Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Gunpoint Robbery at Roosevelt Field Parking Lot

Notable crimes and police activity in the region.

Police are looking for two men who allegedly held a victim at gunpoint before stealing an X-Box video game system Wednesday.

According to police, at 4:26 p.m., the male victim was putting the X-Box in his trunk after leaving Roosevelt Field Mall when two unknown males, both described as black and in their 20s, displayed a silver handgun and demanded the victim open his trunk. Read on.

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Woman Robbed on Mineola Boulevard

Nassau County police said a woman was threatened with a knife and robbed Friday evening after she returned to her car in Mineola. 

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According to police, a 42-year-old woman was placing items in her car at 120 Mineola Blvd. when she was approached by a masked man who then took the woman's purse and fled on foot towards Willis Avenue. Read on.

Hillside Avenue BP Gas Station Robbed Friday Morning

Nassau County Police are investigating a robbery that occurred on Friday, Nov. 29, at 5:25 a.m. at the BP Gas Station in New Hyde Park.

According to detectives, a 31-year old male employee was working inside the BP Gas Station at 200 Hillside Ave. when an unknown male subject entered the store and asked to buy a cigar. The subject pretended not to have money and exited the store. Read on.


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