SCPD: Man Arrested for Driving with 41 License Suspensions, Passenger Busted for Drugs
West Babylon, NY - May 4, 2018 - Suffolk County Police on Thursday, May 3 arrested a West Babylon man for driving with more than 40 license suspensions.
First Precinct officers pulled over a 2005 Toyota Sequoia at the corner of Straight Path and 14th Street in West Babylon at 11:55 a.m. after they observed the two occupants not wearing seatbelts. Officers determined the driver, Frank Cairo, was driving with a license that had been suspended 41 times on 17 dates.
Cairo, 47, was charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 1st Degree. Cairo’s passenger, Barney Sangemino, 55, of Riverhead, was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing Suboxone without a prescription. Both men will be held overnight at First Precinct for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip.
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