Crimes Nearby: Man Shot in Huntington

Hicksville: Second Squad detectives reported the details of an arrest for two burglaries that occurred in Hicksville and Elmont on June 21, 2011 and May 1, 2010 respectively.

Nassau County detectives said that, on June 21, 2011, Kaisem Watkins, 23, of 1425 Harrison St., Elmont entered a residence in Hicksville by breaking a bedroom window. When the victim returned home he discovered a bloody paper towel lying on the floor, noticed his
credit card was missing and called the credit company to report it. The victim was told that his card has been used in a Target store in Hicksville. Detectives responded to Target and viewed the defendant, who had a towel wrapped around his wrist, on store surveillance, purchasing bandages with the card.

On July 10, Target notified police that the defendant had returned to the store. Second Precinct police officers arrested him in the Broadway Mall.

East Meadow: Police have arrested four men for a string break-ins at phone stores across Nassau County from November 2010 through January 2011, according to officials.

According to police, the men, identified as Valon Vailes, 19, of Hempstead and Charles Siebert, 18, Kareem Edney, 19, and Trevon
Thompson, 18, all of Freeport, were allegedly responsible for the theft of iPads and cell phones. The following are the stores the men allegedly stole from:

   1.    AT&T, 154 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead on 12/01/10
   2.    Verizon, 49 Old Country Road, Westbury on 1/3/11
   3.    AT&T, 1000 Sunrise Highway, Massapequa on 11/10/10
   4.    AT&T, 316 Rockaway Turnpike, Cedarhurst on 11/28/10
   5.    T-Mobile, 1073 Northern Boulevard, Flower Hill on 1/2/11

Farmingdale:

•  On July 11, a 16-year old was found making graffiti on Allen Blvd.
at approximately 1 a.m.
•  On July 10 at approximately 2:20 a.m., an employee alleges that her boss fired her and pushed her on Smith St., according to reports.

Malverne-West Hempstead: A Freeport man was arrested on Thursday afternoon after allegedly fleeing from New York State Police and hitting another car on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead. The driver, Hamlet Pennicooke, 23, of Freeport, was arrested for reckless endangerment first degree, fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, leaving the scene of a personal injury auto accident and 15 traffic violations. The defendant was held for arraignment in Nassau County First District Court.

Levittown: A Town of Hempstead Public Safety officer was arrested Thursday and charged with driving while intoxicated and manslaughter after he allegedly killed a man who was crossing Hempstead Turnpike, Nassau County police said on Friday.

According to detectives, Robert Core, 42, of Hempstead, was responding to an emergency call in Levittown just before 11:30 p.m. when he struck a 50-year-old male, identified as Eddie Albert Cotto, of
Lindenhurst, who was crossing southbound on Hempstead Turnpike in the vicinity of Franklin Avenue. Core was driving a Town of Hempstead
Public Safety Vehicle.

Huntington: A 21-year-old Huntington was shot several times in downtown Huntington. Cory Culberth, 21, was standing in front of 6 Wall St. at about 2:50 a.m. Saturday when he was shot in his abdomen and left arm. Another bullet grazed his head, according to police. Culberth was transported in a private vehicle to Huntington Hospital where he is listed in serious condition. The suspect, is described as a black male between 20 and 25 years old, who fled the scene of the shooting north on Wall Street.