the shrimp to a Chinese restaurant to support their drug habits.
Suffolk County Police have arrested four Calverton people for the thefts that started in December 2012.
Police say they discovered a pattern in the thefts of thousands of dollars of shrimp.
The arrests came in a traffic stop on January 30.
Joseph Elardo, 34, Sharmane Cromer, 34, James Donnellan, 33, and Nicole Johnson, 22, all of 169 Southfield Road, Calverton face several charges.
The owner of Tai Yu Chinese Restaurant, where the shrimp were allegedly sold was also arrested. Xue Chai Li, 34, of Mastic Beach is facing stolen property charges.
He was also slapped with a sanitary code violation for using an unapproved source for food.
Elardo, Cromer, Donnellan and Johnson were arraigned in Central Islip. Li will appear in court at a later date.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:01 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:01:57 GMT
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Federal authorities say they've raided 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia as part of a probe into human smuggling, identity theft and money laundering.
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A lawsuit filed in 2005 claiming a suburban New York community discriminated against minorities in the way it approved local zoning policies is getting an airing in federal court.
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Long Island environmental officials say they are looking for another alligator seen in a river. According to Newsday, state Department of Environmental Conservation say the gator was reported on Sunday night and was confirmed by officers on Wednesday. The sighting is the fifth in the same area of the Peconic River where DEC officials captured four alligators in April.
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A pharmacist on Long Island defended himself from an attempted robbery by firing shots at the suspect Friday afternoon. Police say the incident happened inside Precision Pharmacy on Merrick Road in Bellmore around 3:30 p.m. 43-year-old Marc Gumpert entered the pharmacy and demanded the drugs Ritalin and Dilaudid. The 34-year-old pharmacist complied and handed over the drugs, but followed Gumpert outside. The pharmacist saw Gumpert inside his car. Gumpert saw the pharmacist, got out of...
A pharmacist on Long Island defended himself from an attempted robbery by firing shots at the suspect Friday afternoon. Police say the incident happened inside Precision Pharmacy on Merrick Road in Bellmore around 3:30 p.m. 43-year-old Marc Gumpert entered the pharmacy and demanded the drugs Ritalin and Dilaudid. The 34-year-old pharmacist complied and handed over the drugs, but followed Gumpert outside. The pharmacist saw Gumpert inside his car. Gumpert saw the pharmacist, got out of...
L-R: James Donnellan, Joseph Elardo, Nicole Johnson, and Sharmane Cromer are accused of stealing frozen shrimp and selling them to a Chinese food takeout restaurant. (Suffolk County Police photos)
