Driver With 34 License Suspensions Arrested: Garden City Police

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending May 17.

May 11

• A vehicle left the scene after striking and damaging another vehicle on Commercial Avenue.
• Officers charged a driver on Clinton Road with driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.
• Officers responded to Cherry Valley Avenue for a traffic light malfunction due to a local PSEG power outage.

May 12

• A driver on Cherry Valley Avenue was charged with driving a suspended license and operating a cell phone.
• Police are investigating a road rage incident between two drivers on Hilton Avenue where one of the motorists punched the other motorist in the face causing lacerations, contusions, and a fracture.

May 13

• A driver on Nassau Boulevard was arrested and charged with driving with a revoked license, 34 license suspensions, fraudulent license plates, and a Nassau County traffic warrant.
• A vehicle was reported stolen from a Lincoln Street driveway. Garden City detectives traced the vehicle and located it in Queens.
• A vehicle was impounded from Parking Field 7S; it was deemed a scofflaw by the Garden City Court for unpaid tickets.
• Officers responded to Rockaway Avenue and Merillon Avenue where a vehicle left the scene after driving over the grass median and damaging the lawn and two street signs.
• Someone keyed a vehicle parked in Parking Field 7S.

May 14

• Officers investigated a report of watermelons being smashed against a Hathaway Drive front stoop.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residential fire alarm and determined the cause was shower steam.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a revoked license and fraudulent license plates.
• A driver on Franklin Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and unregistered operation.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a carbon monoxide alarm. Firefighters determined the cause to be a faulty sensor.

May 15

• Firefighters and police responded to Adelphi University for a fire alarm and determined the cause was burnt food.
• A white pickup truck on Clinton Road reportedly left the scene after striking and damaging another vehicle.
• A driver on Stewart Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended registration and defective brake lights.

May 16

• A woman was seen on surveillance cameras looking inside a residential mailbox on Kingsbury Road. There is no loss reported at this time.
• A key to a commercial van parked in Parking Field 7S was reported lost or stolen.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a carbon monoxide alarm. Upon investigation, firefighters deemed the area safe.

May 17

• Police were advised of a May 14 incident that occurred on the Adelphi University campus where a male student stabbed another male student twice in the arm, causing puncture wounds. Garden City detectives located the subject and arrested him for second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
• Police are investigating a report of a man sitting in a silver vehicle on Brompton Road while committing a lewd act in the view of a female victim who was walking past the vehicle.
• A victim reported her identity was stolen and used to file for fraudulent unemployment benefits.
• Officers responded to the Nassau Boulevard train crossing for a vehicle with a broken axle blocking the train tracks. Trains were diverted to an alternate track until the vehicle was removed.
• Officers investigated a report of a fraudulent check for $5,000 being cashed against a company’s bank account.
• A victim stated his identity was stolen and used in an attempt to open an unauthorized store credit card account.
• A driver on Cherry Valley Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and defective brake lights.