Hospital Gown-Wearing Carjacker In Mineola Swipe Arrested: Police

MINEOLA, NY — Nassau County police have arrested a man they say carjacked a woman from her Cadillac in Mineola last week just after he was released from police headquarters after an arraignment on other charges.

Detectives say 33-year-old Patrick Blaszkiewicz, who has no known address, approached a 62-year-old woman, who was sitting in her 2019 Cadillac SUV in front of 250 Old Country Road, and demanded she get out out of the vehicle on the evening of Dec. 9. When the woman left her vehicle, police said, Blaszkiewicz, who was clad in a hospital gown and blue scrub-style pants at the time, jumped in and sped away on Old Country Road. Detectives initially determined that the woman’s description of the robber matched that of Blaszkiewicz who had just been released from police headquarters just around the corner, police said.

Blaszkiewicz was later seen by Garden City Police driving the woman’s Cadillac and officers tried to get him to stop, but he fled and was involved in a minor collision with another vehicle, according to police.

Prior to the carjacking Blaszkiewicz faced multiple charges for incidents in Rockville Centre in October, Valley Stream in November, and in Suffolk County, police said. The night before the carjacking on Dec. 8, police say Blaskiewicz had been sought on charges stemming from an Oct. 30 incident in Rockville Centre, as well as for stealing a car during a domestic dispute on Nov. 11, and when police attempted to arrest him, he fled and backed a car up into a police cruiser.

He was brought to an area hospital due to his behavior, according to police. Blaszkiewicz is charged with second-degree robbery, third-and-fourth-degree grand larceny, attempted assault upon a police officer, third-degree unlawful fleeing and leaving the scene of an accident. He also faces additional charges including reckless endangerment, criminal possession of stolen property, and criminal mischief.

He was scheduled for arraignment in Mineola today.