Crime & Safety

Cops: Burglar Captured After Nearby Break-In

Five burglaries reported last week in the Plainview area.

Five new burglaries were reported last week in the Second Precinct, Nassau County Police reported.

Detectives, said residents in Plainview, Bethpage, Syosset and Hicksville reported break-ins.

In Syosset, Vincent Yi, 24, of Manhattan, was arrested after being seen walking out of a Woodbury home and found with items he had taken, police said.

Yi entered an Underhill Avenue home through an unlocked kitchen door and headed for a nearby bedroom about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Yi then forced open the locked bedroom door, took a Tag Heuer watch and some cash, then fled the scene on foot, police said. 

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The Second Precinct reported the following crimes:

  • May 1: Burglary; Underhill Avenue, Syosset; Tag Heuer watch, cash stolen.
  • May 3: Burglary; Pearl Drive, Plainview; downstairs apartment targeted, nothing reported taken.
  • May 5: Burglary; Family Lumber, Bethpage; cash stolen.
  • May 6: Burglary; Arrow Lane, Hicksville; 60-inch television, air mattress, laptop stolen.
  • May 6: Burglary; Seitz Drive, Bethpage; attempted break-in through bathroom window, nothing reported stolen.



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