Five men were indicted for the alleged armed carjacking of a man and woman in the parking lot of the Ronkonkoma Long Island Railroad station in August of this year.
On August 17 at about 1:28 a.m., on August 17, 2025, David Susalla, Sean Santaniello, Jahsiah Tricoche, Jayden DeJesus and Daniel Montoya allegedly travelled eastbound on the Long Island Railroad from the Brentwood train station to the Ronkonkoma train station. Once at the Ronkonkoma train station, the defendants headed to the southwest corner of the parking lot where they allegedly targeted a parked white 2018 Mercedes Benz CLA sedan occupied by a man and a woman.
Two of the defendants allegedly approached the vehicle and allegedly displayed handguns, pointing one of the guns at the man’s forehead, threatening to kill him. The defendants allegedly forced both victims out of the vehicle at gunpoint.
During the commission of the crime, the defendants allegedly stole a wallet and its contents from the male victim and approximately $500 from the wallet of the female victim.
The defendants then allegedly entered the Mercedes and sped out of the parking lot, heading westbound from Ronkonkoma through Brentwood, Central Islip and eventually into New York City. The defendants allegedly had the car in their possession for approximately nine days before it was recovered abandoned in Bay Shore on August 27.
Following the robbery, members of the Suffolk County Police Department and Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office conducted an extensive investigation and, on October 15, the five defendants were taken into custody.
On November 6, Susalla, Montoya, Tricoche, Santaniello and DeJesus were each arraigned on the indictment before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen Kerr for two counts of Robbery in the First Degree, both Class B violent felonies; one count of Criminal Use of a Firearm in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony; three counts of Robbery in the Second Degree, all Class C violent felonies; and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle in the First Degree, a Class D felony.
Four of the defendants were ordered to be held on cash or bond on November 5 during the pendency of the case.
Susalla, 18, of Brentwood, was ordered held on $200,000 cash, $400,000 bond or $1,500,000 partially secured bond, during the pendency of the case on November 5. He is due back in court on December 3 and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count.
Montoya, 17, of Bay Shore, was ordered held on $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond or $1,000,000 partially secured bond, during the pendency of the case. He is due back in court on December 3 and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count. Tricoche, 18, of Brentwood, was ordered held on $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond or $1,500,000 partially secured bond, during the pendency of the case. He is due back in court on November 12 and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count.
DeJesus, 18, of Wyandanch, was ordered held on $200,000 cash, $400,000 bond or $1,000,000 partially secured bond, during the pendency of the case. He is due back in court on December 1 and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count. Santaniello, 18, of Brentwood, is scheduled for arraignment on November 10.
“Violence such as this, where these defendants allegedly targeted two unsuspecting victims at a train station, has no place in society and will not be tolerated in Suffolk County,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “Anyone who commits such violence in Suffolk can expect a full-scale investigation and to be brought to justice.”