Crime & Safety
Nassau Police Charge Man With Murder For Daytime Stabbing
Police say Keith Pooler got into an argument with Andre Garry and stabbed him to death on the street.
HEMPSTEAD, NY — Nassau County police arrested a man on Saturday whom they say is responsible for the murder of Andre Garry in Hempstead in late June.
According to police, 49-year-old Garry, of West Hempstead, was walking on Fulton Avenue near the coroner of Terrace Avenue around 9 p.m. on June 28 when he got into an argument with a man police have identified as Keith W. Pooler, 54, of Hewlett. Their fight escalated, and police say Pooler stabbed Garry and then fled.
Garry was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead from his wounds.
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Pooler was arrested by Nassau County police on July 11 and was charged with second-degree murder. He was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on July 12 and remanded into custody.
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