An alleged dispute in front of a home in North Bellmore led to five members of the Celentano family being rushed to Nassau University Medical Center with numerous injuries, including a broken leg.

According to police, at 8:40 p.m. May 17, Joseph Cassidy, 31, of Garden City, allegedly got into an argument with a 26-year-old member of the victims' family, entered his 2004 Lincoln Navigator, and, leaving the driver's side door open, put the SUV into reverse, striking the man's brother, father, mother, 86-year-old grandfather and an unidentified neighbor. Cassidy then allegedly shifted the vehicle into drive and fled the scene, striking the victim's mother again, this time breaking her leg.

According to Detective John Holland of Nassau County's First Squad, victims Clara Celentano (mother) and Giuseppe Celentano (grandfather) were admitted for a broken leg and head trauma respectively. The unidentified neighbor and Michael Celentano (brother) were admitted for observations with lacerations and contusions to their heads. Michael Celentano. Sr. (father) was treated for a leg injury and was released.

Garden City Police Officer John McCarthy spotted the vehicle in a driveway and detained Cassidy. His brother, a passenger, was not charged. Cassidy was arrested and charged with six counts of second-degree assault and pleaded not guilty May 18 in First District Court in Hempstead.