Crimes Nearby: Lynbrook Man Sentenced For Slashing, Retired Cop Faces Charges

A Lynbrook man has been sentenced to six years in prison for slashing a bouncer at RC Dugans in East Meadow, according to the Nassau County District Attorney's office.

According to officials, in Feb. 2010, Thomas King, 21, got into an argument with a security guard because he was denied entrance due to being underage. After one of the bouncers followed King to the parking lot, King slashed the bouncer three times with a sharp object, according to police.

The victim suffered severe lacerations to the top of his head, right side of his face and left side of his neck, with caused permanent scarring. King was arrested by Nassau County Police on March 9, 2010.



A retired Hempstead Police Department detective and Long Beach resident has been charged in an nine-count indictment with possession of a stolen handgun, perjury and lying on police paperwork after police discovered unregistered handguns in his home, including one that had been stolen from the Hempstead PD, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Tuesday.

Rice said that in March of this year, William Fowlkes, 47, was arrested in Suffolk County and charged with physically abusing his wife, an inspector with the New York Police Department. Pursuant to that arrest, an order of protection was issued to Fowlkes, in part directing him to turn over any and all firearms that he owned.

According to the district attorney, Nassau County Police recovered four unregistered handguns from his residence. Fowlkes was eventually convicted upon his plea to a misdemeanor count in the Suffolk County case.

Arrests

• James Johnson, 28, of Long Beach was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated at Pettit Place in Island Park.
• George Lopez Jr., 47, of East Hudson Street was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a knife, menacing and aggravated harassment contact due to religion-race on East Hudson Street on July 7.
• David Castellon, 31, of Long Beach was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a knife and menacing at Shore Road on July 8.
• Stanislav Shumeikin, 26, of Island Park was arrested and charged with falsifying business records and petit larceny at East Park Avenue on July 8.
• Maria F. DeRafael, 64, of Sunnyside, was arrested on July 9 and charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration and peddling without a license after she was observed by police officers selling glow necklaces and other toys near South Park Avenue during the RVC Anniversary Fireworks Celebration.
• Joseph Campbell, 44, of Atlantic Beach was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage at West Park Avenue and Virginia Avenue on July 14.
• David Shafer, 45, of Oceanside was arrested and charged with driving while impaired by drugs at East Broadway and Riverside Boulevard on July 15.
• Juan Rodriguez, 58, of Middle Island was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and driving without a license at Long Beach Boulevard and East Beech Street on July 16.
• Kevin Tynan, 31, of Garden City was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to obey a traffic device on Long Beach Boulevard and East Market Street on July 17.