Crime & Safety

This Week In Rockville Centre: Fraudulent Restaurant Meals, Shouting Matches Over Parking Spots

The Rockville Centre Police Department released its weekly crime report Monday.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY. — Rockville Centre police released their crime report for the previous week Monday, reporting six items between Dec. 22 and Dec. 29. The entries are as follows:

On Dec. 22 at 3:50 p.m., a Valley Stream woman reported her wallet being stolen while she was working at an independent living facility on Merrick Road, police said.

On Dec. 23 at 12:46 p.m., a man living on North Centre Avenue reported that he returned home to find his apartment door opened and property stolen, police said.

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On Dec. 27 at 4:58 a.m., a vehicle collided with and knocked over light pole at the intersection of Park Avenue and Merrick Road, police said. The light pole fell into the road and the vehicle fled the scene, police said.

On Dec. 27 at 4:30 p.m., the clerk at a hotel in Rockville Centre was involved in a verbal dispute with a customer over parking, police said.

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On Dec. 28 at 11:29 a.m., a Rodney Place woman said that her debit card had been used to fraudulently buy food at a Bronx restaurant, police said.

At 5:11 a.m. Dec. 29, a 79-year-old woman was found unresponsive in her nursing home bed, police said. The woman was pronounced dead, police said.

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