Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced that Jonathan Redar, 33, of Miller Place, was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision after a jury found him guilty of Assault in the First Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree for shooting a relative during an argument outside of a billiards bar.
“Jonathan Redar, a prior felony offender, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting a family member outside a Mount Sinai bar. What began as a dispute turned into a near-deadly act of violence,” said District Attorney Tierney.
The evidence at trial established that on May 7, 2024, at approximately 2:03 a.m., Redar and the victim began to argue in the parking lot of a billiards bar in Mount Sinai. Redar then pulled out a firearm and fired a single shot at the victim while unsuspecting bystanders were nearby. Redar then fled the scene. The victim was transported to Mather Hospital and later transported to Stony Brook Hospital for emergency surgery in their trauma unit.
On May 15, 2024, while conducting surveillance, Suffolk County detectives located Redar and subsequently placed him under arrest at a Walmart in Yaphank.
Prior to this case, Redar had been convicted of multiple felonies including but not limited to Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony, in 2016, Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a Class E felony, in 2012.
On May 7, 2025, Redar was convicted after a jury trial of Assault in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C felony.
On June 30, 2025, Redar was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision. He was represented by David Besso, Esq.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Sean E. Buckley and Jeremy Waite of the Major Crime Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Gregory Marino of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Sixth Squad, and District Attorney Investigator Daniel Gallagher of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office as well as research analyst, Brooke Baade of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.