Crimes Nearby: Shots Fired in North Bellmore, Stolen Basketball Hoop

The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department's incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.

Bellmore

• Five drain covers were thrown off the roof of Grand Avenue Middle School and struck two vehicles sometime between May 25-28.
• A backpack was stolen on May 29 from the checkout counter of the Goodwill Store on Merrick Road.
• The hood and side of a 2005 Chevrolet Caprice parked at Appelbees on Sunrise Highway was keyed on May 30.
• Tires were slashed on a vehicle parked near the intersection of Newbridge Road and Oak Street on June 2.
• Nassau County Police are investigating reports of gun shots fired on Olympia Road in North Bellmore on the morning of June 5. For more details, click here.

East Meadow

• Sometime between May 30 and May 31, tires were removed from a vehicle parked on Marlboro Street. The car was left on cement blocks.
• An unknown person entered Woodland Middle School through an open cafeteria window on June 1. No property was stolen or damaged.
• Eric Engvaldsen, 48, of East Meadow was charged and arrested for public assistance fraud, according to the district attorney's office.

• A basketball hoop was stolen on May 28 from a driveway on Richard Place.
• A sign at Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses on 843 N. Broadway in North Massapequa was damaged sometime between May 28-31.
• The window of a vehicle parked on Bucknell Drive was discovered broken on May 31 with a wallet removed from inside.

Merrick

• Sometime between May 28 and May 29, an unknown suspect stole cash and jewelry from a car parked on Merrick Road.
• On May 30, it was reported that the glass front door of Store Front on Sunrise Highway was broken.