Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Shots Fired, Public Assistance Fraud and Drug Arrest

Recent crime in the area.

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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.

Bellmore

  • Five drain covers were thrown off the roof of Grand Avenue Middle School and struck two vehicles sometime between May 25-28.

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  • A backpack was stolen on May 29 from the checkout counter of the Goodwill Store on Merrick Road.

  • The hood and side of a 2005 Chevrolet Caprice parked at Appelbees on Sunrise Highway was keyed on May 30.

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  • Tires were slashed on a vehicle parked near the intersection of Newbridge Road and Oak Street on June 2.

  • Nassau County Police are investigating reports of gun shots fired on Olympia Road in North Bellmore on the morning of June 5. For more details, click here.

    • East Meadow

    • Sometime between May 30 and May 31, tires were removed from a vehicle parked on Marlboro Street. The car was left on cement blocks.

  • An unknown person entered Woodland Middle School through an open cafeteria window on June 1. No property was stolen or damaged.

  • Eric Engvaldsen, 48, of East Meadow was charged and arrested for public assistance fraud, according to the district attorney's office.

    • Massapequa

    • A basketball hoop was stolen on May 28 from a driveway on Richard Place

    • A sign at Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses on 843 N. Broadway in North Massapequa was damaged sometime between May 28-31.

  • The window of a vehicle parked on Bucknell Drive was discovered broken on May 31 with a wallet removed from inside.

    • Merrick

    • Sometime between May 28 and May 29, an unknown suspect stole cash and jewelry from a car parked on Merrick Road.  

    • On May 30, it was reported that the glass front door of Store Front on Sunrise Highway was broken.

    Seaford

    • Three tires were found slashed on a 2001 Honda parked on Arpon Drive South in Seaford on May 29.

    • A man reported on June 2 that dock trim was missing from his floating dock on Darby Lane in Seaford.

    Wantagh

    • A man reported on May 30 that somebody keyed his 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe parked at Meineke Car Care Center on Sunrise Highway in Wantagh.

    • A 22-year old Wantagh man was arrested after a beer pong confrontation led to a stabbing on June 3. For more details, click here.

    • A Wantagh man was arrested after a drug investigation on the afternoon of June 3. For more information, click here.

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