A Miller Place man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting a relative during an argument outside a pool hall.
On May 7, 2024, at approximately 2:03 a.m., Jonathan Redar and the victim began to argue in the parking lot of a billiards bar in Mount Sinai. Redar then pulled out a firearm and fired a single shot at the victim while unsuspecting bystanders were nearby. The bullet penetrated the victim’s left forearm and abdominal area. Redar then fled the scene.
The victim was transported to Mather Hospital and later transported to Stony Brook Hospital for emergency surgery in their trauma unit, where he was treated for numerous injuries, including shattered bones and damage to his organs. A bullet fragment was also removed from the victim.
On May 15, 2024, while conducting surveillance, Suffolk County detectives located Redar and subsequently placed him under arrest at a Walmart in Yaphank.
Prior to this case, Redar, 33, had been convicted of multiple felonies including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony, in 2016, and Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a Class E felony, in 2012.
On May 7, 2025, Redar was convicted of Assault in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C felony, after a jury trial heard before Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard I. Horowitz.
On June 30, 2025, Redar was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision.
“Jonathan Redar, a prior felony offender, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting a family member outside a Mount Sinai bar. What began as a dispute turned into a near-deadly act of violence,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “In Suffolk County, all should be on notice that any violence with a firearm will be met with decades behind bars.”