Hateful Graffiti Found At Garden City Park

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents in the village for the week ending Aug. 23.

Aug. 17

• Someone damaged the grounds of the 12th green at the Garden Country Club.
• A package was reported stolen from the front porch of a Stewart Avenue residence.
• A victim reports there were multiple fraudulent transactions against her ATM account.
• A driver on Franklin Avenue was arrested for second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation (six license suspensions), fraudulent license plates and unsafe lane use.
• A driver was arrested for leaving the scene of a vehicle crash that occurred on Rockaway Avenue at Merillon Avenue.
• A driver on Stewart Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended registration and defective brake lights.
• A driver on Meadow Street was charged with driving with a suspended license and tinted windows.
• Two landscapers were issued tickets for operating gas leaf blowers.

Aug. 18

• A person’s identity was used to open multiple fraudulent bank accounts.
• A truck struck the Cherry Valley overpass. The driver was charged with disobeying bridge clearance signs.
• Two appearance tickets were issued to landscapers for using gas blowers.
• A company was issued an appearance ticket for landscaping without a permit.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

Aug. 19

• A person’s identity was used to open unauthorized bank accounts.
• After being locked out of her computer security account, the victim called a phone number found on the internet and spoke with who she thought was an agent of the security company. The agent instructed the victim to meet him at a nearby location and give him $3,000 to fix the issue. Then victim realized it was a scam and hung up.
• A landscaper was issued an appearance ticket for operating a gas leaf blower.
• A vehicle reportedly left the scene after striking and damaging a street sign on Nassau Boulevard.
• A driver on Washington Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended registration and excessive speed.

Aug. 20

• Garden City detectives are investigating an incident at Grove Street Park where two small derogatory symbols were found etched on a bathroom partition.
• Officers investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after backing into another vehicle at Community Park.
• Officers and parks personnel responded to Locust Street for a large tree limb blocking the road.
• Officers responded to Ring Road where firefighters extinguished a small brush fire.
• A driver on Rockaway Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a suspended registration and excessive speed.

Aug. 21

• Officers arrested a 35-year-old woman on Clinton Road for DWI and driving on the wrong side of the road.
• A driver on Stewart Avenue was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.
• A driver on Stewart Avenue was charged with unlicensed operation and suspended registration.
• A vehicle parked on St. Paul’s Crescent was damaged by a fallen tree limb.
• Officers responded to 7th Street for an alarm ringing from the train tracks. Upon investigation, it was determined the alarm was activated by work crews.
• A driver on Franklin Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and a suspended registration.

Aug. 22

• Garden City detectives arrested a contractor for petty larceny. The contractor took the money from a victim for a new appliance motor, however, reinstalled the old motor without returning the money given for the new motor.
• A victim’s identity was reportedly used to open multiple unauthorized bank accounts.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

Aug. 23

• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a suspended license and a broken/distorted windshield.
• A vehicle left the scene after striking and damaging a vehicle parked on the Adelphi University campus.
• Officers investigated a report of a check being stolen, altered. and then cashed by an unknown person.
• Officers and firefighters responded to a residence for a fire alarm and found the cause to be ongoing construction.