Crime & Safety
LI Crimes: Store Clerk Arrested, Pizzeria Robbed at Gunpoint, Welfare Fraud
A look at recent crime headlines across Long Island.

Some of the crime headlines from across Long Island Patches over the past week (click the links to read the full articles):
- Police: Huntington Store Clerk Offered Children Money to Expose Themselves
- Trio Facing Charges in Assault of Woman Left on Southern State
- Police: Drunk Motorcyclist Topped 100 MPH on LIE
- Cops: Teen Tried to Steal Car as Owner Slept in Backseat
- Cops: Man Robbed Woman at East Meadow Bus Stop
- 5 Charged in Riverhead Drug Bust
- May 13-Suffolk Arrest Report
- Man Tries to Rob Gas Station Attendant in Deer Park
- WATCH: Laptop Thief Caught on Camera in N. Massapequa
- Police: Riverhead Pizzeria Robbed at Gunpoint
- 15 Charged in Dog Fighting, Narcotics Sting
- Police Seek Smithtown CVS Thief
- Cops Charge Man in East Meadow Woman’s Murder
- Nassau Police: More Cars Keyed, Tires Slashed
- Cops: After Argument, Man Tries to Light House on Fire with Kids Inside
- Cops Release Photo of Person Wanted in Merrick Identity Theft
- Cops: Hempstead Man Stabbed 2 After Argument
- Police: Wallet Stolen From Huntington Chipotle
- Man Wanted for Stealing Vacuum Cleaner From Huntington Station Store
- DA: Port Washington Woman Among 6 Charged With Welfare Fraud
- Police: Man Robs Woman at Knifepoint in Greenvale
- Man Gets Maximum Sentence for Fatal Hit-and-Run in Port Washington
- Plainview Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Disabled Daughter
- Police: Citizens Chase Down Man Who Stole Pocketbooks From Women
- Great Neck Resident Accused of Assaulting Fraternity Pledge at Syracuse University
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