Long Island Crime Briefs

FREEPORT / Driver's wife critically hurt in crash on Meadowbrook

State Police said a drunken driver veered out of his lane Sunday on the Meadowbrook Parkway, causing a head-on, two-car crash that critically injured his wife.

Police said two New York State Park Police officers witnessed the 2 p.m. crash in which six were hurt.

A dark-colored Subaru station wagon, driving north on the Meadowbrook north of the Loop Parkway, veered suddenly across the grassy center median and hit an Infiniti sport utility vehicle in the south lanes head-on, according to a news release.

The driver of the Subaru station wagon, George J. Lemus, 30, of Flushing, faces charges of reckless assault, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, reckless endangerment, assault and various vehicle and traffic violations, police said. Upgraded charges are possible, "pending further investigation," according to a news release.

Lemus' wife, a front-seat passenger, was airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow in critical condition, police said. Two of his passengers, his daughter, 13, and his brother, were also taken to Nassau University Medical Center, as were the two occupants of the Infiniti SUV.

The driver of the Infiniti was Lenicolle Estevez of Brooklyn; her passenger was her sister.

FLANDERS / Teenage bicycle rider hurt after being struck by car

A teen on a bicycle was badly injured when he was struck by a car at the intersection of County Road 105 and Flanders Road in Flanders, Southampton Town police said Monday.

The 13-year-old victim was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center after the accident at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday and was later transferred to Stony Brook University Medical Center, police said.

Police identified the victim as Rashad Jackson of Mastic. Police did not disclose his medical condition.

Jackson was riding his bicycle west on Flanders Road and was in the crosswalk when he was struck by a pickup truck going southbound on County Road 105, police said.

The driver of the pickup, a 55-year-old Babylon man, was not injured, police said, and no charges were lodged.

HEMPSTEAD / 3 arrested in connection with fatal shooting near bar

Three Nassau County men have been arrested in connection with the May shooting death of a Freeport man outside a Hempstead bar, police said Monday.

A joint investigation between Nassau County's Homicide Squad and Bureau of Special Operations and the Freeport Police Department led to the arrests, according to a news release.

Those arrested and their charges include:

Ramiek Smalls, 22, of 18 Rutland Rd., Freeport; murder, unlicensed operation and leaving an incident without reporting.

Michael Toney, 31, of 1049 Van Buren St., Uniondale; gang assault.

Richard Paul, 22, of 8352 261 St., Floral Park; gang assault, burglary.

Smalls and Toney were arrested Sunday; Paul Monday, police said.

All three were scheduled to be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Lawrence Hartman, 28, was pronounced dead at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow on May 31, about two hours after he was shot multiple times in the parking lot behind the Rumba Sky bar on North Franklin Street, police said.