Crimes Nearby, Pt. II: Police Officer Assaulted, School on Lockout

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.

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• On March 31, Nicholas Casiello, 23, of North Merrick was arrested at the intersection of Newbridge Road and Dock Road and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle as well as four vehicle and traffic law violations.
  

• A man who tried to buy a vehicle with bogus credit cards assaulted a police officer as he tried to resist arrest on April 2 on Sunrise Highway near the Massapequa-Seaford border. For more details, click here.
• A Bethpage man who was stopped for speeding on the Southern State Parkway in North Massapequa on April 4, was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and drugs. For more details, click here.
• Fairfield Elementary School on Massapequa Avenue briefly initiated lockout procedures due to police activity in the area on April 5. For more details, click here.

• The motor of a man's Ford Explorer at A1 Transmissions on 153 Sunrise Highway was stolen on March 27 with the windows also discovered broken. Other vehicles parked in the lot were also reported damaged.
• On April 1, Rhonda Wander, 59, of Merrick was arrested on Narwood Avenue and charged with leaving the scene of an incident.

• The sunroof of a vehicle parked on Douglas Place in Seaford was found smashed on March 27. No loss was reported.
• On March 29, Russell Phillips, 34, of Huntington Station was arrested at the intersection of Merrick Road and Neptune Avenue in Seaford and charged with driving while intoxicated as well as three vehicle and traffic violations.
• A man on Bit Path in Seaford reported that he discovered damage to his PVC fence on April 1.