Hauppauge, NY --In 2012, the Hauppauge community has been affected by crimes by drug dealers that had a widespread impact on local residents to individual arrests that neighbors were shocked to hear about.
Here's the 10 worst crimes of 2012:
**2 Hauppauge, 7 Nesconset Residents Charged in Operation Heroin Highway
: *Two Hauppauge residents and seven Nesconset residents were among the 41 Town of Smithtown residents arrested in a long-term heroin bust announced in late January by Queens County District Attorney.* *Nesconset Mom Gets 2 Years for Dealing Oxycodone:
* Despite pleas that jail time would hurt her family, Nesconset's Joanne Connelly was sentenced to 26 months in prison in March for illegally dealing oxycodone, an opiate.* *Woman Surrenders to FBI, Girl Reunites with Father
: *Yvette Torres, a woman on the FBI's most wanted list for allegedly kidnapping her daughter has turned herself into authorities and returned the girl to her father in Hauppauge.* *Police: Arrest Made in Multiple Bomb Threats to Islip Town Hall:
*Ronald Kellman, 41, of Central Islip, was arrested Friday for making multiple bombs threats to Islip Town Hall over the past year, Suffolk Couny police said. * *Nesconset Burglar to Face Grand Jury
:* Neil A. Parikh, 24, of Nesconset, who allegedly broke into a female tenant's apartment in hopes of taking sexual advantage of her will be arraigned before grand jury in Riverhead courts in May.**Four Brokers Arrested in Hauppauge-Based Ponzi Scheme
*: Four brokers have been arrested in connection to the Hauppauge-based Agape World Ponzi scheme. * *Three Men Attempt Robbery of Islandia Gas Station
*: Three men attempted unsuccessfully to rob a Gulf Gas Station in Islandia on Sept. 10.* *Armed Robbers Strike Red Mango
: *Two armed men robbed Red Mango in the Hauppauge Shopping Center on Feb. 17, according to Suffolk County Police.* *Cops: Drunk Driver Behind Wheel in 7-Eleven Accident
: *Suffolk County Police have arrested Jose Escobar, 29, of Westbury for reportedly getting behind the wheel while drunk, causing a serious accident that injured his pregnant girlfriend and 10-month-old. The infant died in the days following the accident and charges were upgraded to vehicular homicide.* *Man Charged with DWi in Fatal Crash
: *Suffolk County Police say a Brentwood man was driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol during the time of Dec. 15 crash that resulted in the death of one of his passengers.--------------------
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