Garden City Business Loses $100,000 To Fake Checks: Police

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending Dec. 21.

Dec. 15

• A 49-year-old man was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident that occurred on Clinton Road on Dec. 13.
• A West Babylon carting company on Stewart Avenue and Raymond Court was charged with being 10,000 pounds overweight and leaking nauseous/hazardous fluids onto the roadway.
• A driver on Franklin Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and suspended registration.

Dec. 16

• Upon investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Stewart Avenue, officers arrested one of the drivers, a 50-year-old man, for DWI. He was charged with a felony due to a prior DWI conviction. One occupant suffered minor injuries.
• A resident was advised his identity was stolen and used in an attempted purchase of a vehicle out of state.
• A truck struck the Cherry Valley Avenue train trestle. The operator was charged with operating the truck without a commercial vehicle license and disregarding bridge clearance signs.
• A letter placed in the mail inside the Garden City Post Office was stolen, altered and cashed.
• Officers responded to multiple traffic light outages on Rockaway Avenue and Cathedral Avenue.

Dec. 17

• Upon further investigation of a man arrested on Dec. 10 for unlawful surveillance of a woman inside an Adelphi University dorm bathroom, Garden City detectives identified several additional victims and re-arrested the 20-year-old man for four counts of unlawful surveillance and four counts of burglary (sexually motivated).
• Officers were assigned to monitor area schools due to numerous social media postings containing school-related threats.
• Police and firefighters responded to a Franklin Avenue restaurant for a carbon monoxide alarm and found positive meter readings due to a non-operational exhaust fan. Firefighters rendered the area safe. There were no reported injuries; the premise was closed at the time.
• Twelve trucks were inspected at a New Hyde Park Road checkpoint, of which five were placed out of service. Thirty-eight tickets were issued for various traffic and safety violations, including 10 Haz-Mat violations, and five unsecured load violations.
• An item was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in a Hampton Road driveway.
• Officers investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after crashing into another vehicle on Cherry Valley Avenue.

Dec. 18

• Police and firefighters responded to a local restaurant for a fire alarm and determined the cause was excess oven smoke.
• A driver on New Hyde Park Road was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

Dec. 19

• Officers arrested an 18-year-old man on Stewart Avenue at Roosevelt Street for DWI and excessive speed.
• Police and firefighters responded to a residence for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be an overheated A/C Unit.
• A driver on Clinton Road and Locust Street was charged with driving with a suspended license, improper license plates, and unregistered operation.

Dec. 20

• A driver on Kenwood Road was charged with driving with a suspended license and passing a stop sign.

Dec. 21

• Officers investigated a report of a person’s identity being used to apply for an unauthorized loan.
• A Garden City Plaza business reports three fraudulent checks totaling $100,000 were written against the company’s bank account.
• Police and firefighters responded to a 7th Street building for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be construction.