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East Patchogue mom assaults cop trying to seize drug paraphernalia, police say

With her 5-year-old and 4-month-old daughters nearby, an East Patchogue mother scuffled Saturday with a Suffolk police officer trying to seize crack pipes and hypodermic needles in her kitchen, Suffolk police said in announcing the woman's arrest on numerous criminal charges.

The officer, who had climbed a ladder into the woman's home on Miramar Avenue at 3:45 a.m. to investigate a burglary...

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