Mount Sinai, NY - June 16, 2016 - Suffolk County Police have arrested a Mount Sinai man after a search warrant was executed as his home during which multiple assault rifles, cash and drugs were seized.
Detectives from the Sixth Precinct Special Operations Team, Criminal Intelligence Section, Narcotics Section and officers from the Sixth Precinct Gang Unit, Canine Section and Emergency Service Section executed a search warrant at 22 Miller Place-Middle Island Road at approximately 6 a.m. today.
During the search, a .40-caliber Glock, six assault rifles, four rifles, 25 high-capacity magazines, one shotgun, one stun gun, $42,940 in cash, approximately 4 ounces marijuana, approximately 26 grams of hallucinogen (mushrooms), 14 knives and between 3,000 and 5,000 rounds of ammunition were seized. Also seized was a notebook containing bomb making instructions, scales, a cell phone, two computers and various Nazi paraphernalia.
Resident Edward Perkowski, 29, was charged with six counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 2nd Degree, Criminal Possession of Marijuana 4th Degree.
Perkowski’s brother, Sean, 25, who also lives in the home, was charged with an outstanding bench warrant issued by the Town of Babylon.
The Town of Brookhaven condemned the home for safety violations.
The Perkowskis will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on June 17.
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