Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Indecent Exposure, Harassment, Domestic Incidents

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.

Massapequa

A Farmingdale man has been accused of exposing himself to a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, police said.

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Leroy Jamison was nabbed by Suffolk County police for the Thursday afternoon incident.

He allegedly entered the chapel of the church where a 64-year-old woman was praying knelt down next to her and exposed himself.

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The woman screamed and Jamison fled the chapel and took off in on a bicycle, police said.

The parishioner was not hurt.

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A North Massapequa man had been arrested on child pornography charges, police said.

Michael Barletta, 45, is accused of sharing numerous videos containing minors performing sexual acts.

Police said they obtained one of the videos and got a warrant to search Barletta's home, where he was arrested.

He is charged with three counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and three counts of possessing a sexual performance of a child.

Hicksville

Second Precinct Arrests Reports: 

Police arrested the following: 

On Sept. 8, Jaquan Campbell, 18, charged with petit larceny, Hollister, Broadway Mall.

On Sept. 9, Jamel Henderson, 25, charged with robbery, Gulf Gas Station, Hicksville.

Melville

Police are searching for two men who entered a Marshall’s store in Melville and stole merchandise.

According to a police report, one man took six assorted baseball hats and one shirt, and the second stole two Polo shirts and one pair of jeans valued at $230 on July 8 at approximately 6 p.m.

Police say the pair left without paying for the items and then fled northbound in a gold Oldsmobile from the store located at 830 Walt Whitman Road.

Lindenhurst

Sept. 13: George Hakanson, Lindenhurst, charged with disorderly conduct, obscene language/gestures.

Incidents: 

Sept. 13: Burglary, three, Ronnie’s Stationery, Montauk Highway, report indicated, “Ronnie’s Stationery.”

Sept. 12: Grand larceny, fourth, South Broadway, report indicated, “2006 Kawasaki Ninja 636/Silver with red flames.”

Sept. 12: Harassment, second, Indiana Avenue, report indicated, “Complainant states he was slapped.”

Merrick

Sometime between Sept. 5 and Sept. 6, a laptop was stolen from a 2010 Jeep Liberty by breaking the rear window. It was parked on Argyle Road.

Sometime on Sept. 6, a vehicle window was broken and items were removed from a car parked in the Merrick railroad station.

Bellmore

Police are searching for two men who robbed an apartment in North Bellmore at gunpoint on Sept. 13.

Two females and two males are wanted in connection with incidents of identity theft in New Hyde Park according to .

The first case involved a falsified check for over $6,200 cashed at a local bank, while a second incident occurred in the Bronx.

Police are asking for information regarding the identiy of the individuals.

Garden City

The Garden City Police Department is investigating a suspicious incident on Warton Place where it was reported that the driver of a black minivan type vehicle stopped and asked a 7-year-old boy if he wanted to get in the vehicle to see his puppies and kittens. No animals were observed inside the vehicle. The driver is described as a male white, middle aged, very thin with black hair.

Sept. 12: A resident reports that someone had removed $10,000 from his account by using a fraudulent ATM card. 

Sept. 13: Police stopped a vehicle that passed a stop sign and arrested the driver, a male 26-year-old from Levittown, for aggravated unlicensed operation for having three open license suspensions. He was also charged with the Stop sign violation and defective signal lights.

Several Franklin Square businesses were burglarized on the nights of September 7-8, including Prince Umbertos Pizza and Bagels on the Square, which was hit twice.

Port Washington

A Hicksville man was placed under arrest on Sept. 10 at 8:37 p.m. after being involved in a domestic incident.

A Rockville Centre man was placed under arrest on Sept. 10 at 5:50 p.m. after being involved in a domestic incident.

A homeless woman was placed under arrest on Sept. 8 at 12:09 p.m. for an open warrant.


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