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Crimes Nearby: Shots Fired in Massapequa Preserve, Gas Station Robbery

Recent criminal activity reported in southeast Nassau County communities.

The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department's incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.

Bellmore

  • A Roosevelt man was arrested Monday after he was involved in a road rage incident on the Southern State Parkway in Bellmore. Click here for more on that story.
  • Michael Halama, 40, of Bellmore, was arrested in Smithtown on Sept. 7 on third degree grand larceny charges. Reports state Halama tampered with an LIPA electric meter on Webster Avenue, stealing electricity valued at more than $3,000 from June 11, 2008 to April 6, 2010.
  • On Sept. 5, Miguel Colon, 24, of Freeport, was arrested on Eastern Avenue near Marle Place in Bellmore and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, false impersonation and eight violations of the vehicle and traffic law.
  • On Sept. 5, Robert Harris, 21, of Freeport, was arrested on Eastern Avenue near Marle Place in Bellmore and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
  • Sometime between 11 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 10, items were removed from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on Beck Place in North Bellmore.
  • On Aug. 31 at 9 a.m., a vehicle that was parked at senior citizens housing building number three on Bellmore Avenue was scratched.
  • On Sept. 4 between 2:55 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., a vehicle was damaged while it was parked atGrand Avenue Middle School in Bellmore.

East Meadow

  • On Sept. 4, an unknown female removed $22 worth of items from Walgreens.
  • A man was arrested after he removed $390 worth of items from Pathmark on Sept. 4.
  • On Sept. 5, items were removed from a car that was parked on Madison Drive. 
  • A man was arrested on Sept. 6 after he broke a the window of a car parked on Franklin Avenue. 
  • A woman was arrested after she stole $702 worth of items from Rite Aid sometime between Aug. 20 and Sept. 7.
  • On Sept. 10, items were removed from two cars that were parked on Prospect Avenue. 
  • It was reported that items were removed from a vehicle in East Meadow on Sept. 10.

Massapequa

  • Ryan McDonough, 19, of North Massapequa was arrested early Thursday morning for firing shots in the Massapequa Preserve. For more on the story, click here. 
  • John Wallace of Massapequa was arrested Wednesday for breaking into two Dairy Barn stores in Massapequa and Seaford over the summer. For more on the story, click here. 
  • On Sept. 4, a black 1998 Buick Regal was reported stolen from a driveway on North Hickory Street in Massapequa, police said. The theft occurred sometime between 7 a.m, and 6:30 p.m.
  • On Sept. 8, a gray 2000 Honda Civic was stolen from a driveway on Ford Drive West at about 3 a.m.
  • On Sept. 10, a black 2000 Yanmaha R1 motorcycle was reported stolen on Lamplighter Lane. The theft took place sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night and 7:20 p.m. the next morning.
  • On Sept. 8, Reyna Reynoso, 38 of Freeport, was arrested on Sunrise Highway near Broadway, Massapequa and charged with Driving While Intoxicated, 2 counts of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd and 4 violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
  • On Sept 7, a someone broke into a black 2006 Chevy parked on Lincoln place, police said. THe thief made off with money, credit cards and other items.
  • On Sept. 7 a credit card and cash was stolen from a car parked at Burns Park at about 5:45 p.m.

Merrick

  • The BP Gas station on Merrick Road was robbed late Wednesday night, police said. According to police, a black male, armed with a knife entered the gas station shortly before 11 p.m. and threatened the employee with a gun. He then allegedly fled the scene in a vehicle. Click herefor more.
  • Sometime between 9 p.m. on June 15 and 12 a.m. on June 17, items were stolen from a car that was parked on Powell Avenue in North Merrick.
  • Sometime between 6 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 29, the Gulf Gas Station was broken into, and items were stolen from the car garage.
  • Sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 and 2 p.m. on Sept. 4, a vehicle parked at the intersection of Williams Street and Meadowbrook Road had its hood scratched and doors dented.

Seaford

  • An attempted burglary of a home on Jerusalem Avenue in Seaford was reported on Sept. 7. Police said the suspect tried to enter the house through a rear window. 
  • A home on Hollis Lane in Seaford was burglarized on Sept. 8 with jewelry stolen. Police said entry into the house was made through a rear window. 

Wantagh 

  • Two bales of cardboard were reported stolen from Iavarone Bros. in Wantagh on Sept. 6. 
  • On Sept. 10, Cecilia Cruz, 19, of Baldwin was arrested on Sunrise Highway in Wantagh and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and one vehicle and traffic law violation. 
  • Money was reported missing from a 1998 green Ford Windstar parked on Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh on Sept. 11. 

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Pat Boyle Egland May 20, 2013 at 04:06 pm
The NBUFSD BOE has not mentioned cutting bussing in over a year, it is not a part of the 2013-2014Read More budget. The pensions and benefits are not regulated by the BOE it is a state mandate.
Greg Bashaw May 20, 2013 at 12:50 am
Well for starters, why not give candidates 401K's and only pay a proportion of their benefits...HireRead More teachers and adm that actually live in our district...... Has anybody proposed dismantling the high school district......From the way I understand they have tried unsuccessfully to combine, well then how about saving moneu and splitting up the 3 high schools...This was we wont need 2 administrations...... I will try and I will think out of the box!
truth May 19, 2013 at 09:11 pm
You are going to do something that even Cuomo won't touch...pensions? Well, thank you forRead More recognizing the real problem that faces the taxpayers but how will you address the problem and not just promise?
Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meetingRead More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....itsRead More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).