DA: Oyster Bay Man Indicted For Impersonating Police Officer, Robbing Woman

An Oyster Bay man was indicted Monday for impersonating a police officer in Upper Brookville and stealing a cellphone in Westbury in late May, acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announces.

David Nourmand, 32, was arraigned on the following charges:

• Third degree robbery
• Two counts of second degree criminal impersonation
• Second degree unlawful imprisonment

On May 22, Nourmand allegedly forcibly pulled over a taxi cab with his vehicle and identified himself as a police officer on Wolverhollow Road in Upper Brookville at 1:20 a.m. Police said Nourmand demanded the identification of the taxi passengers and told them, “We are looking for a killer.” Nourmand ran back to his vehicle and fled the scene when occupants asked to see his police identification, police said.

At 1:30 a.m. a woman was taking pictures outside Viana Hotel & Spa, located at 3998 Brush Hollow Road in Westbury, when a man forcibly took her cellphone and fled the scene on foot, police said. The hotel manager identified Nourmand as the thief after reviewing surveillance footage of the incident, police said.

At 2 p.m., Nourmand then pulled over another vehicle while driving a black SUV in the middle lanes of the Northern State Parkway, the DA reports. He allegedly got out of the vehicle, with traffic passing him in the left and right lanes, and asked the woman to roll down her window, identified himself as a police officer, asked her for her license and registration and told her to get out of the car. The woman complied and showed Nourmand what was in her trunk, the DA reports.

Nourmand was placed under arrest when he returned to the Westbury hotel around 2:30 p.m.

“The defendant allegedly went on a one-man crime spree, impersonating a police officer twice in one day and senselessly robbing a woman of her cellphone,” Singas said in a statement. “The defendant, by allegedly claiming to be a police officer, insulted the men and women who protect our County every day and put themselves in actual harm’s way.”

Acting Nassau Supreme Court Justice Helene Gugerty continued Nourmand’s bail at $25,000 bond or $12,500 cash.

Nourmand faces 2 ⅓ to 7 years in prison if convicted of the top charge. He is due back in court on Dec. 14.

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