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Police: East Meadow Man Stole Items From Cars

Incident occurred near 8th Street in East Meadow.

An East Meadow man was arrested early Monday morning after police allegedly found in him possession of multiple items stolen from cars in the area.

According to Nassau County detectives, the defendant, John Young, 31, was found in possession of two GPS units, as well as an unspecified number of gift cards and credit cards.

Police spotted Young just before 4 a.m. Monday on 8th Street in East Meadow walking away from a bicycle that was lying in the street. First Precinct officers stopped Young and conducted an investigation, which led to the discovery of the stolen items.

Young is being charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, three counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and two counts of petit larceny.

He will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Tuesday.

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Sara Rietbroek May 15, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Not sure why that happened. May have been a technical error.
JACK COLLINS May 15, 2013 at 06:45 pm
Did I really need this anouncement 22 times?
Tyson Marion May 13, 2013 at 01:45 pm
If can get in and out without a problem I would not. I would rather ask them to move their carRead More back. It's not worth making a life long enemy.
paul May 11, 2013 at 11:20 pm
Yes my answer was serious.... I gave you different comments regarding your question. The pics youRead More provided is how I based my answer.... Point was did it create an issue for you and does it occur all the time. If it was a one time incident as small as it was you decide?
det2659 May 11, 2013 at 10:51 pm
Are you serious Paul? Look at the photos. A yes or no...period. If I were present I'd have saidRead More "You're blocking the driveway".