Overview

• The 47-year-old Smith, who is dating Supervisor Ed Wehrheim’s daughter, allegedly spent three nights revving his truck’s engine and blasting high beams outside Rob Trotta’s Northport residence and slashed and spray-painted the legislator’s campaign signs.
• Rob Trotta, running in the June 24 Republican primary for Smithtown Supervisor, notified police after fearing for his family’s safety following the fatal shootings of two state legislators in Minnesota.
• Smith was arrested on Indian Head Road in Kings Park on June 23 and charged with fourth-degree stalking, a misdemeanor, and he is due in First District Court at a later date.
• Ed Wehrheim’s campaign initially denied any connection to the incidents but issued a statement saying it will investigate the allegations once the election concludes.
• The arrest, made just hours before polls opened on June 24, has intensified scrutiny of the race between Trotta and incumbent Supervisor Ed Wehrheim.