A group of teenagers has been arrested for shooting paintballs at two men and a house over the past week, Nassau County police said.
A 47-year-old man suffered an eye injury after being shot with paintballs in Roosevelt on Nov. 11, a 28-year-old man was shot with paintballs on Cedar Street in Uniondale on Friday and a house was also hit by paintballs on the same block, police said.
Officers stopped a Honda that the suspects were riding in shortly after the Uniondale incident, police said.
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Charged with reckless endangerment were 19-year-old Adon Modesto of Brentwood, 18-year-old Juan Estrella of Roosevelt and three Uniondale residents, including 18-year-old Josue Rubert, Fritz Joseph and Chucky Orellana, both 17.
Police said Modesto, Estrella and Joseph were also charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
Estrella was additionally charged with criminal mischief.
