Suspect arrested in utility worker's assault
Photo credit: Handouts | A Levittown man has been arrested and charged with assaulting John Applewhite, a Florida utility worker who was on Long Island helping restore electric grid damaged by superstorm Sandy. Left: Applewhite before the attack. Right: Applewhite after the assault.
Thomas Libretto, 34, of Levittown was arrested at 
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A dispute outside a restaurant that left a Florida utility worker hospitalized and a Levittown man under arrest began after the lineman urinated near the suspect's car and not out of frustration over power outages, Nassau County police said Wednesday.
Thomas Libretto, 34, of 24 Ramble Lane, faces a charge of third-degree assault in the attack that happened at about 7:15 p.m. Friday on lineman...
