Rockville Centre Crime Watch May 20, 2010

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

Arrests

n Lawshawn C. Harrison, 27, of 258th Street, Rosedale was arrested on May 5 at 11:30 p.m. at Front Street and Clinton Avenue and charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicle traffic law violations after leaving the scene of an accident on Sunrise Highway.

n Monika Clausnitzer, 46, of Lee Avenue was arrested on May 6 at 12:05 a.m. and charged with driving while intoxicated after being involved in an accident in Municipal Parking Field 27.

n Adan Moreno, 44, of Nassau Road, Uniondale was arrested at 9:31 p.m. on May 4 and charged with vehicle traffic law violations after police say they saw him removing curbside garbage at Morris Avenue and Raymond Street in violation of village code.

n Lamont Brown, 27, of Central Avenue, Far Rockaway was arrested on May 4 at 4:55 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substances and criminal sale of a controlled substance after police anti-crime personnel said they observed him at 2 Sunrise Highway.

n Alan Schnitzer, 47, of First Street, East Rockaway, was arrested on May 4 at 4:55 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance after Rockville Centre anti-crime personnel said they observed him at 2 Sunrise Highway.

n Steven Lukes, 54, of Clinton Avenue, was arrested on May 3 at 4:25 p.m. in front of 69 N. Village Ave. and charged with disorderly conduct, unlawful possession of marijuana and an open Nassau County warrant after police say they saw him causing a disturbance.

n Denise Little, 41, of Langdon Boulevard, Lakeview, was arrested on May 8 at 6:16 p.m. and charged with disorderly conduct while allegedly causing a disturbance inside of CVS, 155 Sunrise Highway.

n Edward Vincent Rifice, 20, of Midway Street, Babylon, was arrested a 1:12 a.m. on May 9 and charged with forgery, false personification and obstructing governmental administration after police said they saw him with an open container of alcohol at Merrick Road and S. Village Avenue.

Assault

n On May 6 at 1:25 a.m. a man from West End Avenue, Inwood, told police that he was punched in the face by an acquaintance from Valley Stream while they were in Cabos, 3A N. Park Avenue.

Licensed premise

investigation

n On May 7 at 11 p.m., police personnel responded to McFadden’s Bar, 210 Merrick Road, and assisted the Nassau County Fire Marshal, Rockville Centre Fire Inspector and Rockville Centre Building Department in an investigation that resulted in seven summonses being issued to the manager.

Fires

n On May 7 at 1:40 p.m. police responded to the rear of 55 Maple Ave. for a fire that damaged fencing and shrubs at that location. The fire was extinguished by the Rockville Centre Fire Department.

n Later that day — at 2:16 p.m., police were called to DeMott Avenue after a landscaper’s backhoe struck a gas line. The Rockville Centre Fire Department responded and National Grid personnel closed the effected gas line.

Larcenies

n On May 4, an employee of Anton’s Mobil Service Station, 345 Sunrise Highway, reported to police that three New York State inspection stickers were stolen between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

n On May 6 at 7:30 a.m., a construction worker told police that a keyboard used for controlling a traffic arrow was stolen from a construction site on Peninsula Boulevard. The keyboard is valued at $4,000. The theft allegedly occurred between 4 p.m. on May 5 and 6 a.m. on May 6.

Unusual incidents

n At 5 p.m. on May 3 a resident of Voorhis Avenue told police at at 5 p.m. a man driving an older model gray van with some rust near Fonda Road and Milburn Street asked her 10-year-old son to mail a letter.

n On May 4 a resident of New York Avenue told police that the former owners of her house have continued using the address, resulting in collection agency inquiries and other unwanted correspondence.

n On May 6 at 6:36 p.m., a Reeve Road resident reported that someone accessed his E*TRADE account and changed his password. The condition was corrected by E*TRADE with no loss to the complainant at this time.

Property damage

n On May 3, an employee of Barka Jewelers, 10A N. Park Ave., told police that a glass window was damaged sometime between April 30 and May 1 at 9 a.m.

n On May 4 the owner of Masters and Company florist reported to police that the shop’s window was somehow damaged.

Identity theft

n On May 4 a Shepherd Street resident told police that someone opened credit cards in his name without his permission.

Harassment complaints

n On May 8 at 6:15 a.m. a man from Bay Drive, Merrick reported that an unknown man punched him in the head while at the Park Avenue Deli, 276 Merrick Road. The suspect reportedly fled west on foot on Merrick Road.

n On May 5, a Lakeside Drive man told police that he had received an alarming text message from an acquaintance.

RVC resident tied to Hempstead shooting

Todd Davis, of St. James Place in Rockville Centre, was arrested on May 13 and charged with assault in connection with a shooting that took place in Hempstead on April 25.

According to detectives, a 16-year-old girl was walking with several friends on Baldwin Road when a man appeared from behind a house and fired several shots at them. The girl was hit in the stomach and carried up the block by her friends, who called 911. She was admitted to the hospital in serious condition.

On April 27, police officers arrested Antoine Redfern, 16, and Daniel Duke, 17, both of Hempstead, in connection with the shooting. Redfern was charged with two counts of assault, criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. Duke was charged with assault.

On May 13, Nassau County police, with detectives from the Rockville Centre Police Department, arrested Davis, 17, and Marlon Douglas, 20, of Hempstead, and charged each with assault. They were arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on May 14.

Bail reduced for Susan Williams

Former Rockville Centre resident Susan Williams, 43, who is accused of hiring a hit man to kill her estranged husband, Peter Williams, had her bail reduced to $1 million bond or cash by a Brooklyn Appellate court on May 12.

Williams was originally arrested in early March on conspiracy and solicitation charges after allegedly offering $20,000 to an undercover Nassau County police officer posing as a hit man. Authorities said they had her on video surveillance giving the officer a $500 deposit for the murder.

In early May a grand jury indicted her on two additional charges — a felony count of criminal possession of a forged instrument and a misdemeanor charge of criminal solicitation — after prosecutors said she forged her husband’s signature on a life insurance policy to make herself the owner.

At that time Judge Norman St. George raised her bail to $2 million in bond or $1 million in cash and Williams was headed back to jail. Williams has pleaded not guilty to all charges. If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison. She is due back in court on May 25.