Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Bethpage Pediatrician Indicted

A rundown of recent crimes in the surrounding areas.

Lindenhurst: Two people were arrested June 23 on trademark counterfeiting and other charges. Guo Guan Chen of Brooklyn, and Jian Feng Chen, of Queens were charged with failure to disclose origin of recording, second degree, and trademark counterfeiting, third degree.

Bethpage: A Bethpage pediatrician was indicted on charges that he sexually abused and assaulted girls as young as 11-years-old under the guise of medical examinations, and then secretly videotaped and photographed them. The 60-count indictment, filed with the Nassau County Court on Monday, charges Dr. Rakesh Punn, 53, with four counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, 28 counts of second-degree assault, 10 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, three counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child, one count of possessing a sexual performance by a child, six counts of unlawful surveillance, seven counts of fraudulently obtaining a signature, and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Massapequa: Vandals scrawled racist and anti-Semitic graffiti at the at the Sunrise Mall, police said. A van driver found swastikas painted on the side of the van and on a windshield, an employee at the auto shop said. The van was parked in the lot outside the business overnight, the employee said. Racist graffiti, the numbers "666" and the letters "KKK" were also scrawled on a banner hanging in the parking lot.

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Bellmore: A GPS and an iPad was reported stolen from a 1998 white Toyota 4Runner parked in the P.C. Richards parking lot after the front passenger side window was broken on June 22.

Dix Hills: A case of harassment was reported in Dix Hills on June 26 when a woman said she was assaulted by her ex-husband's girlfriend.

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