Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Armed Robberies, Additional Charges

Patch reports on crimes from nearby communities.

The following arrest information was supplied by the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments. It does not indicate a conviction.

Mineola

An employee of the  in Mineola was robbed by two men with guns early Sunday morning.

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According to Nassau County detectives, around 2:45 a.m., police responded to the Western Beef at 61 East 2nd Street for an alarm. Upon arrival, officers entered a rear open door and found a-46-year-old male employee tied up with plastic zip ties lying on the floor.

The victim told police that he was cleaning the store when two males armed with handguns entered the rear door, tied him up and took cash from his pocket, police said. The suspects then fled on foot in an unknown direction.

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There was no loss to the store and no injuries were reported, police said. 

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A 22-year-old male was robbed while walking through a Nassau Community College parking field Tuesday night.

According to Nassau County detectives, around 6 p.m., the victim was walking through one of the parking fields when he was approached from behind by two unknown male suspects.

One of the suspects simulated having a handgun while the other took a Nikon digital camera, a Fossil messenger style bag and an Apple MacBook Pro that the victim was carrying, police said.

Both suspects fled together in a black-colored vehicle with dark tinted windows. No injuries were reported and there is no additional description of the suspects at this time.

Levittown

A Levittown man was arrested Monday afternoon for a burglary that occurred back in August 2011.

According to Nassau County detectives, Matthew Dugal, 21, allegedly entered a Constable Lane residence back on Aug. 19 through an open rear door and took approximately $7,850 worth of jewelry and cash from a bedroom in the home.

Dugal is being charged with burglary in the second degree.

Lindenhurst

Charges are mounting for the Lindenhurst man who was caught by Suffolk
Police after trying to gain access by posing as a "town security
guard" to Harding Avenue Elementary School on Friday.

However, Joseph Ciambriello hasn't been arraigned yet, according to
Inspector Gerard Gigante, First Precinct commanding officer, because
he was sent for a psychiatric evaluation following his arrest on March
2.

When police finally caught up with Ciambriello after he led officers
on a wild car chase that began on East Shore Road in Lindenhurst, wove
through parts of West Babylon and ended in North Lindenhurst, it took
several police officers and a taser gun to subdue him, Gigante told
Lindenhurst Patch on Monday.

"We had to taser him three times because the first two times didn't

have the intended effect. After the first time he ran across the
street," Gigante said. "He was eventually subdued by five or six
officers, and then transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in West
Islip for treatment."

After he was treated, Gigante said Ciambriello was taken to Stony
Brook Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation.

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A Lindenhurst man was arrested last week and charged with robbing the
same West Babylon bank twice this month, police said. Christopher
Legge, 39, robbed the Roslyn Savings Bank on West Montauk Highway on
the mornings of February 11 and February 24, according to police.

Massapequa
An armed robbery at the GameStop store on Sunrise Highway caused several area schools to go into lockdown for a brief time Monday, Nassau Police said.

Nobody was hurt in the holdup, which took place at 12:19 p.m.

Three men wearing masks entered the store and ordered the 27-year-old store manager to the back of the store. One of the men had a gun, according to cops.  The robbers stole video games, consoles and an unknown amount of cash before fleeing out the back door.

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A Massapequa Park teen was arrested Saturday morning after his probation officer found stolen property including a police radio in his house, police said.

Bryan Luther, 17, received an unannounced, but authorized visit from the officer at about 8:30 a.m.

While speaking to Luther, the officer spotted the NYPD radio along with several GPS systems and iPods in his bedroom.

The officer alerted police and Luther was charged with criminal possession of stolen property.


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