Crime & Safety

Crime Report: Jail Assault, Grand Larceny and Robbery Arrests

The following arrest information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A Freeport man was arrested for assaulting a officer on Jan. 27 after he allegedly refused to turn his cell phone off at the front gate.

According to police, Dominic Cowan, 21, was at the East Meadow jail to post bond for an inmate. When the officer asked Cowan to shut off his phone, he became agitated. Police said he then mouthed off to officers and then refused to post the inmate's bond. To find out more about the physical altercation, click

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  • A Lakeview man was arrested on Jan. 27 in connection with several Nassau County robberies, including one in East Meadow. To read more about the other places he allegedly struck, click
  • A Melville man was arrested Tuesday for Grand Larceny after he deposited more than $218,000 in checks into a TD Bank account in East Meadow between Oct. 31 and Nov. 23, 2011, police said. The checks turned out to be no good. To find out more about this story, click
  • Lynbrook Police arrested a Freeport man Monday in connection with the burglary of an East Meadow doctor's jeep back in January, after they said the man was caught robbing a Lynbrook business and breaking into cars. For more on this arrest, click
  • Sometime between 8 p.m. on Jan. 25 and 9 a.m. on Jan. 26, money was stolen from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on East Earl Place in East Meadow.
  • On Jan. 28, after 10 a.m., a chimney cap was stolen off of a home on Cypress Avenue.
  • Also on Jan. 28, after 10 a.m., a chimney cap was stolen from a home on Woods Avenue.
  • Sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 and 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 28, a lattice was damaged at a residence on Caspar Avenue.


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