Crimes Nearby: Mom Leaves Kids in Hot Car

The following article was posted by Geoffrey Walter. It was written by Jason Molinet.

One of the hottest days of 2013 sparked the arrest of an East Northport woman, who left her two young children in a locked car without air conditioning, according to Suffolk County Police.

Maria Luongo-Devivo, 49, was charged with two counts of child endangerment after she left her 1- and 5-year-old sons locked in a car Friday in the parking lot of Meat Farms supermarket in Commack, police said.   

A passerby reported the incident and police arrived to find the children sweating profusely, but neither required medical attention, police said.  

Dog Shot With BB Gun 
A Medford man shot his neighbor’s dog with a BB gun Sunday, Suffolk Police said.   

Martin Frey, 54, was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a German Shepherd was found with a bloodied nose and a BB gun pellet embedded, police said.   

The dog’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.    

But Frey was also found with a gravity knife and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, police said.   
 
Man Scammed Elderly Twins Out of $200K
A Nassau man was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly bilked two twin elderly men out of $200,000.

According to detectives, Robert Cohan, 26, of East Rockaway solicited the men in November 2012 to do repair work on the driveway of their Day Street home in Seaford.

Bad Bet for Clerk 
A convenience store clerk made a bad bet when she gambled that her alleged theft of $64,000 in lottery scratch-off tickets would go unnoticed, Nassau Police said.   

Donna King, 48, of Glen Cove, was charged with second-degree grand larceny last Tuesday. An employee at Super 7 Mini Mart in Glen Head, police said King took the scratch-offs between February and May without paying.  

Police: Sex Offender Grabs Employee 
A Syosset store owner faces sex abuse charges after he reportedly fondled one of his employees, according to Nassau Police.    

Alfred Balcerak, 54, of Freeport, turned himself in for an incident involving one of his employees at a warehouse for Dun Rite Upholstery in Syosset, police said.   

Balcerak approached a male employee in his 20s, according to police, pulled down the employee's pants and grabbed the victim's genitals.   

Balcerak, a Level 3 registered sex offender, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, police said.