Multiple Dangerous Drivers Arrested: Garden City Police

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City Police Department reported the following incidents for the week ending Oct. 13.

Oct. 7

• A resident reported several forged checks, totaling $8,000, were written against her bank account.

Oct. 8

• License plates were reported missing from a vehicle parked in a Garden City Plaza parking lot.
• Officers responded to 4th Street where a 2-year-old child was accidentally locked inside a vehicle. The officers were able to unlock the vehicle and free the child.
• Detectives are investigating an unauthorized withdrawal of $5,000 against a resident’s bank account.
• A 26-year-old driver was charged with driving on Washington Avenue with five license suspensions, unsafe lane usage, unregistered vehicle and uninsured vehicle.

Oct. 9

• A resident reported an unauthorized cell phone account was opened in his name.
• A driver on Rockaway Avenue was charged with driving with a suspended license, driving with a suspended registration and excessive speed in a school zone.

Oct. 10

• A vehicle parked in a private Franklin Avenue parking lot was reportedly struck and damaged by an unknown vehicle.
• Officers and water department personnel responded to reports of two water line breaks, one on Stewart Avenue and the other on Locust Street.

Oct. 11

• Officers and firefighters responded to the Adelphi University Nexis Building for a smoke condition emanating from the mechanical room. The occupants were evacuated until the condition was corrected and the smoke was cleared from the building.
• A driver on Clinton Road was charged with driving with a suspended license and driving while operating a handheld electronic device.

Oct. 12

• An officer responded to St. James Street South for a fallen tree blocking traffic. The Parks Department responded to the scene and cleared the roadway.

Oct. 13

• Upon investigation of a domestic incident at a Garden City home, officers arrested a 42-year-old man for contacting a prior acquaintance in violation of a stay away court order. He was charged with criminal contempt.
• As a result of a traffic investigation on Franklin Avenue, officers arrested a 33-year-old man for DWI, driving with a revoked license due to a prior DWI, six license suspensions and failure to yield to another vehicle.