May 18, 1993 Kevin Heffernan age 22 of River Heights Drive and George Miller age 21 of Amsterdam Road were arrested. Heffernan is charged with lighting 8 fires, miller with 5 fires. Scott Everett of West Main Street was charged with one count of arson and Timothy O’Shea turned himself in and was charged with 2 counts of arson. All were firefighters in the Smithtown Fire Department. The charges came less than a week after Louis Gelsomino 19, a former Sayville firefighter was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for setting fires that killed two people and caused millions of dollars in damage. The fatal Sayville fires occurred at the same time as the Smithtown Fires. Kozlik’s Messenger column 5-27-1993, Smithtown Messenger article 5-27-1993,Letter to the editor in 6-3-1993 Smithtown Messenger.
Smithtown FD-three firefighters arrested for arson spree
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