The Garden City Crime Report

Officers investigated a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after being involved in an accident with another vehicle on Cathedral Avenue on May 8. On May 10, Garden City detectives arrested a 70-year-old man from Oceanside for this incident.

Two pairs of sneakers left under a bench inside Healthtrax Fitness Center were reported stolen on May 8.

Officers assisted the Water Department with a water main break on First Street on May 8.

A commercial vehicle was stopped by an officer on Old Country Road on May 9 for numerous equipment violations. Upon investigation, the driver, a 38-year-old man from Medford, was arrested for driving with 11 license suspensions. He was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation.

A credit card was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Franklin Court residence on May 9.

Officers investigated a larceny report on May 9 where a window to a vehicle parked on Commander Avenue was found broken and a laptop computer was stolen from within.

Officers responded to a report of an alarm on Whitehall Boulevard on May 10 and discovered someone entered the residence by breaking a first floor window. Upon investigation, it was determined assorted jewelry and money were removed from a bedroom. The investigation is ongoing.

A vehicle parked in Parking Field 7N suffered minor damage after an unknown vehicle backed into it and left the scene on May 10.

A vehicle was impounded at the Country Life Press Railroad Station on May 10; the vehicle was declared a scofflaw by the Garden City Court due to unpaid/unanswered parking tickets.

Officers arrested a 27-year-old woman from Albertson for the theft of merchandise valued at $1,260 at Lord & Taylor on May 11. She was charged with grand larceny.

Officers assisted the fire department, which responded to a report of a natural gas odor on Russell Road, on May 11.

Officers arrested a 62-year-old man from Great Neck for the theft of a shirt valued at $75 from Lord & Taylor on May 12.

A 22-year-old woman from Islip was arrested on May 12 for leaving the scene of a personal injury accident which occurred on May 11 in Parking Field 7S. The woman backed out of a space, striking an open door to a parked vehicle which then struck a 55-year-old woman who suffered a minor leg injury.

Loose change was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Roosevelt Street residence on May 12.

A pair of sneakers was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in an Oxford Boulevard driveway on May 13. A pocket knife was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Whitehall Boulevard residence.

Officers responded to Clinton Road where a large tree limb fell onto the roadway on May 13.

Officers arrested a 43-year-old woman from Hempstead for the theft of merchandise valued at $190 from Lord & Taylor on May 15.

A Garden City Plaza business reported that a fraudulent check in the amount of $4,600 was cashed against the company’s bank account on May 15.

A Franklin Avenue business reported that a fraudulent check in the amount of $2,900 was cashed against the company’s bank account on May 15.

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