2 School Buses Struck Overpass In One Day: Garden City Police

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending Oct. 25.

Oct. 19

• Garden City Detectives arrested a 56-year-old driver for leaving the scene of a two-vehicle accident with injury on Cherry Valley Avenue.
• Graffiti was found on a Franklin Avenue traffic signal light control box.

Oct. 20

• Officers responded to the Locust Street area for a subject checking car door handles. Upon search of the area, a subject was seen inside a vehicle on Poplar Street. The subject fled the scene on foot leaving a bicycle behind. Officers conducted a search of the area but didn't find them. The investigation is ongoing.
• A company reported a check placed in the mail was intercepted, altered, and cashed.
• A company was issued an appearance ticket in Parking Field 9E for construction noise before 8 AM.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a carbon monoxide alarm and determined the cause was a faulty detector.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a fire alarm and determined the cause was ongoing construction.
• A driver on Brook Street was charged with driving with a suspended license and stopping in a “No Stopping” zone.
• Detectives are investigating a report of a suspicious person in the vicinity of Stratford School.

Oct. 21

• A driver was arrested on Franklin Avenue for second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation due to a DWI-related license suspension. He was also charged with three additional license suspensions, not wearing a seatbelt, and defective brake lights.
• Officers investigated a report of a person’s identity being stolen and used to apply for an unauthorized loan.
• A victim reports a check placed in the mail was stolen, altered, and cashed by an unknown person.
• Items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on Kensington Court.
• Officers responded to a residence for a fire alarm where it was determined it was activated by a hair dryer.
• A vehicle was reportedly damaged by unknown means while parked in Parking Field 7N.
• Garden City police assisted Nassau County police sfficers for a stolen vehicle that crashed onto a Prospect Avenue residential property. The driver was arrested for criminal possession of stolen property, reckless endangerment, and possession of a forged instrument. A passenger was charged with possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Oct. 22

• Upon investigation of a domestic incident, officers arrested a 50-year-old man for punching another family member repeatedly in the head and face causing lacerations and bruising. He was charged with assault.
• Officers responded to the Nassau Boulevard crossing for a railroad gate malfunction.
• A person’s identity was stolen and used to open an unauthorized bank account.

Oct. 23

• Officers responded to the Garden City Golf Club for a damaged fence gate. Upon investigation of evidence left at the scene, Detectives arrested a 32-year-old male for leaving the scene of an accident.
• Officers and the Water Department responded to a Franklin Avenue commercial building for a water and sewage leak. The condition was corrected by the Water Department and a private contractor.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a fire alarm and determined the cause was burnt food.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.
• Pumpkins were found smashed on a Maple Street property.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be smoke from a fog making machine.

Oct. 24

• Officers responded to two incidents of school buses striking the Chestnut Street overpass. No injuries were reported in either incident. Both drivers were charged with disregarding bridge clearance signs.
• Firefighters and police responded to a Franklin Avenue office for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be cooking smoke.
• A victim states her cell phone was apparently stolen while traveling on the LIRR.

Oct. 25

• Officers responded to a traffic light malfunction on Franklin Avenue at 9th Street.
• Firefighters and police responded to Parking Field 9W where firefighters extinguished a small fire in a dumpster.
• A company was charged with the operation of a truck on Clinton Road while 11,000 pounds overweight.
• Officers are investigating a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after colliding into another vehicle on Clinton Road.
• A driver on 7th Street was charged with driving with a suspended license and illegal U-turn.