Northport PD Blotter: Northport Hotel Employee Stole Man's Credit Card

NORTHPORT, NY — Check out some recent police incidents for the Northport Village area from Oct. 16 through Oct. 22.

The Northport Police Department posted the following information. All charges are accusations and do not signify guilt.

Arrests

• Carlos Lennon, 36, of Commack, was working at the Northport Hotel on Oct. 21 when police said he stole a man's credit card. A man went to the hotel, at 225 Main Street, around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 to have a beverage at the bar, police said. When he ordered his drink, he opened a running tab and gave his Discover credit card to the bartender to hold until he closed his tab, police said. The man told police that while he was having his drink, he was approached by the hotel manager who told him that one of his employees might have stolen his credit card from behind the bar and that the employee left the hotel before his shift ended, police said. A Discover representative told him no additional purchases were made on the card, police said. Just after 1 a.m. Oct. 22, an officer saw a man wearing a Northport Hotel staff uniform walking westbound on Main Street, and he matched the description of the employee who stole the card, police said. Police interviewed the man and saw his name tag read "Carlos," and the employee identified himself as Carlos Lennon, police said. The officer also saw a credit card sticking out of Lennon's front vest jacket, police said. When questioned about it, Lennon said, "You're good, I forgot that was in there," police said. The credit card was identified as the stolen item, and Lennon was arrested, police said. He was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Incidents

• Someone left the scene of a crash on Woodbine Avenue on Oct. 16.
• A man was reportedly throwing crabapples at parked cars on Prospect Avenue on Oct. 17. Police spoke with him, who said he was taking them off the grass and not throwing them at cars.
• A June Avenue man reported a possible "credit card scam" on Oct. 17. Police spoke with the man, who said he called what he thought was a phone number for an airline and booked airline tickets through the booking service. The service then charged him a large fee which he did not agree to, but did receive the airline tickets. Police told him the fee dispute would be a civil matter with the credit card company and the booking service agency.
• A man fainted at the Ritz Cafe on Oct. 18. Northport Rescue brought him to Huntington Hospital.
• A business owners believes his shop on Fort Salonga Road might have been burglarized sometime on Oct. 20. The owner said the back door of the business was open and the molding around the door was dented near the dead bolt. The owner said nothing was stolen, moved or disturbed. Police said the damage to the molding was caused by the deadbolt being in the lock position without the door being closed, and either wind or human error pushed the deadbolt against the molding. The officers said that for the door to be opened with a pry bar, there would have been excessive damage to the molding and frame.
• Someone was issued a field appearance ticket for urinating in public on Main Street on Oct. 20.
• A woman suffered injuries in a fall near the John W. Engeman Theater on Oct. 21. She told police she got out of the car and when she attempted to step over the running water from the rain, she missed the curb and fell, hitting her left arm and chest. The curbing was inspected, but there were no apparent defects or any signs of disrepair, police said. Northport Rescue brought her to Huntington Hospital.
• A woman fell down stairs at the John W. Engeman Theater on Oct. 21. Northport Rescue brought her to Huntington Hospital.
• A deer got stuck in a metal fence on Nautilus Avenue on Oct. 22. The deer suffered a broken leg, an officer observed. Police euthanized the deer and removed it from the fence and called the highway department.