Garden City Police Officers, Firefighter Save Man From Burning Car

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending July 26.

• A driver on Old Country Road was charged with driving with a suspended license and non-operational brake lights.
• Officers are investigating a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after being in a collision with a NICE Bus.
• Police received a report of a person’s identity being stolen and used to open a fraudulent bank account.
• Officers responded to a traffic light malfunction at the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Tanners Pond Road.
• Firefighters and police responded to Adelphi University for a fire alarm and determined it was activated by shower steam.

July 21

• Officers assisted the Garden City Fire Department with a working house fire on Warton Place. The fire was apparently caused by a lightning strike.
• Due to lightning strikes, officers responded to Old Country Road and Clinton Road for traffic light outages and Garden City Plaza for people stuck in an elevator.
• A truck driver was charged with striking the Cherry Valley Avenue overpass and disregarding bridge clearance signs.
• Officers investigated a report of a person’s identity being stolen and used to open a fraudulent debit card account.
• Officers investigated a report of someone attempting to cash a fraudulent check at a local bank. The person left the area after the transaction was denied.
• A driver on Clinton Road at Garden Street was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.
• A driver on Rockaway Avenue at 4th Street was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

• Firefighters and police responded to a Kellum Place business for a fire alarm and determined the cause to be construction.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed.

• Officers assisted firefighters, who responded to a Garden Street residence for a basement fire. Firefighters contained and extinguished the fire.
• Three landscapers were charged with using gas leaf blowers.

• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with fraudulent license plates, uninspected car, and unregistered vehicle.
• Officers responded to a traffic light malfunction on Washington Avenue at 11th Street.

• Three officers and a fire chief responded to an overturned vehicle on Cathedral Avenue where the driver was trapped inside, and the car engulfed in flames. The chief and an officer pulled the driver from the car to safety while the other two officers extinguished the fire with fire extinguishers. The chief and the officer suffered minor smoke inhalation and cuts. Upon investigation, it appears the driver may have fallen asleep.

• A fraudulent $9,800 check was reportedly written against a local business bank account.
• Fraudulent debit cards were reportedly opened using the identities of two local residents.