Greenlawn Couple Charged in Credit Card Thefts

Suffolk County Police arrested a Greenlawn couple Tuesday in connection with multiple credit card thefts during a three-day period last week.

Arrested were Tara Costello and Michael Cuozzo at their home,146 Broadway.

Costello and Cuozzo were charged with grand larceny 4th degree for stealing a purse containing credit cards at Blackstone Steakhouse in Melville, on Dec. 23, stealing a purse containing credit cards at McKeown’s Pub,. in Huntington, on Dec. 23 and stealing a wallet containing credit cards at Jenny Craig, in Huntington Station, on Dec. 26.

Costello was additionally charged with grand larceny 4th degree for stealing a purse containing credit cards from a parishioner during mass at St. Francis of Assisi,  in Greenlawn, on Dec. 24. She was also charged with four counts of criminal possession of stolen property 4th degree for using the stolen credit cards.

Costello, 45, and Cuozzo, 51, were released on bail and will be arraigned at a later date.

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