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Man Arrested In Alleged Attempted Child Abduction

Umberto Stanco, 79, of Glen Cove was arrested Tuesday night in connection with an attempted child abduction.

Stanco allegedly tried to lure a 15-year-old girl into his truck Monday late afternoon while she was walking along School Street.

Glen Cove police identified the man's truck in a local neighborhood, unspecified by police, using a city surveillance camera photo. 

“The surveillance cameras in the downtown area played a major role in bringing a quick arrest to this case," said Lt. Det. John Nagle. 

The downtown camera’s were installed through a Federal Grant at no cost to the city’s tax payers. The cameras went online last April and they feed directly into the Glen Cove Police Department. 

Stanco was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and second degree harassment. 

Intruder Breaks Glass Door, Steals Drugs from Pharmacy

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An unknown intruder used a cinder block to smash through the front door of a Hicksville drug story and stole a stash of pharmaceuticals, Nassau Police said. 

Nassau detectives said the break-in and burglary took place Sunday just after 4 a.m. when the burglar entered Harry’s Pharmacy at 333 S. Broadway by breaking the glass on the front door with a cinder block.

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The intruder then removed an undetermined amount of pharmaceuticals and fled the scene.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

Bayside Man Sentenced in Identity Theft Scheme

A Bayside man and another from New Jersey were sentenced to prison for their roles in a large-scale identity theft scheme, the U.S. attorney for New

Young Woo Ji, 39, of Bayside, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Katharine Hayden in Newark federal court to 65 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. Learn more.


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