Crime & Safety
Nassau Police: Tires Slashed, Decorations Damaged Before New Year
Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa among communities reporting crimes.

Nassau County Police reported the following incidents.
Criminal Mischief
- Dec. 20: Ninth Street, Carle Place; house egged.
- Dec. 22: Madison Avenue, Island Park; statue removed.
- Dec. 23: Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh; store front glass pane window broken.
- Dec. 27: Sal’s Deli, Garden City Park; store’s front glass window damaged.
- Dec. 27: Bryant Drive, Seaford; lawn decorations damaged.
- Dec. 27: Anita Lane, Seaford; inflatable lawn ornament damaged.
- Dec. 27: Cochran Place, Valley Stream; inflatable lawn decoration damaged.
- Dec. 29: Lansdowne Avenue, Carle Place; window shattered.
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Criminal Mischief to Car
- Dec. 20: Grove Stree, Massapequa; tire slashed.
- Dec. 21: North Street, Elmont; car keyed.
- Dec. 22: South Oyster Bay Road, Hicksville; drive-side window shattered.
- Dec. 23: Abbey Lane, Levittown; rock thrown at parked car.
- Dec. 23: PSI, East Meadow; three tires slashed.
- Dec. 23: Sears, Valley Stream; car keyed.
- Dec. 23: Broadway Mall, Hicksville; beer bottle thrown through rear window.
- Dec. 23: Target, Hicksville; shattered passenger side window.
- Dec. 24: Buffalo Wild Wings, Hicksville; rocks thrown at car.
- Dec. 24: Jackson Place, Massapequa; tires slashed.
- Dec. 25: Clocks Boulevard, Massapequa; tires slashed.
- Dec. 25: Daleview Avenue, Seaford; car keyed, all four tires slashed.
- Dec. 25: Barry Drive West, North Valley Stream; side of car scratched, several tires flattened.
- Dec. 25: Gloria Place, Franklin Square; car damaged.
- Dec. 26: Bedford Avenue, Elmont; several people seen jumping on car.
- Dec. 26: Fairview Avenue, Oceanside; damaged car.
- Dec. 26: West Broadway, Woodmere; car damaged.
- Dec. 26: Red Maple Drive West, Wantagh; brick thrown through driver-side window.
- Dec. 26: Bedford Avenue, North Bellmore; rear windshield broken.
- Dec. 26: Lincoln Place, North Bellmore; car damaged.
- Dec. 27: Vermont Avenue, Oceanside; passenger-side window broken.
- Dec. 27: Center Lane, Levittown; rear passenger-side window broken.
- Dec. 27: Douglas Place, Seaford; two tires slashed.
- Dec. 29: Jane Court, Seaford; tire slashed.
- Dec. 29: Home Depot, East Meadow; car keyed.
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