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Overcast Police arrest four in the Five Towns
Crimes include robbery, fraud and driving while intoxicated
Four people, including an Inwood resident, were arrested in the Five Towns over the weekend. The crimes ranged from robbery to fraud to driving while intoxicated.
Secret Service called to Cedarhurst
More than $8,400 was allegedly taken from the accounts of customers from the JP Morgan Chase Bank at 446 Central Ave. in Cedarhurst by Mircea Popescu-Onea, 25, according to police.
Popescu-Onea, who has no known address, police said, was seen on Saturday by bank employees checking a skimming device and they called the U.S. Secret Service. Popescu-Onea, who was leaving the scene in a Jeep Compass was stopped by an agent and taken into custody. The Secret Service investigates crimes affecting federally insured financial institutions, such as banks.
Police said that on April 21 an unidentified person installed a skimming device at the bank’s ATM. On May 5, Popescu-Onea allegedly installed another skimming device at that branch and he also removed it.
He was charged with grand larceny-third degree and three counts of unlawful possession of a skimming device. Popescu-Onea was arraigned on May 13 at First District Court in Hempstead.
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