Lindenhurst Teen Charged In Home Burglary

WESTBURY, NY – Three people, including a Lindenhurst teen, have been charged in a residential burglary that occurred in Westbury last month, Nassau Police said.

Kamoree Richardson, 16, Timothy Chapman, 21, and Mark Washington, 31, are charged with second degree burglary.

According to detectives, the trio used a ladder and cut a screen to enter a second story window at a home on Livingston Street around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 23. Once inside, the three removed a floor safe as well as prescription medicine belonging to the homeowner, police said.

A joint investigation with Suffolk County Police detectives revealed that Richardson was involved in numerous residential burglaries within the confines of the Suffolk Police Department's 2nd Precinct, police said.

Richardson, of Lindenhurst, and Chapman, of Central Islip, were arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Oct. 24. Washington will be arraigned on Wednesday.

NCPD photos (from L-R): Kamoree Richardson, Timothy Chapman and Mark Washington