Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Grand Larceny; Bank Robbery

Notable arrests and police activity in the region this week.

Police are seeking information on a man wanted in connection with a grand larceny that occurred at Glen Cove Stop & Shop on Friday, April 26, 2013.

The man pictured above allegedly stole a Bank of America debit card from a victim inside the Stop & Shop at 177 Forest Ave and, later that day, made three fraudulent purchases at the same Stop & Shop using the victim’s stolen debit card.  

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The man then fled the scene by unknown means, according to police.   

Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who can identify the subject, or anyone having any information about this case to call our toll free hotline below, or contact Glen Cove detectives at 516-676-1002.

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Cops Searching for Suspect who Groped Woman in Bethpage

Nassau County Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man wanted in connection with forcibly touching a woman in Bethpage earlier in November.

Crime Stoppers issued an alert Wednesday for the unknown subject pictured in the attached composite sketch. The subject is wanted in connection with a forcible touching case that occurred in Bethpage on Monday Nov. 4 at about 9:20 p.m. in the vicinity of Stewart Avenue and Williams Street in Bethpage, police said. 

The unknown subject approached a 45-year-old woman who was walking to her car from a 7-Eleven store. The subject asked the victim for a light, then asked for a ride before exposing himself and grabbing the victim’s breasts.

He fled along Williams Street and disappeared. 

Police describe the suspect as a while man, 23-28 years of age, 5’6”-5’8” tall, slim build, light complexion, brown eyes, dark hair, brown decaying teeth, wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt. 

Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who has any information about the identity, or location of this subject to contact us at our toll free hotline: 1-800-244-TIPS (8477.)

Bank Robbed in Jericho

Nassau County police are investigating a bank robbery in Jericho on Friday.

According to police, the Citibank at 1 Robbins Lane was robbed just before 1 p.m. when a man handed a note to a teller, demanding money.

The teller complied, and the man, who cops describe as Hispanic, between 20-and-30 years of age and about five-feet-six-inches tall, fled the scene in an unknown direction. 

Five employees and two customers were present for the robbery. No was was injured.

Anyone with information regarding this robbery is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

Two Dead in New Jersey Homicide-Suicide

Police are investigating the circumstances behind a homicide-suicide in town in which a New York man is believed to have shot and killed his former companion before turning the gun on himself.

Stephanie Barrios, 29, was shot and killed around 8:30 p.m. Monday while she sat in a 2007 Mercedes parked outside of a house on Strawberry Hill Avenue where she was currently living. 

Luis Rosado, 46, of Brooklyn, was also found dead at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. 

According to authorities, Rosado and Barrios lived together in Brooklyn for a number of years until they separated two years ago. Barrios moved to Woodbridge to live with relatives, according to the release. 

Rosado was listed as the owner of the car. Two handguns were found at the scene. 

Autopsy results were not yet available at press time. 

Police continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to call Det. Dean Janowski of the Woodbridge Police Department at (732) 634-7700, or Investigator Gregory Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3904.

 


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