Crime & Safety
Cops: Syosset Man Charged with Card, Gadget Theft
Steven Kurnicki, of Syosset, is charged with petit and grand larceny after being witnessed breaking into cars, say police.
A Syosset man is charged with petit and grand larceny after being caught stealing electronics and credit cards from cars, said Nassau County Police on Monday.
A woman called the police after she witnessed a man breaking into her 80-year-old neighbor's 2004 Honda Sunday morning, police said. She notified the owner of the car, who looked out his window and witnessed Steven Kurnicki, 19 of Syosset, rummaging through the Honda, according to police. Kurnicki fled the scene but was found later by responding officers and arrested in Carle Place, said third squad detectives.
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Police reported that upon investigation, Kurnicki was found in possession of several GPS units, a radar detector, and credit and check cards which were stolen from a Syosset vehicle on Saturday. A search of Kurnicki's home yielded more GPS units which had been stolen from a car on Friday, said police.
Kurnicki is charged with four counts of fourth degree grand larceny and three counts of petit larceny. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Monday.