Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Jeep Stolen, Robbery Suspect Sought

East Meadow 

  • A cell phone that was left unattended on a table was stolen from Aura Night club on March 15.
  • On March 16, items were removed from an unlocked car that was parked on Ramona Street.
Levittown 
  • Cash was reported stolen from Cross Lane on March 13. 
  • A mirror was broken on a vehicle parked on Hamlet Road on March 17. 
Seaford 
  • A man on Morton Lane in Seaford discovered the passenger window of his vehicle broken and a briefcase stolen on March 12.
  • A 2008 Jeep Liberty was stolen from a driveway on Oakwood Lane in Seaford on March 12.
  • A window at the former Seaford Avenue School building was discovered broken on March 13.
  • On March 15, Donald Popella, 60, of Seaford was arrested at his home and charged with three counts of second-degree menacing.
  • Police are searching for a suspect who tried robbing Bravo Jewelers on 3852 Sunrise Highway on March 21 and stabbed an employee with scissors during a struggle before fleeing the scene. For more details, click here
Wantagh 
  • The rear window of a vehicle parked at the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road Station was discovered broken on March 12. No items were removed.
  • An iPad was stolen from a vehicle parked on Beverly Road in Wantagh on March 14.
  • A man working security at a bar near the corner of Park Avenue and Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh on March 16 was stuck in the back of the head with a broomstick by a suspect after he was kicked out for stealing money off the bar. 

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