Police: Pizzeria Owner Sold Illegal Prescription Drugs

A West Babylon pizzeria owner was arrested on Tuesday and charged with selling illegal prescription pills out of his restaurant, Suffolk County Police said.

Francesco Miceli, 50, of Rockville Center and owner of Miceli Brothers Pizzeria and Restaurant, is charged by police with seven counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree, a Class B Felony; one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree, a class B Felony; and one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 4th Degree, a class C Felony.

On Tuesday evening, police said First Squad detectives and officers from the First Precinct Community Oriented Police Enforcement (COPE) section, executed a search warrant at the restaurant located at 1030 Little East Neck Road and placed Miceli in custody.

The arrest completed a three-month investigation into the alleged illegal sale of prescription drugs at the restaurant. Police said Miceli on numerous occasions allegedly sold quantities of illegal Oxycodone hydrochloride pills to a police agent.

Miceli is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday.