Crime & Safety

The Garden City Crime Report

See what police say happened in your village this week.

Officers responded to a reported larceny on Franklin Avenue and Sixth Street on March 28. A 23-year-old man from Mastic said he made an online arraignment to meet another man at the location to buy an iPhone for $700 and upon completion of the deal realized the phone was a fake. The subject fled the scene in a brown car.

Vehicles parked at a Tullamore Road residence, a Whitehall Boulevard residence and a Sackville Road residence were rummaged through during the overnight hours on March 29. No items were reported stolen.

A black SUV reportedly left the scene after striking a parked vehicle on New Hyde Park Road on March 29.

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Garden City firefighters extinguished a small fire in the basement of the Cherry Valley Country Club on March 29.

Officers arrested a 38-year-old man from Garden City on March 30 for pushing another family member into the bathtub inside their residence. He was charged with harassment.

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Personal items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Linden Street residence on March 30.

Officers investigated a report of an unknown vehicle leaving the scene after striking and damaging a parked unoccupied vehicle in Parking Field 7N on March 31.

Garden City firefighters extinguished a small fire inside the St. Paul’s Recreation Building on March 31. The fire was caused by a baseball becoming stuck inside a ceiling heater.

Officers responded to the Ford dealership on Franklin Avenue on April 1, where a vehicle struck the wall of a building. There were no reported injuries. The vehicle and the building suffered minor damage.

Property was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in a Tenth Street driveway on April 2.

Officers arrested a 31-year-old woman from Queens for the theft of $420 in merchandise from Lord & Taylor on April 3.

Officers arrested a 35-year-old woman from Queens for the theft of $620 in merchandise from Lord & Taylor on April 3.

A vehicle was reported stolen from a Maxwell Road residence on April 3. The vehicle was found on Cornell Street in Hempstead.

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