Ridge Man Arrested for Shooting Death in Apartment Parking Lot

Suffolk County Police today arrested a man for killing a woman in Moriches.

On June 6 at 8:20 a.m., a woman called 911 after finding her daughter, Rebecca Roth, dead of a gunshot wound in a Hyundai Elantra in a parking lot outside their residence, located at 63-10 Long Tree Lane in Moriches.

Roth, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide Squad detectives arrested James Quininchetta at Suffolk County Police Seventh Precinct on June 7 for shooting and killing Roth.  Quininchetta, 40, of 2G Independence Court in Ridge, was charged with second-degree murder. He was processed at the Seventh Precinct and scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on June 7.