Woman Arrested After Breaking Into Insurance Agency: Police

A Levittown woman was arrested Saturday morning after police say an officer found her breaking into an insurance agency in Wantagh.

According to police, an officer was on routine patrol on Wantagh Avenue, when he saw the front glass door of the State Farm Insurance Agency, located at 1268 Wantagh Ave., was broken. Police say the officer then saw Karen Colato, 25, of Amber Lane, running away to the rear of the building. The officer followed and stopped her from getting into her car, which was running in the back parking lot. In the front seat, police say, was Colato's 4-month-old baby daughter, who was unsecured and wrapped in a blanket.

Colato was arrested without incident. Police say she threw a brick through the front door of the building to gain entry, but didn't steal anything. The baby girl was taken to a hospital for evaluation, where she was met by her father.

Colato is charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief and endangering the welfare of a child. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Sunday in First District Court in Hempstead.

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