Crimes Nearby Part II: Glue Put into Door Locks, Thief Busted

Bellmore

• Sometime between 5 p.m. on Aug. 7 and 9 a.m. on Aug. 8, glue was poured into door locks on Bellmore Avenue.
• Before 9 a.m. on Aug. 11, a front window at the Bellmore Playhouse was broken.
• At 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 2, a woman left her wallet on a counter at 7-Eleven on Merrick Road. When she returned 15 minutes later, it was missing.
• Sometime between 9-9:15 p.m. on Aug. 3, a cell phone was stolen while the victim was playing basketball at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore.
• At 2:49 p.m. on Aug. 4, Dennis Gilroy, 47, of Massapequa, was arrested at the Bellmore LIRR Station and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Merrick

• A Brooklyn man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly stole jewelry from a home in Merrick, cops said. For more on this story, click here.
• Two men were arrested in Merrick Tuesday afternoon after allegedly being found with 21 glassine envelopes of heroin. For more, click this link.
• On Aug. 5, between 9:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., a vehicle parked at Synergy Fitness Center on Merrick Avenue had its window broken, and items were stolen.
• At 5:25 p.m. on Aug. 3, Vincent Scuderi, 44, of  Island Park, was arrested at the intersection of Hewlett Avenue and Narwood Avenue and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and two violations of the vehicle and traffic law.
• Sometime between 10 p.m. on Aug. 7 and 7 p.m. on Aug. 8, electronics were stolen from a boat at the Blue Water Yacht Club.
• At 2:38 p.m. on Aug. 12, Steven Small, 51, of Merrick, was arrested on Merrick Road and charged with driving while intoxicated.

East Meadow

• At 1:26 a.m. on Aug. 10, a vehicle parked on Wilson Road had its windows broken and a GPS was removed.
• Sometime between 8 p.m. on Aug. 9 and 7 a.m. on Aug. 10, change was stolen from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on School Street.
• On Aug. 7, at 6:38 p.m., a bike was stolen from Jake’s Steakhouse on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow.
• Sometime between 8 p.m. on Aug. 5 and 10 a.m. on Aug. 6, an egg was thrown at a vehicle that was parked on Argyle Road, which caused damage.
• Sometime between 8 a.m. and noon on Aug. 9, a vehicle’s window was broken while it was parked at East Meadow Bowl.