Village hit with mini crime spree

Rockville Centre and Nassau County police are investigating a cluster of burglaries that took place in occupied homes within an eighth of a mile in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Although residents were at home during each of the entries —which police said were made through unlocked doors and windows— no confrontations between burglars and homeowners were reported.

According to detectives, someone entered two residences on Brower Avenue — the first in a home directly opposite St. James Place at 5:15 a.m. on Nov. 12, when a resident heard the burglars and called police and the third, a few doors south, that was reported at 6:40 a.m.

The second burglary was reported in a Raymond Street residence at 6:40 a.m. and the fourth in a home on Morris Avenue, north of Lakeview Avenue, at 7:45 the same morning.

Police said the burglars stole cash, video games and a laptop computer.

An attempt to get into a N. Forest Avenue home, also north of Lakeview Ave., that police say was reported to them at 10:30 a.m. had been aborted — a rear screen door to the home was pulled off but the back door remained closed and locked.

Detectives ask that anyone with information about these burglaries call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.