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Salvatore Paulette, age 32, of Shirley, was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 22, following an investigation that determined he was responsible for six incidents of theft of electrical wire from the Patchogue and Bellport Home Depot stores between September and January, Suffolk County Police said.
When detectives attempted to arrest Paulette in a commercial parking lot located at The Green, south of Roberts Road, he forcibly resisted and attempted to steal a detectives’ gun before fleeing on foot, police said.
He was apprehended by Seventh Precinct Patrol officers who had responded to the area to assist detectives.
Paulette was charged with:
- Four counts of fourth-degree grand larceny
- Two counts of third-degree grand larceny
- Attempted grand larceny 3rd Degree
- Attempted robbery
- Two counts of assault
- Resisting arrest
- Criminal obstruction of breathing.
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