Suffolk County Police yesterday arrested a man for criminal mischief in connection to a road rage incident that occurred earlier this month in Melville.
Jayson Otero-Savage was driving a 2022 Tesla T3 southbound on Walt Whitman Road, near the Northern Parkway entrance ramp, when he cut in front of a 2017 Chevrolet Impala and stopped short at approximately 2:20 p.m. Otero-Savage and two male passengers of the Tesla exited the vehicle. One passenger looked on while Otero-Savage and the other passenger punched and kicked the Chevrolet causing extensive damage. The three then got back into the Tesla and fled the scene southbound.
Following an investigation by Second Squad detectives, Otero-Savage, 18, of 14 Grayley Place, Huntington Station was arrested and charged with Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree. He is being held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip of February 26.
A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.