Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Nativity Scene Figures Stolen, Armed Robbery

A look at recent crime in the area.

ST. JAMES 

Police: Nativity Scene Figures Stolen in St. James 

Police are investigating the recent theft of figures from a St. James nativity scene as a hate crime. 

Police are asking for the public's help to find who is responsible for stealing two plastic wise men from the nativity scene located at the intersection of N. Country Road and Lake Avenue across from the St. James Fire Department. 

The theft at the nativity scene, which is set up by the St. James Chamber of Commerce, occurred sometime between Monday and Tuesday, police said. 

HUNTINGTON STATION

3 Attack Huntington Station Man

Three men stabbed a victim in Huntington Station Monday night, Suffolk County police said. 

The man was stabbed outside his home on Spencer Avenue, police said. 

The victim walked into the Huntington Community First Aid Squad Monday night for treatment. 

The squad said that the man, who is 36, was holding a towel to his face when he arrived about 10 p.m. at the organization's building on Railroad Street.

NESCONSET

Armed Robber Strikes Party Hardy in Nesconset

A Nesconset store was struck by an armed robbery early Monday morning. 

Suffolk County police said a 911 call came in at 11:22 a.m. Monday reporting an armed robbery at Party Hardy in Nesconset, located at 145 Smithtown Boulevard. 

Police said a man entered Party Hardy and approached the cash register, displaying what appeared to be a handgun. The man demanded cash and the cashier immediately handed it over. 

FORT SALONGA

Police: Islip Man Arrested for 3 Fort Salonga Burglaries

Suffolk County police have arrested an Islip man accused of working with others in a string of Fort Salonga burglaries this October. 

Miguel Lozano, 32, was arrested on Dec. 13 and charged with five felony counts of second-degree burglary. 


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