Crime & Safety
Man Offers Teen Girl Booze And Drugs, Nassau Police Say
BREAKING: Police say the Queens man tried to meet with the 14-year-old, showing up with a bottle of booze and Molly.
GREAT NECK PLAZA, NY — A Queens man has been arrested after police said he tried to give a 14-year-old girl alcohol and drugs.
Tarandeep Oberoi, 33, of Jamaica Avenue, texted the teen Sunday offering to sell her booze and marijuana, Nassau County police said. On Monday night, a detective posing as a child texted Oberoi to arrange a meeting in front of a Chelsea Place residence so he could sell MDMA, also known as Molly, police said.
Oberoi drove to the meeting in a 2017 Honda with a bottle of alcohol and an alcoholic drink in the cupholder, police said. He was immediately taken into custody.
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No one was hurt.
Oberoi was charged with attempted endangering the welfare of a child and attempted unlawfully dealing with a child. He appeared in a Hempstead court Tuesday.
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Anyone who thinks they may have been a victim of Oberoi is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1 – 800 -244- TIPS or dial 911. All callers will remain anonymous.
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