Farmingville Women Charged with Stealing from Cars, Mailboxes

Two Farmingville women were arrested Tuesday after they were in possession of stolen property from numerous cars and mailboxes in the Ronkonkoma area, according to Suffolk County Police.

Fourth Precinct officers conducted a vehicle and traffic stop on Terry Road near Express Drive South in Islandia at 3 a.m. after spotting a vehicle that matched the description of one that had been involved in a previously reported crime, police said.

The officers had been alerted that the occupants of this vehicle may have broken into another vehicle at Hanson Place in Ronkonkoma.

The driver, Nancy Rodriguez, 26, and her passenger Gina Puma, 26, were in possession of numerous items that had been stolen from vehicles and mail boxes in the Ronkonkoma area recently.

The officers were able to recover a GPS device, car chargers, cell phones and approximately 100 pieces of mail, including checks, police said.

Rodriguez and Puma, both of Woodycrest Drive in Farmingville, were each charged with 11 counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree. They both will be held overnight and are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on December 21.

The investigation is continuing. The vehicle was impounded as evidence and United States Postal Authorities were notified.

Earlier this week Sachem Patch reported about SUVs that were broken into in Holbrook, not far from the Ronkonkoma community.