Crime & Safety
Pizzeria Owner Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges
A Rockville Centre man pled not guilty to 18 counts of drug charges on Monday at Suffolk County court.
The owner of a West Babylon pizzeria who was arrested in May for allegedly selling drugs out of the business pled not guilty to 18 counts of drug-related charges, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
Francesco Miceli, 50, of Rockville Centre and owner of Miceli Brothers Pizzeria and Restaurant in West Babylon, pled not guilty to seven counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, nine counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree at his arraignment on Monday in a Suffolk County court.
According to police, Miceli sold quantities of oxycodone hydrocloride pills to an undercover police agent.
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Miceli following a three-month investigation by the Suffolk County Police into drug transactions at the pizzeria on Little East Neck Road.
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