Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Forged Prescription, Pharmacy Robbed
A look at recent crime in the Levittown area.
The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department's incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.
East Meadow
- A Queens woman left her young children in the car and attempted to fill a forged prescription for Percocet at Walgreens on 2474 Hempstead Turnpike during the afternoon of July 3, according to police. For further details, click here.
Wantagh
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A window was broken on a vehicle parked on Dome Lane in Wantagh on June 27 with a GPS and sunglasses also stolen.
Two vehicles parked at the Coastal Gas Station on 1442 Wantagh Ave. had windows broken with assorted tools removed between June 28 and 29.
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On June 30, Paul Caraccio, 22, of Massapequa Park was arrested at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Sunrise Highway in Wantagh and charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI), aggravated DWI as well as five vehicle and traffic law violations.
A Wantagh woman who runs a psychic shop on Railroad Avenue was arrested on June 30 after allegedly scamming a customer out of $4,900 to help "lift a curse.” For further details, click here.
- An unknown man wearing a white surgical mask brandished a handgun at Harry's Pharmacy in Hicksville on July 1 and made off with a stash of narcotics, police said. Read more here.
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