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Friday, January 10, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 2
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Burglaries may be linked to ring: police
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Roslyn Estates incidents follow Saddle Rock, Flower Hill pattern BY R O S E W E L D ON Deputy Inspector Harun Begis of the Nassau County Police Department’s 6th Precinct said that two burglaries in Roslyn Estates in the last three months may be linked to a Chilean ring suspected of carrying out burglaries in the Great Neck and Manhasset areas. The inspector, who is deputy commanding officer of the precinct, made the remarks at an event at Roslyn Estates Village Hall on Monday night in which he and village Mayor Paul Leone Peters answered questions from residents. “We’re getting hit in Saddle Rock and Flower Hill, and we’re saturating the area with police officers,” Begis said. “It’s more than one group that goes out there. They come in from Chile and go to places where they know there’s money.” The burglaries in the Roslyn
Estates area took place in the evenings of Oct. 23 and Nov. 23 while the homeowners were out, an aspect that Begis said was common in the string of North Shore burglaries. “They want in, they want out,” Begis said. “Crime spikes when daylight savings ends, when it gets dark and nobody’s home.” The inspector explained that the burglars would “do their homework” with a process involving counter surveillance, renting high-end cars to blend into neighborhoods and looking for easy targets. “They also know that a lot of times, the second floor is not alarmed; most people don’t alarm the second floor,” Begis said. “So they’re gaining access to that and they hit a number of places.” An incident in Saddle Rock where the police were notified resulted in two suspects being taken Continued on Page 44
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Town of North Hempstead Councilman Peter Zuckerman embraces East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz. Zuckerman had been sworn into his second elected term by Koblenz, a longtime friend. on Sunday at Clinton G. Martin Park. See story on page 2 and additional photos on pages 12 and 13.
Officials gather for Shabbat in solidarity BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
response to a recent streak of anti-Semitic crimes throughout the state. State Sen. Anna Kaplan (DMore than two dozen local and state officials gathered Great Neck) brought together in solidarity at Temple Beth-El nine state senators, eight local of Great Neck for Shabbat in officials and scores of commu-
nity members of the Jewish faith and beyond on Friday. Additionally, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris and Anti-Defamation Continued on Page 53
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