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High-Speed Chase on LIE Leads to Arrest: Holbrook Man Caught with Crack Cocaine, Suspended License

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A Holbrook man was arrested in Holtsville after a high-speed traffic stop on the LIE led to the discovery of crack cocaine and a suspended license.

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Suffolk County Police arrested a man for possession of crack cocaine this morning in Holtsville. A member of the Suffolk County Police Street Takeover Task Force observed a 2010 Infiniti G37 traveling westbound on the LIE, between Exits 61 and 62, traveling at a high rate of speed and changing lanes without signaling, at approximately 12 a.m.
 
The officer stopped the vehicle and during the traffic stop, it was discovered the driver was in possession of crack cocaine. The driver also had a suspended driver’s license and registration.
 
The driver, Anthony Cucuzzo, 44, of Holbrook, was arrested and transported to the Sixth Precinct. He was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th Degree and was also issued multiple vehicle and traffic law citations.
 
He is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on February 27. The vehicle was impounded.
 
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