SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Suffolk County police arrested a woman on Friday after she brought a loaded gun into a precinct while turning herself in for stealing from a DICK’s Sporting Goods store twice in the past month.
Stephanie Incarnato, 31, went into the Suffolk County Police Department second precinct in Huntington to surrender to officers for stealing items from the DICK’s Sporting Goods store at 870 Walt Whitman Road, in Melville, on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1, police said.
At about 11:20 a.m., police were conducting an inventory search of Incarnato’s property when they found a loaded 9mm handgun with multiple live rounds in her bag, adding to her rap sheet.
An investigation ensued and Incarnato, of Amityville, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and related possession charges, as well as two counts of petit larceny.
Incarnato was held overnight at the fourth precinct in Smithtown, and police said she is scheduled to be arraigned in Central Islip on Saturday.