Rockville Centre crime watch

Burglary arrest
Nassau County detectives say they arrested a Queens man in connection with two recent burglaries — including one that took place in Rockville Centre in December — and that they had help in finding him because he dropped his wallet at a home he was allegedly burglarizing.
According to police, Pablo Paredes, 25, of Brian Crescent entered an occupied home on Tennyson Avenue in Baldwin at 11 a.m. on Jan. 5 by breaking a basement window. A woman was in the home at the time.
While Paredes was inside the house, police say its burglar alarm went off, forcing him to flee without taking anything and perhaps causing him to drop his wallet. Police said witnesses were able to identify Paredes after seeing him outside.
First Squad detectives arrested Parades later that afternoon at his Queens apartment. During the investigation, police say Paredes admitted to burglarizing a home on The Fenway in Rockville Centre on Dec. 18 at 8:30 a.m. He allegedly got into that house through a rear window and stole a flat screen television and a gaming system. Police say they found the gaming system in Parede’s vehicle.

• Daniel J. Villandre, 16, of Brower Avenue was arrested on Dec. 31 at 11:36 p.m. and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage after police say they observed him at Morris and DeMott avenues.

• Jerry Valery, 39, of Hempstead was arrested and charged with criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a controlled substance on Jan. 1 at 10:30 p.m. after police say they saw two men entering a vehicle, identified as stolen, that had been parked on Merrick Road.

• Corey L. Thomas, 48, of Valley Stream was arrested on Jan. 3 at 11 p.m. at Old Mill Court and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, harassment and an open warrant for petit larceny, following a police investigation.

Burglary

• On Jan. 1 a S. Centre Avenue resident reported to police that sometime between Dec. 31 at 7 p.m. and the next morning at 2:10 a.m., someone entered his apartment through an unlocked bathroom window, ransacked the residence and stole $300 from his bedroom. Rockville Centre and Nassau County First Squad detectives are investigating.

Identity theft

• On Dec. 30, a resident from Shellbank Place told police that someone attempted to open a Capital One credit card in his name with a Jamaica, Queens, address and that Equifax reported to him that his home address had been changed.