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SCPD Arrest Three Men - Weapons Possession - DWI - Attempting To Flee Police
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 4:32PM Suffolk County Police today arrested three men for weapons possession, after the driver who was driving while intoxicated, attempted to flee from police in Brookhaven early this morning.
Fifth Precinct Police Officers Frank Munsch and Michael Richardsen observed a 2003 Mitsubishi drive through a red light at 3:15 a.m. on Montauk Highway in Patchogue. The officers attempted to initiate a stop but the driver continued eastbound on Montauk Highway. Other units responded and police observed an item being thrown out of the car in the area of Carman Boulevard and Montauk Highway in Brookhaven. The vehicle then went off the road into a wooded area at Old Stump Road and Montauk Highway in Brookhaven. The driver and two passengers, who were not injured, attempted to flee on foot but were quickly apprehended at 3:19 a.m.
Officers found a loaded semi-automatic handgun and a magazine of bullets inside the vehicle. Another semi-automatic handgun was found on the roadway.
The driver of the car, Darnell Lewis, 29, of 245 Cabota Ave., Apt. 2, Copiague , was charged with Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer, Resisting Arrest, Driving While Intoxicated, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree, and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd Degree. The two passengers, Michael Hernandez, 22, of 32 Lenox Ave., Central Islip, and Mellody Williams, 21, of 137 N. 20 th St., Wyandanch, were charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2 nd Degree, and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd Degree. Hernandez was also charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.
Lewis, Hernandez, and Williams will be held overnight at the Fifth Precinct and are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on January 28.
The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.
A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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