Crime Nearby: Pilot Arrested, Bicycles Stolen

Recent criminal activity reported in southeast Nassau County communities.

Posted by Andrew Coen (Editor), August 13, 2012 at 02:21 pm

The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department's incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.

Bellmore

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At 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, an unknown person did damage to the door and door frame of the police booth at the intersection of Petit Avenue and Bedford Avenue.
On July 31, between 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., a female discovered the driver side door of her 2004 black GMS scratched. The vehicle was parked in the street on Merrick Road near Eastern Avenue.
On Aug. 5, between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m., an officer observed the glass of the front door being broken at on Merrick Road in Bellmore.
On Aug. 4, Michael Gavigan, 20, of Bellmore, was arrested on Len Drive in Bellmore and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
On Aug. 4, Sung Bae, 33, of Bellmore, was arrested on Sunrise Highway near Centre Avenue in Bellmore and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and four violations of the vehicle and traffic Law.

East Meadow

An employee of placed his cellphone on a table and it was removed from an unknown person on July 29.
On Aug.1, $200 was removed from the register drawer at BP Gas Station on Hempstead Turnpike.
On Aug. 8, change and bills were removed from three unlocked vehicles that were parked on Maple Avenue.

Massapequa

On Aug. 7, Sharella Welsh, 42 was arrested on Colonial Drive and charged with first-degree burglary and three counts of third-degree assault. Shanel Harris, 20, of Massapequa was also arrested and charged with second-degree assault, first-degree burglary, three counts of third-degree assault and resisting arrest. Also arrested was Yakima Walker, 31, of North Babylon, who was charged with first-degree burglary and three accounts of third-degree assault.
On Aug 5, Karla Pescetti, 18, of Massapequa was arrested on Jerusalem Avenue and charged with third-degree assault and three vehicle and traffic law violations.
On Aug 3, a 17-year old Massapequa boy was arrested on Linwood Place and charged with second-degree assault.

Merrick

On July 30 between 5:40 a.m. and 5:50 p.m., a vehicle parked at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station was broken into and items were stolen. Police said that the vehicle was not damaged.
On July 31 between 7:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. a bike was stolen off the bike rack at the Long Island Rail Road station in Merrick.
Sometime between 8 p.m. on July 28 and 2 a.m. on July 30, two trees were broken at on Merrick Avenue.
On July 10 at 6 p.m., property was stolen from a home on Beverly Way in Merrick.

Seaford

A bathroom at in Seaford was defaced with a marker on July 30.
A bicycle was reported stolen from the front yard of a home on Niami Street in Seaford on July 31.
On Aug. 1, Richard Charmonneau, 59, of Seaford was arrested on Merrick Road near Kenora Place in Wantagh and charged with driving while intoxicated and one vehicle and traffic law violation.
On August 2, Matthew Allard, 23, of Miller Place was arrested at the Nassau County Police Department headquarters in Seaford and charged with second-degree burglary.
On Aug. 3, Vincent Worgul, 50, of North Merrick was arrested on Jackson Avenue near Waverly Avenue in Seaford and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operation of a motor vehicle with registration suspended and three vehicle and traffic law violations.
On August 4, John Gunnip, 53, of Seaford was arrested on Washington Avenue and charged with petit larceny.
Two tires were discovered slashed on a 2010 white Chevy parked on Locust Avenue in Seaford on August 5.

Wantagh

A bicycle and bike lock were reported stolen from the on July 31.
The front bumper was stolen from a 2012 green Ford parked in front of the dealership on 3500 Sunrise Hwy., Wantagh between July 30-Aug. 1.
A bicycle was stolen from a driveway on Dome Lane in Wantagh on August 1.

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