Crimes Nearby: Child Porn, Indecent Exposure at Church

The following information was supplied by the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments. Where an arrest is mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Huntington

Suffolk County Police arrested a North Patchogue man last week and accused him of robbing three banks during the previous week.

James Kosin, 42, was arrested at the Abbey Motel, 317 West Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, by Major Case Investigations Unit detectives. Kosin was charged with three counts of third-degree robbery in the robberies of a Bethpage Federal Credit Union in North Babylon on Sept. 9, a Bank of America in Dix Hills on Sept. 10 and a Chase bank in East Setauket on Sept. 12.

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Harry Zolotas of Melville was arrested on Sept. 6 in Huntington on a charge of robbery with a dangerous instrument.

Melville

An incident of harassment was reported on Sept. 9 at Threepence Drive in Melville in which police said the complainant's ex-boyfriend was found hiding in the bushes.

Massapequa

A Farmingdale man has been accused of exposing himself to a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, police said.

Leroy Jamison was nabbed by Suffolk County police for the Thursday afternoon incident.

He allegedly entered the chapel of the church where a 64-year-old woman was praying knelt down next to her and exposed himself. The woman screamed and Jamison fled the chapel and took off in on a bicycle, police said.

The parishioner was not hurt. 

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A North Massapequa man had been arrested on child pornography charges, police said.

Michael Barletta, 45, is accused of sharing numerous videos containing minors performing sexual acts.

Police said they obtained one of the videos and got a warrant to  search Barletta's home, where he was arrested. He is charged with three counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and three counts of possessing a sexual performance of a child.