East Setauket woman’s vehicle stolen from her at the Home Goods parking lot in Port Jefferson Station

East Setauket woman’s vehicle stolen from her at the Home Goods parking lot in Port Jefferson Station

A Home Goods store is pictured in Norman, Okla., Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Suffolk Police say a 59 year old East Setauket woman’s vehicle was stolen from her on Monday night at the Home Goods shopping center on Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station.  Police say on September 21, 2020, the victim had started her 2016 Honda Pilot in the parking lot at 4810 Nesconset Highway, when she realized that she had dropped something and exited her vehicle, to pick it up.  That’s when police say the suspect, an unidentified man, hopped into the woman’s driver seat and drove away.  Authorities say the woman suffered minor injuries trying to stop the man from taking her car.  Police are investigating the incident.

Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)