Crime Watch

DWI conviction

MINEOLA-Gehlert Barrios, 21, of Far Rockaway, was sentenced on Dec. 1 to two to six years for manslaughter-second degree, driving while intoxicated and two misdemeanor counts of assault-third degree for the Jan. 30 vehicular crash in Cedarhurst that killed his passenger and injured two other men.

Barrios was driving his Nissan at a high rate of speed on Rockaway Turnpike near Rugby Road when he collided with a Ford van that slowed to make a right turn in front of him.

The crash’s impact killed Barrios’s friend, Anthony Morales, 30, who was a passenger in the back seat. The front seat passenger in Barrios’s car and the van driver both suffered neck and back injuries.

“This easily preventable tragedy could have been avoided if the defendant had simply called a cab or given his keys to a sober drivers,” said Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. “But instead, he recklessly chose to get behind the wheel and killed an innocent man.”

Grand larceny

LAWRENCE-Assorted jewelry was stolen from a home on Bayberry Road on Nov. 18 at 8:30 p.m., police said.

WOODMERE-The door of a room in a residence on Fordham Lane was found pried open and a variety of jewelry was missing, according to police.

LAWRENCE-A camera, GPS and an unspecified amount of cash was stolen from a 2009 Lexus parked in a driveway on Causeway Road at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19, officials said.

INWOOD-A pocketbook that was on a shelf of a store on Burnside Avenue was stolen on Nov. 19 at 5:45 p.m., authorities said.

Petit larceny

HEWLETT-A man reportedly removed assorted merchandise from a store on Peninsula Boulevard and fled in a dark blue Volvo at 3:16 p.m. on Nov. 23, officials said.

NORTH WOODMERE-Police reported at 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 23, that the lug nuts of a 2010 Infiniti on Newburgh Avenue were missing and large rocks were placed near the tires, police said.

WOODMERE-The rear passenger side tire and a rim from a 2009 Nissan Maxima were stolen on Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. on Emerson Street, according to police.

INWOOD-A 90-foot piece of copper gutter was reported missing from the rear of a building on Burnside Avenue at noon on Nov. 12, authorities said.

Larceny from auto

LAWRENCE-A garage door opener and an unspecified amount of cash was stolen from a 2008 Lexus on Harborview South at 9 p.m. on Nov. 14, officials said.

LAWRENCE-A GPS was taken from a 2001 Buick on Broadway at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16, police said.