Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Child Pornography, Weapons Arsenal And More

A look at police activity on Long Island

Valley Stream

A 59-year-old Valley Stream man has been arrested on charges that he arranged to meet a 6-year-old child in order to take pornographic photos of her, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. 

Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli announced the arrest Monday following an investigation in which Allan Davis, of Valley Stream, used the internet to make arrangements with a person he believed to be the mother of a 6-year-old female to take nude photographs of the child.

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Davis, who was arrested without incident on March 23, was charged with attempt to endanger the welfare of a child and attempt to manufacture child pornography.

New Hyde Park

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A Staten Island man was arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a New Hyde Park woman holing her adult daughter against her will for ransom. Nassau County Police arrested Rudy Santana, 30, for trying to extort $2,000 from the 62-year-old victim, who previously sent him $100 on March 19.

Malverne

New York State Police arrested three Long Island men, including two from West Hempstead who were allegedly in . Dwayne M. Mills, 49, and Anthony S. Mills, 47, both of West Hempstead, and Damel D. Pruitt, 28, of Central Islip, were arrested on March 19 during a traffic stop and were found to be in possession of $2,500 worth of merchandise from the CVS drug stores in Stony Point, Garnerville and New City.

East Meadow

An East Meadow man, who was arrested for a domestic incident on March 9, was subsequently found to be in possession of an arsenal of weapons.

New York State Police said they found 14 guns, two grenade launchers and large amounts of ammunition in the home of Michael Anderson.

Farmingdale

A Farmingdale man was arrested early Sunday morning by Suffolk Police and charged with driving while intoxicated after he drove the wrong way on Route 109 in North Lindenhurst.

According to police, Jason Tyree, 27, was driving his 2001 Volvo westbound in the eastbound lane of Route 109, just west of Wellwood Avenue in North Lindenhurst at approximately 2:50 a.m.

The SCPD said drivers of eastbound vehicles had to swerve out of the way of the wrong-way vehicle to avoid a collision.

Tyree’s vehicle struck a 2012 Nissan head-on near 1144 Route 109, police said, causing minor injuries to himself and to the other driver.

Lloyd Harbor

Four arrests have been made in connection with a string of recent  crimes, according to village police.

At a village board meeting last week, Lloyd Harbor Police Chief Charles Flynn confirmed three residential burglaries and one attempted break-in occurred since February in the village. Two handguns, a shotgun and approximately $100,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from homes. Police say nearly 80 percent of the jewelry was been recovered — some found in village sewer drains by Lloyd Harbor Highway Department personnel, who discovered several firearms with defaced serial numbers.


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