Crime & Safety
'Suspicious Person' Charged With Franklin Square Burglary: Police
Thomas Hayes was charged with the Thursday morning incident, police said.
FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY — A man was arrested Thursday morning for a burglary in Franklin Square, police said.
Officers responded for a "suspicious person" on New Hyde Park Road just before 6 a.m., police said.
The victim witnessed the man flee his business's yard on foot and called 911 with the person's description, police said.
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After an investigation, Thomas Hayes, 56, was arrested without incident, police said.
He is charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief and posssessoin of burglar tools, police said.
He will be arraigned on Friday.
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