Man arrested after allegedly snatching packages from Oceanside home

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Nassau County detectives reported the arrest of a South Hempstead man after he was caught on video on Wednesday removing packages from homes in Rockville Centre, Oceanside and South Hempstead.

Joseph Ravenell, 26, was charged with seven counts of petit larceny, as he allegedly snatched deliveries from five Rockville Centre homes, as well as one in Oceanside. Police said that surveillance footage showed Ravenell taking the packages and placing them into a maroon Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

He was set to be arraigned on Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.