Five Towns Crime Watch

Lawrence man convicted
Lawrence resident Daniel Greenberg, 40, was convicted in federal court on Jan. 24 for defrauding thousands of customers through his Hempstead-based online discount clothing and personal items business.
Greenberg operated Classic Closeouts from 2008 to 2009 and was found guilty of adding fees of $49 or more to customers’ charge cards without permission. The fraud involved more than 60,000 transactions. He was convicted on all 13 counts following a two-week trial in Central Islip.
The charges included eight counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Greenberg faces up to 20 years for each count of wire fraud, 15 years for the access device charge, up to 10 years for money laundering, a mandatory two years on the identity theft to run consecutive with the other charges.

Police seek’s public help
The Nassau County Police Department and the Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Department are asking for the public’s help in locating and identifying the person or people responsible for aggravated harassment that has been occurring in Cedarhurst and Lawrence.
Since February of 2013, unknown people or persons have written anti-Semitic statements on numerous advertisement signs located on the train platform levels of the Cedarhurst and Lawrence Long Island Rail Road train stations causing damage to the property.
Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who can identify the person or people responsible, or anyone with any information about this crime, to call its toll free hotline at 1-800-244-8477, or contact the MTA Police Detective Division District No. 2 at (516) 222-6501. Refer to MTA PD case No. 13-14636.
All calls are kept confidential and there is up to a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
“I am very, very happy they did that, it is a step in the right direction,” said Cedarhurst resident Jeffrey Leb, whose complaints about the bias graffiti led to a Herald story, “‘Chronic disease’ spawns vile messages” (Nov. 21-27).

Arrests
LAWRENCE-Dovid Hiller, 25, of Lawrence, was arrested for shoplifting from a warehouse store on Rockaway Turnpike at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 20, police said.

Larceny from auto
INWOOD-Property was stolen from a vehicle parked on Lawrence Avenue between 7 and 8:06 p.m. on Jan. 21, according to police.
INWOOD-Both license plates were taken from a vehicle parked at the intersection of Mott and Westend avenues between 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 and 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 22, authorities said.

Petit Larceny
CEDARHURST-Assorted property was taken from the yard of a house on Washington Avenue between Jan. 15-19, officials said.