Crimes Nearby: Statue of Mary Removed, Stolen Electronics

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.

• An organized ring of 15 Long Island Rail Road employees and two others were indicted Friday after belonging to the LIRR, according to Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice.

Bellmore

• Sometime between 3 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Jan. 20, an unknown suspect stole a GPS, credit cards, cash and other miscellaneous items from the complainant's unlocked vehicle, which was parked in a driveway on Navy Place in Bellmore.
• Sometime between 4 p.m. on Jan. 19 and 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 21, an unlocked vehicle on Army Place in Bellmore was broken into, and a GPS and gym bag were stolen.
• On Jan. 19, between 12:20 p.m. and 2:20 p.m., a complainant that parked his car at Newbridge Park in Bellmore discovered damage to the driver's side of his vehicle.
• On Jan. 18, between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., a vehicle that was parked on Shore Road in Bellmore was damaged by an unknown suspect with eggs.

East Meadow

• On Jan. 14, a bike was removed from a bike rack at Woodland Middle School.
• A driver was arrested in East Meadow on Jan. 20 after Nassau County police said they had to take evasive action to avoid being hit by him.
• An East Meadow man was arrested on Jan. 21 for allegedly blinding a man in an assault in October.

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Levittown

• On Jan. 13, a window was broken on a car on Loring Road in Levittown.
• On Jan. 17, a rear view mirror was damaged on a car on Mallard Road.
• On Jan. 18, a TNR performance part was stolen from a car on Laurel Lane.
• On Jan. 20, a car was keyed at Town & Country Motors in Levittown.
• On Jan. 15, 15 toner cartridges and a printer were stolen from Staples on Hempstead Turnpike.
• On Jan. 21, 9 cases of similac formula was stolen from BJ's on Hempstead Turnpike.

Merrick

• Sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 and 10 a.m. on Jan. 19, a statue of Mary was removed from a front yard on Van Nostrand Avenue in North Merrick.
• Sometime between 5 p.m. on Jan. 19 and 7 a.m. on Jan. 20, two vehicles that were parked on Powell Avenue in Merrick were spray painted with a line along the driver's side.
• At 6 p.m. on Jan. 19, a woman that lives on Wynsum Avenue in Merrick  complained to police that someone had stolen her wallet out of her purse.