The Garden City Crime Report

Officers assisted the Fire Department who responded to a gas leak on Lee Road on Dec. 13. The source of the leak was located and corrected by firefighters.

Officers assisted the Fire Department who responded to Princeton Street for downed wires in the roadway on Dec. 13. The area was rendered safe by Firefighters.

At approximately 10:40 p.m. on Dec. 13, officers responded to a Franklin Avenue building for a report of an alarm going off. Upon arrival, they saw smoke in the building and numerous alarms sounding off. Firefighters responded and determined the cause to be construction work to the basement boiler system.

An iPhone 8 was reported stolen from an Adelphi University dorm room on Dec. 13.

An officer stopped a vehicle for passing a red traffic light at the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Tanners Pond Road on Dec. 13. As the officer walked up to the vehicle, it sped off northbound on Tullamore Road at 60 miles per hour. The vehicle passed a stop sign and turned west onto Stratford Avenue and eventually struck a light pole on SE 12th Street in New Hyde Park. The driver, a 20-year-old man from Elmont, was arrested and charged with unlawful fleeing from a police officer, aggravated unlicensed operation (suspended license), and numerous traffic violations.

A joint investigation by the Garden City Police Department and the Nassau County Probation Department resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old woman from Lynbrook for driving on County Seat Drive while her license was suspended on Dec. 14. The woman was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation.

A hand-drawn picture was reported stolen from an art exhibit at the Garden City Library on Dec. 14.

As a result of a winter storm, Officers responded to numerous reports of auto accidents and hazardous road conditions during the morning rush hour on Dec. 14.

Officers arrested a 35-year-old woman from Franklin Square at Lord and Taylor on Dec. 15 for the theft of merchandise valued at $514.

A package delivered to the front of a Garden Street residence was reported stolen on Dec. 15.

A vehicle was stopped by officers on Franklin Avenue for aggressive driving violations on Dec. 16. Upon investigation, the driver, a 38-year-old man from Medford, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and two improper lane use violations.

A Nativity set was reported stolen from the front lawn of a Hampton Road residence on Dec. 16.

Officers are investigating a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after being involved in an accident with another vehicle on the Adelphi University campus on Dec. 16.

As a result of a traffic stop investigation on Willow Street on Dec. 16, officers charged a 38-year-old man from Hempstead for driving with four license suspensions. He was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation and other traffic violations.

Several items of a Nativity scene were reported stolen from the lawn of a Meadow Street residence on Dec. 17.

Two vehicles were stopped on Washington Avenue on Dec. 17 after a police vehicle’s license plate reader indicated their registrations were suspended. The driver of the first vehicle, a 48-year-old woman from Port Washington, was charged with driving with a suspended registration, uninsured operation and switched license plates. The driver of the second vehicle, a 32-year-old man from Garden City, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation (suspended License), driving with a suspended registration and uninsured operation.

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 18, the department was advised that surveillance cameras inside a Franklin Avenue building picked up an intruder inside an office. Officers responded to the scene, established a perimeter and conducted a systematic search inside the building where they located and apprehended the subject, a 35-year-old man from Westbury on the third floor. The subject was charged with burglary.

Officers investigated a report of numerous unauthorized charges against a resident’s credit card totaling $1,400 on Dec. 19.

Photo: Patch