Crime & Safety
This Week In Rockville Centre: Fraudulent Housing Checks, Knifepoint Stickup, Per PD
The Rockville Centre Police Department released its weekly report Monday.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — The Rockville Centre Police Department released its weekly report Monday, detailing nine incidents between June 15 and June 19. The items listed are as follows:
On June 15 at 10:16 a.m., 38-year-old Hempstead resident Andre Bailey was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, police said. The arrest was made after police saw him driving on Lincoln Avenue with a revoked license stemming from a prior DWI, police said.
On June 16 at 8:25 a.m., 29-year-old Island Park resident Brandon Chambers was arrested on two open bench warrants near the King Kullen, police said.
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On June 16 at 5 p.m., a Bethpage woman said her vehicle had been struck and damaged while parked near the Long Island Railroad station, police said.
On June 17 at 5:02 p.m., a South Park Avenue resident said he had sent nude photos of himself through a dating app and subsequently been extorted, with the recipient demanding money under threat of making the photos public, police said.
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On June 18 at 5:54 a.m., the owner of a North Centre Avenue business said someone had kicked in the door to the establishment, damaging its glass, police said.
On June 18 at 11:56 a.m., the director of the Rockville Centre Housing Authority said someone had written fraudulent checks using the housing authority’s account information, police said.
On June 18 at 5:51 p.m., a contractor was held up at knifepoint by a pair of men he used to work with after finishing work at a Berkshire Road home, police said.
On June 19 at 10:35 p.m., 23-year-old Rosedale resident Elijah Moore-Williams was arrested and charged with DWI after a single-car accident on Chester Road, police said.
On June 19 at 11:39 p.m., 54-year-old Baldwin resident Kevin Samuels was arrested and charged with DWI after an accident on Merrick Road, police said.
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