Crimes Nearby: Police Make Arrests for Leandra's Law, Grand Larceny

Robert Endlekofer, 52, of Miller Place, was arrested March 5 at 8:51 p.m. in Mt. Sinai and was charged with aggravated DWI under Leandra's Law, a felony. Police responded to a call that the driver of a 1991 GMC Sierra pickup truck, with a snow plow attached to the front, was driving erratically. Police stopped him on Mt. Sinai-Coram Road and discovered a 15-year-old child was in the vehicle. According to police, Endlekofer was intoxicated.

Tyler Mendelsohn, 21, of Mt. Sinai, was arrested March 5 in Selden and charged with second-degree forgery, a felony. Police said he forged another person's signature on a check that was made out to himself at First National Bank of Long Island.

Christian Kostrewski, 35, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 3 in Selden and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony. Police said he stole a purse from an unlocked vehicle, took credit cards, and used them to make purchases.

Mauricio Trejo, 41, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 5 in Port Jefferson Station and was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. Police said Trejo punched and kicked another person, causing him to require medical treatment. The alleged assault happened at 4:13 a.m. on Railroad Avenue in Port Jefferson Station.

Anastacio Garcia, 34, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested March 5 in Port Jefferson Station and was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. Police said Garcia punched and kicked another person in a dispute over a Facebook photo. Garcia was arrested at his home at 1:13 p.m.

Police said an Islip man knocked a woman to the ground, punched and kicked her, and then stole money from her. Steven Hansen, 28, of Islip, was arrested on March 3 in Smithtown on a second-degree robbery charge, a felony.