Multiple People Arrested For DWI: The Garden City Crime Report

A nine-year-old child from Freeport was reported missing by his mother on Cherry Valley Avenue on Sept. 11. Officers responded and found the child on Hempstead Turnpike. He apparently got lost after playing with some friends.

A 25-year-old man was stopped for excessive speed (48 MPH) on Rockaway Avenue, in the vicinity of Garden City High School, on Sept. 11. He was arrested and charged with driving with three license suspensions and excessive speed.

An iPod Shuffle was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Whitehall Boulevard residence on Sept. 12. Other vehicles parked in the area were reportedly entered with no loss reported.

A Franklin Avenue business reports a $5,684.81 company check was altered and cashed fraudulently on Sept. 12.

Garden City detectives are investigating unauthorized access to a resident’s checking account that was reported on Sept. 12.

A resident reported being the attempted victim of a phone scam on Sept. 13 where an unknown caller informed him his granddaughter was arrested and required $7,000 for bail. It was determined that his granddaughter was safe and not arrested.

A Franklin Avenue business reported on Sept. 13 that $3,443.86 was deducted from the company’s account via a forged check. Garden City detectives are investigating.

Garden City Police responded to a reported automatic lockdown alert at Stewart School at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 Upon investigation, it was determined that the lockdown notification was sent in error; the school district is investigating the cause.

A 41-year-old woman from Rego Park was arrested at Lord & Taylor for the theft of $284 worth of merchandise on Sept. 14.

A 29-year-old man from Hempstead was arrested on Stewart Avenue for DWI, excessive speed, passing a red light, unsafe turn and unsafe lane usage on Sept. 15.

A 24-year-old-man from Westbury was arrested on Clinton Road for DWI and driving without the vehicle’s headlights activated on Sept. 15.

Vehicles parked at Adams Street and Jefferson Street residences were entered and rummaged through on Sept. 15. There is no reported loss at this time.

A 22-year-old man from Deer Park was arrested on Franklin Avenue on Sept. 16 for DWI, driving on the wrong side of the road on Stewart Avenue and refusing to stop when the officer attempted to pull him over.

Money was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Pine Street residence on Sept. 17, and a backpack containing personal items was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at a Poplar Street residence.

Garden City detectives arrested a sales employee of a Franklin Avenue airlines business on Sept. 18 for selling discounted tickets to numerous clients without authorization or permission to do so for a total loss exceeding $47,000. The employee, a 40-year-old woman from Huntington Station, was charged with grand larceny.