65.0°,
Mostly Cloudy Vandalism, criminal mischief and more
Seeking information
Fifth Squad detectives are asking for information about an incident that occurred last week in which an unknown man chased a young Lakeview girl.
As the 9-year-old girl exited a bus from school around 4 p.m. on March 1 near the intersection of Pinelake Drive and Champlain Avenue, the man, who was only described as being about five-feet-five inches and wearing a blue jacket, yelled to her to “come here.” Frightened, the girl began to run to her house and the man walked quickly behind her. When she entered her house, she looked out the window and saw that he was no longer there.
The girl reported the incident to her mother, who called police to document the occurrence.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS (8477). All callers will remain anonymous.
Vehicle vandalism spree
A vehicle vandalism spree seized West Hempstead last week, making it the third neighborhood in less than a week to experience such an event.
Between 6 p.m. on Feb. 23 and 10 a.m. the following morning, vandals smashed the windshields or windows of six cars parked on Arden Boulevard, Jackson Avenue, Maple Street, Park Avenue and Wilson Street.
- Rear windshield of a 2006 Honda on Park Avenue
- Rear window of a 2010 Dodge parked on Arden Boulevard; also removed a drill and drill bits
- Windshield of a 2005 Audi on Wilson Street
- Rear windshield of a 2009 Nissan on Maple Street
- Window of a 2007 Nissan on Jackson Avenue
- Windshield of a 2006 Hyundai on Arden Boulevard.
A similar spree was reported in Massapequa and Massapequa Park the previous weekend: between 6 p.m. on Feb. 18 and 12:20 p.m. the following day, the windows and mirrors of 21 vehicles were shattered.
The investigation is ongoing and detectives request anyone with information regarding these crimes to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS (8477). All callers will remain anonymous.
5th Precinct crime report
- Sometime between noon on Feb. 10 and 9:45 a.m. on Feb .15, a vacant house on Clinton Avenue in Lakeview was burglarized. The perpetrator(s) stole copper.
- Unknown persons broke a window at the rear of a house on Jefferson Avenue in Lakeview between 5 p.m. on Feb. 13 and 10 a.m. on Feb. 14.
- Guohua Chen and Xiohong Liu, of Acupuncture Oriental Bodywork on Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead, were arrested on 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 15 for performing unlicensed massages on a Vice Squad undercover detective working with the Problem-Oriented Policing Unit.
