Man With 10 License Suspensions Arrested: Garden City Police

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending June 7.

June 1

• A tractor trailer struck the Cherry Valley overpass, sheering the top off the trailer. The driver was charged with disregarding bridge clearance signs.
• A vehicle reportedly left the scene after striking and damaging a railroad gate at the Franklin Avenue crossing.
• A driver stopped on Harrison Street was charged with driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.
• A driver at the Greenridge Circle was charged with unlicensed operation and passing a Stop sign.
• A 19-year-old woman was charged with leaving the scene of an accident which occurred on the Adelphi campus on May 26.

June 2

• A mountain bike was reported stolen from the side property of a Russell Road residence.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a suspended license and operating a cell phone while driving.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a suspended license, suspended registration, and excessive speed.
• A driver on Rockaway Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and speeding in a school zone.
• Garden City detectives arrested a youth for the theft of credit cards from a high school locker on April 29. He was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and identity theft.

June 3

• A Commercial Avenue business reported someone broke a gate lock and dumped a large amount of construction waste in the company’s side yard.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a fire alarm and found the cause to be construction work inside the home.
• A driver on Cherry Valley Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and disregarding a traffic sign.
• Firefighters and police responded to a restaurant for a fire alarm; firefighters determined the cause to be oven smoke.
• Firefighters and police responded to Adelphi University for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be smoke being used during a theatrical performance.

June 4

• A real estate agent showing a house on Andover Court notified police that he observed an unauthorized person inside the home. Officers arrived at the scene and upon investigation, located and apprehended one juvenile inside the residence. A second juvenile fled the scene on foot. He was apprehended by officers after a brief chase. Both juveniles were charged with burglary.
• A pair of sunglasses was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at the Cherry Valley Country Club.
• Firefighters extinguished multiple brush fires along the railroad tracks in the vicinity of the Garden City Country Club.
• A driver on 7th Street was charged with driving with a suspended license and a suspended registration.

June 5

• Officers assisted firefighters, who extinguished a garbage receptacle fire on 7th Street.
• Police investigated a report of a person receiving continual harassing social media messages.
• A driver on Washington Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with excessive speed and passing a red light at Chestnut Street.
• A 36-year-old driver was arrested on Clinton Road for driving with a DWI-related revoked license, a suspended license, and unregistered operation.

June 6

• A witness saw a tractor trailer leave the scene after striking and damaging a vehicle parked on Old Broadway.
• A driver on Clinton Road and Rainbow Place was charged with speeding, unsafe turn, unsafe lane usage, and improper license plates.
• Officers investigated a report of an elderly man receiving a phone call from a person claiming to be from PSEG. The caller informed the victim his payments were past due and instructed him to acquire gift cards and send him the numbers back to avoid his power being shut off. The victim complied. It was later determined to be a scam.
• Firefighters and police responded to a residence for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be construction dust.
• A commercial vehicle fled the scene after crashing into a vehicle on Washington Avenue and Stewart Avenue.

June 7

• Officers investigated a report of someone breaking into a shed in a rear yard on Clinton Road and stealing a dirt bike from within.
• A driver on Stewart Avenue was charged with unlicensed operation and driving without the headlamps activated.
• Officers responded to Cherry Valley Avenue where a truck struck the overpass. The driver was charged with disregarding bridge clearance signs.
• Officers arrested a 25-year-old man on Clinton Road for driving with 10 license suspensions and improper license plates.
• Officers responded to Seabury Road where a large tree limb had fallen onto the roadway. Officers responded to Wetherill Road where a tree branch fell and damaged a parked unoccupied vehicle.
• A man was seen on surveillance video walking up a Cherry Valley Avenue driveway checking car door handles.