Chair Set On Fire Inside Elmont Home, Police Say
A chair was set on fire inside a Long Island home, Nassau County police announced on Saturday, Sept. 20.
Supreet Mangat, 30, of Elmont, was arrested after a disturbance at a residence in Elmont on Friday, Sept. 19 at 11:45 p.m., according to the Arson Bomb Squad.
A 26-year-old woman who lives at the location received a text message from her housemate, who heard screaming coming from the victim’s room, detectives explained. The victim, who was not home, then Facetimed Mangat and saw him acting erratically and damaging property, including setting a chair on fire.
Fifth Precinct officers arri…
Sledgehammer Rampage By PFA Violator End With Officers Hospitalized In Bellmore: Police
A Long Island man is accused of swinging a sledgehammer and injuring two police officers during a violent arrest, detectives announced on Friday, Sept. 19.
Jason Franco, 34, of Bellmore, was involved in a domestic disturbance at a North Bellmore home on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 4:40 p.m., according to police.
Franco got into a verbal argument with a 77-year-old man, then used a sledgehammer to smash through the victim’s bedroom door, detectives said. The victim, fearing for his life, dialed 911.
Nassau County Police Officers arrived and tried to take Franco into custody, but he became c…
K9 Catches Man Who Broke Into Home, Car Dealership In Southeast, Police Say
A Bronx man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly committing two late-night break-ins in Putnam County — and being caught thanks in part to a trusty police K9.
The incidents began around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, when Brewster Police and Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home off Peaceable Hill Road in Brewster. The homeowner, who was away, called 911 after spotting someone inside through a Ring camera, Carmel Police said on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
When officers searched the house, they did not find the intruder, but evidence confirmed that someone had entered…
Red Paint Smeared Across Jewish History Museum In PA Sparks Hate Crime Charges For NJ Man
A man turned himself in after red spray paint was found smeared across the exterior of Philadelphia's Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in two separate incidents, authorities announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Leroy Hayes of Woodbury, NJ, surrendered to Central Detectives on Monday, Sept. 8, police said.
He has been charged with Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Mischief, and Possessing an Instrument of Crime (PIC).
The first attack happened on Monday, Aug. 18 around 4:43 a.m., when surveillance cameras captured a vandal spray-painting red m…
Vandal Targeted Black Victim's Car In Ballston Hate Crime, Police Say
A 20-year-old Saratoga County man is facing felony hate crime charges after allegedly vandalizing a victim’s car, police said.
Deputies responded to a disturbance call on Blue Heron Way in the town of Ballston just before 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators determined that Christopher Brothers, 20, of Ballston Spa, struck the victim’s car with a hammer and jumped on top of it, causing over $1,500 in damage, police said.
Deputies alleged he intentionally targeted the victim, who is Black, because of his perceived race.
Brothers was arres…
