Identity Thieves Target Garden City Residents: Police

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending April 29.

• Two vehicles parked on Cathedral Avenue, and a vehicle parked on 2nd Street, were rummaged through during the overnight hours on April 23. There was no reported loss.
• An officer responded to Cambridge Avenue for a fallen tree limb on April 23.
• Officers investigated a report of multiple unauthorized transactions made against a resident’s bank account totaling $1,900 on April 24.
• Officers assisted the fire department for a carbon monoxide alarm inside a Commercial Avenue body shop on April 24. The alarm was apparently activated by a faulty exhaust system that was not properly venting vehicle exhaust fumes. The firefighters rendered the area safe by providing proper ventilation.
• Money was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in a Meadbrook Road driveway on April 25.
• Officers investigated a report of someone rummaging through a vehicle on Atlantic Avenue in the vicinity of the Merillon Avenue Train Station on April 26. There was no reported loss.
• An officer on patrol discovered a water line break on Clinton Road on April 26. The Water Department was notified and responded to the scene.
• An officer responded to South Avenue at Nassau Boulevard for a reported traffic light malfunction on April 26.
• A resident reported on April 27 that $10,000 was fraudulently transferred from her bank account to an unknown account.
• Officers investigated an identity theft on April 28 where a resident’s personal information was used to open a fraudulent credit card account that was used to make unauthorized purchases.
• Police and Water Department personnel responded to a water main break on Clinton Road and Osborne Road on April 28.
• A driver attempting to park his car struck the rear of a Franklin Avenue business on April 28, resulting in damage to the vehicle and the building’s exterior stairway