Crime Report: Two Arrested on Controlled Substance Charges

Thomas Steinmetz, 34, of Stony Brook, was arrested July 27 in North Bay Shore and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police say Steinmetz possessed a hypodermic instrument and a controlled substance when they stopped him at 8:55 p.m. on Fifth Ave. At the Third Precinct in Central Islip, police say they found a different controlled substance in his possession, and charged him with a second count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Norman Torgersen IV, 40, of Setauket, was arrested July 26 in Centereach and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police observed him parked in a vehicle in a parking lot on Route 25 in Centereach at approximately 5 p.m.