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Suffolk County Police early this morning arrested a man for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident following a crash that injured a pedestrian in Centereach.
 
Robert Bickmeyer was driving a 2006 Nissan eastbound on Portion Road, at the intersection of Avenue B, when his vehicle struck a pedestrian who was walking in the bicycle lane at approximately 12:20 a.m.
 
The victim, Giovanni Menendez, 40, of Holbrook, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
 
Bickmeyer, 60, of 8A La Bonne Vie Drive, East Patchogue, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Leaving the Scene of an Accident. He will be held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on November 3.
 
A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
 
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Authority:       Geraldine Hart, Commissioner      19-616814
                 Suffolk County Police Department         JM/0345