Man stalked woman jogger several times in Ronkonkoma, police say
William Adragna, 51, of Holly Lane in Smithtown was charged with stalking. Credit: William Adragna, 51, of Holly Lane in Smithtown was charged with stalking.
A Smithtown man was arrested Saturday on charges of stalking a female jogger on multiple occasions, Suffolk County police said.
William Adragna, 51, of Holly Lane had followed the woman on several days since April in Ronkonkoma, police said in a news release.
The woman saw Adragna following her Saturday about 9:30 a.m. in a 2003 Ford Taurus on Motor Parkway near Edgewood Avenue, police said. Officers stopped the Taurus near Rosevale Avenue and arrested Adragna, police said.
Adragna was charged with third-degree stalking, second-degree harassment and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He is set to be arraigned Sunday morning in First District Court in Central Islip.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the Fourth Precinct at 631-854-8426.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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