LI CRIME BRIEFS

ISLANDWIDE/Police: 130 DWI arrests over holiday weekend

Long Island's two major police departments Tuesday reported 130 arrests for driving while intoxicated over the Memorial Day weekend, an increase from last year.

Nassau County police arrested 73 people between 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Suffolk police said they arrested 57 drivers between 4 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Last year, the departments made 106 Memorial Day drunken-driving arrests, including 65 in Nassau.

- GARY DYMSKI

EAST QUOGUE/Town police arrest 22 at notorious beach club

Southampton Town police arrested 22 people over the Memorial Day weekend at an East Quogue beach club with a history of arrests, the department said Tuesday in a news release.

The arrests, which included three on felony drug charges, were at the Neptune Beach Club, 70 Dune Rd. Nineteen were arrested at the same club during the Memorial Day weekend last year.

Victoria Fogel, 22, of New Rochelle, was arrested after being accused of selling ecstasy in the club, according to the release.

Other drugs confiscated included cocaine, ketamine, Adderall, gamma-hydroxybutyrate and marijuana, police said.

Fogel is charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Charged with felony criminal possession were Howard O. Patino, 23, of Corona, Queens, and Jefferson Barragan-Restrepo, 25, of Elmhurst.

All the other charges were misdemeanors, including one for public urination.

Ten people were arrested at the Neptune July 4 on drug-related charges. Also, during the Labor Day weekend last year, two club patrons were arrested in the sale of drugs to undercover police officers.

- GARY DYMSKI

HEWLETT/No one injured in collapse of building's facade

The facade of a group of buildings at Broadway and Franklin Avenue in Hewlett collapsed Tuesday, but no one appeared to be injured, police said.

The brickwork of the one-story commercial building collapsed. A woman who had been at a nearby red light said her car was struck by bricks.

Part of Broadway was closed south of New Street.

It's the second facade collapse on the Island in a week. Another collapse May 25 at an Amityville strip mall filled a parking lot with rubble but did not injure anyone.

- STACEY ALTHERR