Crimes Nearby: Gilgo Search Comes Up Empty

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

Babylon

No new evidence or clues were discovered during Monday’s six-hour beach search along Ocean Parkway in the ongoing Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation and the missing person case of Shannan Gilbert, according to Suffolk Police.

Further searches are expected, though no specific dates have been set, police said.

Suffolk Police Commissioner Richard Dormer Patch last week that the theory now is that one Long Island male killed eight women, a male and toddler and that Gilbert's disappearance is likely not related. Police say it's possible Gilbert is dead and that her body could be somewhere in the beach brush along the parkway. The killer likely began his deadly spree 15 years ago and is a Long Island man knowledgeable about remote terrain in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Dormer said.

Plainview

Nassau police detectives report a in the northeastern portion of Nassau County are continuing, including at least three new burglaries last weekend in Plainview, four more in Syosset and one in Woodbury.

This latest report addes to a string of burglaries have been reported in recent weeks in Plainview, Woodbury, Hicksville, and Syosset.

Commack

The Scene, located at 70 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Commack, was raided by police Wednesday as part of an investigation into an alleged mob ring that smuggled Eastern European women into America and forced them to work as exotic dancers.

Merrick

A complainant that lives on Lindenmere Drive received a phone call from someone who she believed to be her grandson stating he got into trouble with the law in Barcelona and needed her to wire over $2,000 to get him out of jail.  In addition, someone claiming to be from the U.S. Embassy called with instructions to wire the money. Complainant complied and later spoke to her grandson who stated he was not in Barcelona. This incident was reported to the police on Nov. 15.

Malverne-West Hempstead

The Roslyn Savings Bank located at 50 Hempstead Turnpike was nearly robbed for the second time in less than a month on Monday afternoon.

According to Nassau County detectives, around 1:08 p.m., a black male suspect, approximately 6 feet tall, 30 to 40 years old, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and baseball cap, entered the bank. The suspect walked up to one of the tellers and appeared to begin preparing a demand note.

The employee walked away, causing the man to flee the bank emptyhanded on Hempstead Turnpike, police said.

Less than one month ago, on Nov. 14, a man, fitting the same description as the suspect in Monday's attempted robbery, an undisclosed amount of cash from the same bank.