Crime & Safety

Bethpage Man Found Dead in Jail Cell

Gasparino Godino was being held on charges stemming from two incidents in early October.

A Bethpage man was found dead in his jail cell at the Nassau County Correctional Center on Tuesday apparently due to self-inflicted injuries.

According to police, Gasparino Godino, 31, was imprisoned on robbery charges stemming from two incidents on Oct. 3 in Levittown.

Godino was transferred to Nassau University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m. by hospital staff, authorities said.

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According to 8th Precinct detectives, Godino and Shannon Lintz, 23, of Hicksville, allegedly consorted in committing two robberies in Levittown. After unsuccessfully attempting to steal a pocketbook from a 52-year-old woman at Waldbaum's on Hempstead Turnpike, the defendants drove to King Kullen at 3284 Hempstead Tpke., pushed a 56-year-old woman to the ground and stole her pocketbook. The purse had cash, credit cards and personal items.

Godino and Lintz were apprehended shortly thereafter when they were spotted in a rented 2010 Hyundai Sonata. Each were in possession of heroin.

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Both defendants were charged with second-degree attempted robbery, second-degree robbery and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Both defendents were arraigned on Tuesday, although they were scheduled to appear again in court on Wednesday.


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