Crimes Nearby: Antisemitic Vandalism, Inmate Dies

Great Neck

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are offering a $5,000 reward for information on vandals who scratched swastikas on the side of a Mercedes this weekend.

Between 4:30 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday, a vandal scratched swastikas and other markings into a blue 1998 Mercedes Benz sedan parked at the Babylonian Jewish Center in Great Neck.

If you have information on this crime, please call 1-800-244-TIPS (8477). All calls will remain anonymous.

Hicksville

Two women were confronted and robbed in a church during Christmas week by a man who fled with cash.

Nassau County Second Squad detectives said the robbery occurred in Hicksville on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 9:15 p.m.

Two women, ages 47 and 26, were at the United Methodist Church at 130 W. Old Country Road, working in the church office.

A white man, described in detail as being in his late 40s, with a gray/white beard, average build, wearing a black knit ski cap, dark gray waist length jacket and faded blue or gray pants, entered the church, pulled a knife and demanded money.

He took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled in an unknown direction, detectives said. No injuries were reported.

Massapequa

A man driving with his 8-year-old daughter in the car was arrested for drug possession in Massapequa Park on Sunday, Nassau police said.

David Kruger, 41, was driving on Violet Street at 2:38 a.m. when an officer stopped him because his brake light wasn't working.

During the traffic stop the officer saw a clear plastic bag containing crack cocaine sticking out of a pack of cigarettes on the passenger seat, cops said.

Kruger's daughter was sitting in the back seat. She was unharmed and released to her mother.

Kruger was not driving under the influence of drugs, police said.

He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, endangering the welfare of a child, and operating a vehicle with defective brake lights.

North Amityville

On Jan. 4, police arrested two men for a shooting that injured two teens at a house party in North Amityville on Dec. 31. First squad detectives charged Nnamdi Ukasoanya, 19, and Rodney Wood, 19, both of Amityville with assault and criminal use of a firearm for allegedly driving past a house party at 38 Ronald Drive East in North Amityville and firing five or six shots into a group of people standing outside the home at approximately 12:15 a.m. 

Bellmore

A student from Newbridge Road School was allegedly followed home from school by a person in a white van Friday evening. According to police, around 5 p.m., a 12-year-old male was walking home from school when he noticed a white van was following him. The child made it home unharmed and told his parents, who then called police.

East Meadow

An inmate at the Nassau County Correctional Center was killed Saturday morning after getting into afight with another prisoner, according to Nassau Police.

The Roslyn Savings Bank inside of Pathmark on Front Street was robbed at around 7 p.m. Monday, according to Nassau County Police.

Cops on the scene said that "no weapon was displayed" by the suspect. The circumstances behind the robbery are unknown, police added. 

Huntington

Two girls attending Stimson Middle School were accosted on their way home from school Thursday, according to a letter sent home to all parents in the South Huntington district.

The students reported that they were walking when a car pulled in front of them and stopped near Craven Street and Foxwood Drive. The driver made several comments toward the girls. They reported that he was engaged in a lewd act.

Babylon

Suffolk Police have released a sketch of one of the five yet-to-be-identified victims in the Gilgo serial killing case that involves eight women, a male and a toddler.

The composite drawing is of a female whose partial remains were found along Ocean Parkway in Nassau in April 2011, and on Blue Point Beach, near Davis Park on Fire Island in April 1996.

In late September, police released two sketches: one of an Asian male estimated to have been between 17 and 23 years old and a white female guessed to have been between 18 and 35 years old at the time of death.