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Incidents Nearby: Valley Stream Muggings, 7-11 Robbed

A rundown of police & fire stories from neighboring communities.

Subjects Break into Oceanside Verizon Store

Two men threw a brick through the glass front door of an Oceanside Verizon Store on Sunday and stole assorted merchandise, according to police.

At about 3:20 a.m., the subjects, wearing hooded sweatshirts, broke into the store at 3337 Long Beach Rd., police said. After the taking the merchandise, they fled the scene in an unknown direction.

Teen Mugged in Valley Stream

Two unknown male subjects restrained a teenager in Valley Stream on Friday and then stole his iPod touch, according to police.

The 17-year-old male victim was walking on Elmont Road near Oliver Avenue at 3:30 p.m. when the two approached him from behind, police said. One of men restricted his movement and demanded his property. He then reached into his pocket and took the iPod.

Both men then fled the scene southbound on Oliner Avenue. No injuries were reported.

The first subject is described as a 5 foot 11 inch tall black man with a medium complexion and wearing a dark shirt, khaki-colored shorts and a black baseball cap. There is no further description of the second black subject.

Detectives request that anyone with information about this crime or any other in this story should contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

Man Mugged of iPhone Near Green Acres Best Buy

An 18-year-old man was jumped by two men and robbed of his iPhone on Thursday near the Best Buy store in Valley Stream, according to police.

At 11:50 p.m. on Sept. 13, the victim was walking on Circle Drive when he was attacked from behind by an unknown black man — described as about 17 to 19 years old, 6 foot 1 inches tall with a thin build, dark complexion and wearing a dark colored baseball style cap, police said.

The subject punched the victim in the face and a second unknown black man confronted the victim. The first subject then took the victim’s iPhone. Both subjects fled westbound on Circle Drive in an older model Toyota sedan that was being driven by a third unknown black male subject. The victim refused medical assistance at scene.

West Hempstead 7-Eleven Robbed at Knifepoint for Second Time

Police are still searching for the suspect who robbed a clerk at knifepoint at the Hempstead Avenue 7-Eleven early Thursday morning.

According to Nassau County detectives, around 2 a.m., a 49-year-old female employee was working at the 7-Eleven store located at 310 Hempstead Ave. when a black male suspect entered into the store and demanded money. The suspect also displayed a large knife.

The victim gave the suspect an unknown amount of cash and he then fled north bound on Hempstead Avenue, police said.

The robbery marks the second time that the Hempstead Avenue location has been robbed by a knife-wielding suspect in the last month.

Drunk Driver Plows Into Parked Car, Traps Passengers

Lakeview firefighters on Thursday were called to the CVS store on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead after receiving a report of two passengers trapped inside an overturned vehicle.

Upon arrival, they discovered that an alleged drunk driver had plowed into the car, which had been parked in the CVS lot, according to Chief Heather Senti. The two injured passengers were taken by Nassau County ambulance to Winthrop Hospital.

The driver was taken into custody by Nassau County Police.

Freeport Man Sentenced to 22 Years for RVC Burglary, Police Assault

A Freeport man was sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of burglarizing a Rockville Centre home in 2010 and fighting with police officers who attempted to arrest him at the scene.

Jerry Valery, 41, was convicted in June of two counts of burglary in the first degree, two counts of assault in the second degree, attempted robbery in the second and third degrees and resisting arrest. He was sentenced this morning by Judge David Sullivan.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 22, 2010, Valery entered an Allen Road home by pushing in a dining room window air conditioner.

Valery proceeded to steal assorted jewelry and electronics, including a camera and a laptop computer, Rice said. He tripped the home's burglary alarm when he entered and two Rockville Centre police officers quickly arrived at the scene.

Valery was confronted by the officers inside the rear of the home and violently resisted arrest, Rice said. He repeatedly threw punches at the officers and grabbed one of their firearm holsters before being Tasered and placed under arrest. Both officers were treated for minor injuries.

