The Garden City Crime Report

Two packages delivered by a courier service to a Brompton Road residence were reported stolen on Jan. 15.

Roofing materials were reported stolen from a construction site on Stewart Avenue on Jan. 17.

A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Wetherill Road residence on Jan. 17.

A tractor trailer traveling south struck the Nassau Boulevard Train Trestle on Jan. 17. The driver of the vehicle, a 45-year-old man from Connecticut, was charged with disregarding bridge clearance signs.

Upon investigation, Garden City detectives arrested a 28-year-old man from Lindenhurst for burglary and eight counts of possession of a forged instrument on Jan. 17. On Jan. 3, police say the man climbed through a window of a security office in a Franklin Avenue office building and stole a pocketbook. At the time of his arrest, he was found to be in possession of eight forged credit cards.

Officers investigated a report of someone cashing a forged check in the amount of $3,000 against a resident’s bank account on Jan. 18.

Three packages delivered by a courier service to a Wyatt Road residence were reported stolen on Jan. 18.

As a result of a traffic stop investigation on Stratford Avenue and New Hyde Park Road on Jan. 18, a 20-year-old man was charged with driving with a suspended license, not wearing a seatbelt, switched license plates, no valid insurance, and no vehicle inspection. In addition, the vehicle was impounded.

Officers arrested a 22-year-old from Head of the Harbor on Jan. 19 for leaving the scene of an auto accident which occurred on Clinton Road on Jan. 17.

A vehicle left the scene after striking and damaging a parked vehicle in Parking Field 6 on Jan. 19.

Officers investigated an identity theft where someone used the personal information of another person to illegally obtain Social Security benefits on Jan. 20.

A resident reports $2,000 in unauthorized charges were made against her credit card account on Jan. 20; the charges occurred in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Officers responded to a water main break on Amherst Street on Jan. 20.

A resident reports $900 in unauthorized charges were made against his credit card account on Jan. 21; the charges occurred in New Jersey.

Officers investigated a burglary at a Franklin Avenue restaurant on Jan. 22. The front door to the restaurant was shattered and money was taken from the register.

A pair of sunglasses were reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Pine Street residence on Jan. 22.

During a traffic stop investigation on Clinton Road on Jan. 22, officers charged a 47-year-old man from Uniondale for driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.

Officers responded to various train crossings along the Hempstead Line for reports of malfunctioning railroad gates on Jan. 23. It was determined the condition was a train stoppage as a result of a broken third rail in the vicinity of the Country Life Press Railroad Station. The issue was repaired and train service resumed.

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