Crime & Safety

Cops: Fired Employee Broke into Bellmore Vet's Office

A Ronkonkoma woman broke into the veterinarian's office using keys she kept after being fired, police said.

A woman was arrested Sunday for breaking into a Bellmore vet’s office that had fired her the week before, according to Nassau County Police.

Taylor Vigliotti, 33, of Ronkonkoma, entered South Bellmore Veterinary Group on Merrick Road at about 6 p.m. Saturday, cops said. Vigliotti had been fired from her job there but kept a key to enter the office, police said.

Inside the office, Vigliotti took cash from a desk drawer and, using a second key she had kept, opened a safe and took more money, cops said.

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The vet’s owner saw the burglary on surveillance tape after opening the office Sunday and called the police, authorities said.

Vigliotti was found Sunday at 4:50 p.m. in Wantagh where she was taken into custody, cops said.

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Vigliotti is charged with third-degree burglary and will be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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