Crimes Nearby: Firefighter Accused of Arson, Swastikas Painted

The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department's incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.

Bellmore

• Graffiti was found on an office building at 1666 Newbridge Road in North Bellmore on June 21.
• A Seaford woman was arrested in Roosevelt on the night of June 29 after being observed by police stopping at a “known” Bellmore drug area. For further details, click here.
• A North Bellmore firefighter was arrested on July 2 after allegedly setting fire to an acquaintance's car on Dewey Avenue back in May. For further details, click here.
• A 66-year old man died following a fiery Fourth of July crash on Merrick Road near the Bellmore-Merrick border. For more details, click here.

East Meadow

• A Queens woman left her young children in the car and attempted to fill a forged prescription for Percocet at Walgreens on 2474 Hempstead Turnpike during the afternoon of July 3, according to police. For further details, click here.

Massapequa

• Three swastikas and some anti-Semitic remarks were painted on the fence of a Jerusalem Avenue home on Jun 30. For more details, click here.
• A North Massapequa man was arrested on North Virginia Avenue the afternoon of July 2 and charged with stealing a construction vehicle after alert cops spotted it parked in the man's driveway. For more details, click here.

Merrick

• Brendan Gahn, 34, of Merrick was arrested at George Court and Shore Drive and charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an incident on June 25.
• On June 26, items were removed from an unlocked car parked on North Hewlett Avenue.
• Sometime between June 26 and June 27, an unknown suspect stole a GPS from a vehicle that was parked in a driveway on Illona Lane. No damage to the vehicle was reported.
• On June 29, a backpack, pocketbook, USC and other miscellaneous items were stolen from car that was parked in the Gap parking lot on Merrick Road.
• Salomon Samaniego, 30 of Jamaica was arrested in Merrick and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and three violations of the vehicle and traffic law.