Crimes Nearby: Reckless Driving, Robbery

The following arrest information was supplied by the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments. It does not indicate a conviction

Port Washington

A West Babylon man spotted driving more than 100 miles per hour by Exit 36, the Searingtown Road – Port Washington exit, on the Long Island Expressway was arrested Thursday, police say.

The man, Nigel Recass of 412 Herzel Boulevard, tried to prevent drivers from passing him, frequently changing lanes without signaling and causing others to brake suddenly, according to the Nassau County Highway Patrol Bureau.

He also followed other motorists too closely, “almost striking them,” police said in a statement.

Police stopped Recass at Exit 39, the Glen Cove Road exit, where he was arrested.

He was charged with reckless driving, illegal speed contest, five counts of failing to signal lane change, five counts of following too closely, four counts of failing to stay in a single lane, driving in excess of 55 miles per hour, inadequate muffler and obstructed registration plates.

Recass is scheduled to appear in First District Court in Hempstead on Aug. 19.

Deer Park

• A 28-year-old Lindenhurst woman has been arrested by the Suffolk County Police for driving while ability impaired by drugs (DWAI) after she hit three teens in Deer Park late Sunday night. According to police, Cathleen Wild was traveling in her 1997 GMC Jimmy westbound on Grand Boulevard when a group of youths crossed Grand Boulevard at West Sixth Street at approximately 11:45 p.m. All three of them, police said, were struck by Wild’s vehicle. The three were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Woodbury

• The Nassau County Second Squad reported the arrest of a Jericho man for possession of a forged instrument made on Aug.2  in Woodbury. According to detectives, on May 22, Melvin Pagan, 30, of 220 Dawson Lane, entered the Walgreens located at 406 S. Oyster Bay Road and attempted to pass a forged prescription for Vicoden. The pharmacist identified the prescription as fake and notified the police.

Wantagh

• Sometime between July 22 and July 25, unknown suspect(s) spraying shaving cream on a 1993 Ford at the Woodmont Sports Complex in Wantagh. The shaving cream was also sprayed inside the gas tank, causing the vehicle's engine to seize.

Seaford

• Two men were arrested after a robbery at a Seaford gas station, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Benjamin Sheppard, 19, of Central Islip, walked into the on Hicksville Road in Seaford around 12:05 a.m. and pointed a silver handgun at a male clerk working in the store, demanding cash from the register, police said. Sheppard also took money from the lottery machine, as well as cigarettes and cigars.