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What Happened
Mark Miller, 26, of Port Jefferson Station was driving east on Sunrise Highway at 8:17 p.m. Saturday when he struck a 2000 Jeep while attempting to pass it using an entrance ramp just west of North Ocean Avenue in Patchogue, police said, according to Greater Long Island.
The 19-year-old Sayville woman driving the Jeep and a 19-year-old female passenger both suffered minor injuries. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Jeep was not injured. Miller, who was driving alone, was also not injured.
Miller was charged with driving while ability impaired by a combination of drugs and alcohol and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police said the controlled substance was alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax.
Prior Criminal History
Saturday’s arrest was the latest in a series of encounters with law enforcement for Miller stretching back six years, according to Greater Long Island.
On June 8, Miller was arrested and charged with second-degree menacing with a blunt object and criminal mischief. He was arraigned and entered a not guilty plea, records show.
On May 24, Miller was charged with resisting arrest and other charges relating to an ATV stop, including third-degree fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, speeding, multiple failures to stop at stop signs, operating an ATV on a highway, and equipment and registration violations. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
In December 2021, Miller was arrested in Port Jefferson Station and charged with first-degree robbery after allegedly displaying a gun during an incident, police said. In October 2020, Miller was arrested and charged with first-degree assault after police said he shot a 19-year-old man in Coram; the victim was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. How the 2020 and 2021 cases were resolved could not immediately be determined.