Snatch-And-Grab Suspect Leads Officers On Chase: Nassau Police

UNIONDALE, NY — A Hempstead man was arrested Monday after Nassau County police say he snatched a new iPad right out of a woman's hands.

According to police, a 63-year-old woman was leaving the Apple Store in the Roosevelt Field Mall at 2:05 p.m. Monday when a man came up behind her. The man — Lloyd McKinley, 22, of Hempstead — grabbed her shopping bag, which contained an Apple iPad, and yanked it away from her, and then ran off, police said.

Officers responded and began to search the area. Police say they found McKinley a block away near the intersection of Oak Street and Westbury Boulevard. As the officers approached, police say McKinley threw the stolen goods away and fled on foot. The officers recovered the stolen property and gave chase on foot, police said.

As they were chasing McKinley, police say they officers were flagged down by a 76-year-old man who told them a man had entered his home on Warren Street. Inside, police say they found McKinley and arrested him without incident.

Police say one officer injured his legs during the chase. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation and treatment.

McKinley is charged with third-degree robbery, second-degree assault and second-degree burglary. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.