Crime & Safety

Crime Nearby: Jason Kidd Gets Plea Deal in DWI

Noteworthy crimes and convictions from around Long Island.

By Pam Robinson

It’s been the summer of second chances for Jason Kidd.

The former NBA star traded in his New York Knicks jersey in June, then jumped to the Brooklyn Nets to become its latest head coach. 

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Kidd, 40, made another soft landing in Southampton Justice Court last Tuesday, where pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DWI and received interim probation stemming from a one-car crash on July 15, 2012.

Kidd admitted to having "three or four" tequilas before he got behind the wheel and crashed in Water Mill last July. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Kidd did get a favorable deal, but part of it included two mandated speaking engagements at local high schools.

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Kidd also paid $8,100 in restitution to the Long Island Power Authority and his license, which was suspended after the accident, will remain suspended for 90 days after he is officially sentenced Sept. 30.

DA: Art Dealer Sold Fakes 

The Sands Point art dealer arrested in May for her role in an alleged $30 million art fraud was indicted Thursday, according to U.S. District Attorney Preet Bharara. 

The seven-count indictment charges that Glafira Rosales, 56, sold more than 60 previously-unknown works of some art giants – from Jackson Pollock to Mark Rothko – over a 15-year period.

But Bharara alleges the artworks were all fakes. 

A joint investigation by the IRS and FBI uncovered a scheme they say Rosales began in 1994. She faces up to 70 years in jail on multiple charges.

Feds: Couple at Center of Prostitution Ring

A Massapequa couple was arrested Wednesday for running a prostitution ring online that charged up to $3,000 a day to serve clients in the U.S. and overseas, federal prosecutors said. 

Vincent Lombardo, 44, and his wife, Melissa Lombardo, 43, were arrested by New York City Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Detectives. 

Some of the prostitutes advertised on the website allegedly charged rates of several hundred dollars per hour to several thousand dollars per day.  

The Lombardos allegedly used money from the ring to pay for a home in Boca Raton, Fla., according to prosecutors.

Man Charged in Dog Attack 

A Bellmore man was arrested Sunday morning after he allegedly had his pit bull attack a woman, Nassau County Police said.

A 32-year-old female victim was arguing with another woman around 1:55 a.m. in a home on Bellmore Ave. when Luis Linares, 18, became involved, police said. 

Detectives said Linares chased the victim up the stairs to her apartment, yelling for his pit bull to attack. The woman was bitten in the leg as she tried to enter her apartment.

Linares faces assault and weapons charges.

Hospital Employee Accused in Jewelry Theft

A patient care employee for North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset was arrested Wednesday for selling to a pawn shop a missing necklace belonging to an 82-year-old male patient at the hospital, according to Nassau police.

The necklace, valued at $2,000, went missing on July 5, according to police. During their investigation, detectives conducted a search of pawn shops and discovered the necklace had been sold to East Islip Jewelers. 

Police say, Linda Hernandez, 37, of Islip sold the jewelry to the store. Hernandez was arrested July 17 at 11:30 p.m. in Manhasset without incident, according to police.

Hernandez is charged with criminal possession of stolen property fourth degree.


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