Crime & Safety
Nassau Grinch Gets Nabbed: Police
BREAKING: Police say he was following a delivery truck and stealing boxes from people's front doors.
A Hicksville man was arrested and charged with stealing packages from houses in his neighborhood.
According to detectives, officers received a 911 call for two men seen following a UPS truck in a Ford Explorer and taking packages from three separate houses, then fleeing the scene.
Officers located Martin Gonzales, 18, of Story Lane, at his home at 4:30 Wednesday and placed him under arrest without incident. The second person has yet to be apprehended. Numerous packages that were taken from the area were located in the vehicle.
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Gonzales is charged with three counts of petty larceny and is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.
Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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