Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Man Robbed at Roosevelt Field for X-Box
Crimes and arrests making headlines nearby this week.
Cops are looking for the men who allegedly held a victim at gunpoint before stealing an X-Box video game system Wednesday.
According to police, at 4:26 p.m., the male victim was putting the X-Box in his trunk after leaving Roosevelt Field Mall when two unknown males, both described as black and in their 20s, displayed a silver handgun and demanded the victim open his trunk. Click here to read the full story.
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Woman Robbed on Mineola Boulevard
Nassau County police said a woman was threatened with a knife and robbed Friday evening after she returned to her car in Mineola.
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According to police, a 42-year-old woman was placing items in her car at 120 Mineola Blvd. when she was approached by a masked man who then took the woman's purse and fled on foot towards Willis Avenue. Click here to read the full story.
Nassau County Police are investigating a robbery that occurred on Friday, Nov. 29, at 5:25 a.m. at the BP Gas Station in New Hyde Park.
According to detectives, a 31-year old male employee was working inside the BP Gas Station at 200 Hillside Ave. when an unknown male subject entered the store and asked to buy a cigar. The subject pretended not to have money and exited the store. Click here to read the full story.
Man Arrested for Garden City Burglary
A Hempstead man was arrested Tuesday in connection with aWashington Avenue residential burglary earlier this month, Garden City police said.
The 25-year-old forcefully entered the home at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 and stole assorted jewelry, police said. Click here to read the full story.
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