Crime Watch: Police Crack Down on Illegal Alcohol Sales, Cars Stolen and Damaged

The following crime report and arrest information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Prohibited Sale of Alcoholic Beverages

In response to community complaints, police officers from Nassau County's Fifth Precinct conducted an investigation at the Mobil gas station on Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead into the prohibited sale of alcohol. It resulted in the arrest of Surinder Jakhu, of Bellrose, on Sept. 14 for selling an alcoholic beverage to a minor.

In response to complaints, the Fifth Precinct cops also investigated Shell gas station on Linden Boulevard in Elmont and arrested Vikas Brahmbhatt, of Flushing, on Sept. 14, for selling alcohol to a minor.

A third investigation at Quick Stop Mini Mart on New Hyde Park Road in Franklin Square, also led to the arrest on Sept. 14 of Harinder Singh, of New Hyde Park, for selling an alcoholic beverage to a minor.

After Hours Sale of Alcoholic Beverages

In response to complaints from the community, Fifth Precinct police investigated Tudor Wine and Liquor on Elmont Road in Elmont and arrested Xim Chen, of Flushing, on Sept. 14 for conducting multiple sales of alcohol after 8 p.m. This is past the operating hours permitted by Nassau County.

Burglary

A home on Franklin Street in Elmont was burglarized on Sept. 14.

A North Valley Stream home located on Welsboro Road was burglarized on Sept. 16.

Grand Larceny

Four vehicles were stolen from locations in Elmont between Sept. 13 and Sept. 18, including ATVs parked on 239th Street, a car parked on Caroline Avenue and another one parked in the driveway of a home on Murray Hill Street.

An unknown suspect stole property out of the bedroom of a victim living on Emporia Avenue in Elmont on Sept. 15.

After leaving her vehicle unlocked while parked on Biltmore Avenue in Elmont between Sept. 17 anf Sept. 18, a woman returned to find the purse she had left inside had been stolen.

Petit Larceny

K and K Automotive Concepts, located on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square, reported that someone stole property from the business's yard between Sept. 13 and Sep. 14.

Property was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked on Wilson Road in Valley Stream between Sept. 17 and Sept. 18.

Criminal Mischief

A woman in Lakeview reported that someone keyed her vehicle and removed its two side mirrors while parked on Chautauqua Avenue between Sept. 17 and Sept. 18.

An unidentified person broke the front glass storm door at a home on Dogwood Avenue in Franklin Square on Sept. 14, leaving the glass shatttered all over the front stoop.

An unkown person damaged the window of a vehicle parkeed on Wellington Road S in Garden City South on Sept. 16.

The owner of a vehicle parked on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square on Sept. 16 reported that an unknown person cut four feet of the vehicle's tail pipe.

An unknown person broke the window of a vehicle parked on Murray Hill Street in Elmont on Sept. 17.

A woman who parked her car in the lot of Pathmark on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square on Sept. 18 reported that someone keyed the passenger side of the vehicle.

For questions about this crime report, email Local Editor Tara.Conry@Patch.com.