Shirley Man Accused of Pointing Gun at Clammer

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 13, 2013

A Shirley man has been arrested for pointing a rifle at a fellow clammer after their boats collided in the Long Island Sound off Glen Cove, Nassau County police said.

John Mirabito crashed his boat into the victim’s boat, sparking an argument that escalated when the 59-year-old suspect pulled a rifle from his cabin and pointed it at the victim and his passenger at 8 a.m. Monday, police said.

Both men were at the wheel of separate 21-foot Steiger boats at the time. The victim fled the scene and called 911.

Marine Bureau officers responded, recovered the rifle and charged Mirabito with two counts of menacing.

He will be arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.