BRIEFS: Felony child porn charges for Port Washington man

Port Washington man faces felony child porn charges

Police arrested a Port Washington man on felony charges that his computer had more than 100 images of child pornography, authorities said.

Executing a search warrant on Middleneck Road, investigators on Friday morning found the pornography as well as marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms, all allegedly belonging to Colin H. Fitzpatrick, State Police said in a news release.

Charges against Fitzpatrick, 27, include five felony counts of possession of sexual performance by a child, felony criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana, court records show.

At an arraignment Saturday at First District Court in Hempstead, Fitzpatrick's bail was set at $110,000 bond or $55,000 cash, the records show.

A guard at the Nassau County jail in East Meadow said Fitzpatrick hadn't been booked there, likely because the bail was posted at court.

None of the investigating agencies could be reached Saturday night for more details, and a message left at a number listed in public records for Fitzpatrick wasn't immediately returned.

- MATTHEW CHAYES

Baldwin woman allegedly sold crack cocaine with son in car

A woman is accused of selling crack cocaine in Baldwin while her 6-year-old son waited in the backseat of her car, Nassau County police said Saturday.

Narcotics detectives stationed on Christie Street saw Deniece Yaw, 27, of Jamaica, exchanging cash and objects with Donald Cooper, 53, of Plainview, shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, police said.

As officers arrested Yaw, they spotted the boy in the car, police said. A search of the vehicle turned up five plastic bags of crack cocaine, two plastic bags of cocaine and a loaded handgun, police said.

Cooper fled in his car, and pursuing police said they saw him throw small objects out the window. Police stopped Cooper and arrested him as well.

The child was released to his father, police said.

Yaw was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon, and endangering the welfare of a child. Cooper was charged with tampering with physical evidence.

At arraignment Saturday in First District Court in Hempstead, bond for Yaw was set at $200,000 and bond for Cooper was set at $14,000.

Yaw is a driver for We Transport school bus company. No one at the Plainview-based company could be reached for comment Saturday.

- NOMAAN MERCHANT