Crime Watch: Thieves Steal Cars, Rims and GPS

Burglary

Two homes were burglarized - one on E.Oxford Street in Valley Stream on Aug. 3. and the other on Elmont Road in Elmont - on Aug. 5.

Prince Umberto's on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square was burglarized overnight on Aug. 2-3.

Grand Larceny - Motor Vehicles

A car was stolen from the driveway of a home on Emerson Drive in West Hempstead on Aug. 1. Two others were taken from the driveways of an Elmont home on Caroline Avenue the next day and a Valley Stream home on Rosedale Road on Aug. 4.

Two cars were stolen from the parking lot of Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream on Aug. 2 and a third on Aug. 4.

On Aug. 5, a car was stolen in Elmont after the driver of the vehicle left it running while inside a store on Hempstead Turnpike.

A motorcycle parked on Fenwood Drive in Valley Stream was stolen, along with the chain, on Aug. 1. Another was stolen while parked overnight on Drew Avenue in Elmont from Aug. 6-7.

Sometime between July 26 and Aug. 3 a vehicle that had been parked on Barry Drive in Valley Stream was stolen. Another was stolen from a lot on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream on Aug. 7.

A car parked on Kalb Avenue in Franklin Square overnight on Aug. 3-4 was stolen.

More Grand Larcenies

A man parked on Chamberlain Road in West Hempstead on Aug. 1 reported that a laptop and other personal items were stolen from his car.

Items were reportedly stolen from a garage on Francis Court in Elmont on July 31.

All four tires and rims were stolen from a car parked on Lucille Avenue in Elmont on Aug. 5, where the thieves left the vehicle perched on bricks.

Other Thefts

Tires and rims were stolen from vehicles parked on New York Avenue and Jackson Avenue in West Hempstead and on Grange Street in Franklin Square on Aug. 1-2 and on Parkway Drive in Elmont on Aug. 6.

Items, including a camera and a laptop, went missing from two unlocked cars - one parked on Lincoln Avenue in Valley Stream on July 26 and the other on Sycamore Street in West Hempstead sometime between July 31 and Aug. 1.

GPS devices were stolen from vehicles parked on Langdon Boulevard in Lakeview, and Stratford Road and Sunapee Road in West Hempstead from July 31 to Aug. 3. The car parked on Stratford had been left unlocked.

Criminal Mischief

Unknown subjects spray-painted the garage and patio of a home on Arden Boulevard in West Hempstead sometime between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7. In addition to the damage, the homeowner said the perpetrators also left empty beer cans and bottles in his backyard.

Tires were slashed on cars parked on Lydia Street in Valley Stream on Aug. 3 and on Garfield Street in Franklin Square on Aug. 7.

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