Crime Report: Phone Scam from Fake Grandson, Home Burglary

The following information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department's Seventh Precinct. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate a conviction.

• On Jan. 10, a 17-year old Seaford boy was arrested at his home on Neptune Avenue and charged with third-degree assault.'
• On Jan. 10, David L Stoddart Jr., 19,  of Loganville Ga. was arrested at the headquarters in Seaford and charged with second-degree robbery.
• On Jan. 12, Joseph Grumelli, 26, of Wantagh was arrested on Merrick Road near Neptune Avenue in Seaford and charged with first-degree driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and three vehicle and traffic law violations.
• The driver side door of a 2012 tan Toyota parked on Hampton Court in Wantagh was reported scratched on Jan. 12.
• A woman on Earl Road in Wantagh reported to police on Jan. 12 being victim of a financial scam over the phone. Police said the woman received a call from someone she believed to be her grandson. The caller stated he was in an accident and was arrested for driving while intoxicated and requested money for a public defender. The woman complied and sent money via Western Union to an address in Malaysia. The complainant later found out she was a victim of a scam and her grandson did not get into an accident.
• An unknown white male suspect ran through a PVF fence on Merrick Road in Seaford on Jan. 13 causing damage.
• A glue type substance was found placed on the front and rear door locks of a house on Sidney Court in Seaford between Jan. 14-15.
• On Jan. 16, Scott C Gutnick, 22, of Brooklyn was arrested at the Nassau County Police Department Seventh Precinct headquarters in Seaford and charged with leaving the scene of an incident without a report.
• On Jan. 17, Victor J Chetti,, 44, of Long Beach was arrested at the Nassau County Police Department Seventh Precinct headquarters in Seaford and charged with second-degree burglary.
• The sod on an athletic field at was reported ripped up on Jan. 17.
• A home on Stratford Road in Wantagh was burglarized on Jan. 18. The point of entry was through a rear door but no items were removed from the house.