Lynbrook Firefighters Honored for Saving Toddler

When an 18-month-old toddler had trouble breathing while visiting his grandmother's house in Lynbrook last spring, Lynbrook Fire Chief Anthony DeCarlo and Firefighter Josh Parsons came to the rescue.

When the incident happened on April 11, the firemen were the first on the scene and transported the toddler to South Nassau Community Hospital in DeCarlo’s vehicle.

"Their quick thinking and decisiveness saved the [child's] life," Sen. Dean Skelos posted on Twitter, explaining that he recently presented DeCarlo and Parsons with legislative proclamations to honor them for the "selfless acts of heroism."

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Bojames May 17, 2013 at 08:15 pm
All above by the original writer notwithstanding it is morally reprehensible that people who did ,Read More do not, would not send their children to public school but rather private school, religious or secular, sit on a public school board of education. They are there for one reason only ;to keep taxes as low as possible because those that elect them carry private school tuition. That is NOT an acceptable reason to direct/control/guide the education of public school students. Any position put forward that disputes this as the basis for parents of private school students being on a BOE is a lie.
Tova Markowitz May 17, 2013 at 05:18 pm
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Chris Albanese May 17, 2013 at 04:05 pm
It's not just the teachers... As a parent of 2 going on 3 school aged children, I'm amazed at howRead More much our free public schools cost. We get a supply list every year of things like crayons and pencils which I get, although I don't see why it HAS to be crayola. The red crayon in the box from the 99 cents store is just as red as the one in the $4 box from someplace else. Also, I don't understand why I need to send in 4 boxes of tissues, paper towels, wipes, etc per child. When I was a kid, I remember keeping a little pack of kleenex in my desk for when I needed it. I'm sure the district can buy in bulk at half the cost to us and store it in the schools until needed. Also, as far as the teachers go, I'm not sure if they do it on LI, but when I was a SBM in the NYC DOE, we had what was called Teacher's Choice which was a check for $250 that every teacher would get on March 15 (?) to help pay for the classroom supplies they bought throughout the year. It always amazed me how many of the "supplies" were purchased on 03/14. I had the pleasure of denying some of the more bogus expenses. Also, anything they would spend above and beyond their reimbursement is now tax deductible I believe. My wife, sister, cousin and many friends were and some still are classroom teachers. I know firsthand how the good ones give much more than they get in their check(s). The trick is to weed out the ones that are only in it for the money, benefits and summers off and not the kids.
Shirley Hanein Lane May 19, 2013 at 05:50 pm
lilly, i just created a group on Facebook (Hewlett-Woodmere District 14 Budget Discussion) forRead More residents of district 14 to share and question. Maybe someone on the board will look at it. Please tell your friends. A copy of the budget is uploaded and can be reviewed. I believe residents should make informed decisions. Read it and see what jumps out at you and looks good, fishy, or just normal.
lilly May 19, 2013 at 03:36 pm
thanks Shirley- we have to keep posting to vote NO for the budget- I try to go to meetings and it isRead More ridiculous to hear how no one comes to the table with ideas of how NOT to SPEND our money! If there were only more people that would attend and stand up and speak up maybe it would change.
Shirley Hanein Lane May 19, 2013 at 02:39 pm
Lilly, you are so correct that there are so many houses for sale and stores for rent. Who wants toRead More move to a district that looks like a ghost town? And let's not forget about the homes that were affected by Hurricane Sandy? People are still rebuilding. Download the budget from the district website and go over it item by item. You will see that the increases are mainly in textbooks and retirement, bus matrons, and BOCES, not "for the Kids" as the lawn signs say. District 14 is so used to getting what they ask for because no one bothers to read the budget. Many residents have drunk the Kool-Aid and would never question the decisions of the administrators or the School Board. And NOT ONE of the candidates mentions FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY! They seem to think that residents are an endless fount of money, when is that going to change?!?!?
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paul May 11, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Way to go Harvey! Happy Birthday and keep up the good work... Others depend on you....
Donna Galinsky April 25, 2013 at 09:07 pm
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