East Islip man on probation arrested after weapons found during home check

An East Islip man already on probation for conspiracy was arrested again on Wednesday after officers found multiple weapons during a check of his home, Suffolk Police said.

Suffolk County Probation officers, together with Suffolk Police Third Precinct Investigative Unit officers, went to 59-year-old Edward Molewski’s Moffitt Boulevard home about 4:50 p.m., police said.

Officers saw multiple weapons during a search of the home, and Molewski was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Molewski had been on probation for conspiracy, police said.

Police did not say what kinds of weapons were found or give details of the conspiracy case behind his probation.

Molewski was held in jail overnight is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday at Suffolk First District Court in Central Islip.

Previously, Molewski was nabbed in 2021 on a weapons charge, according to a Patch report. Then 54, Molewski was arrested in Ronkonkoma and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance

The news outlet reported that he had been previously convicted of a weapons possession charge.

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_{Top: The home at 49 Moffitt Blvd. in East Islip, where Suffolk Police say probation officers found multiple weapons during a check of Edward Molewski on Wednesday (Photo: Google Maps Street View).}