Crime & Safety

Crime Nearby: Bad Karma for Donut Thief

Notable arrests and convictions around Long Island.

A woman demanding cash from a Bethpage 7-Eleven insteadwalked away with only a box of donuts – and a trip to jail.   

Karma N. Kargl, 34, of Westbury, was charged with first-degree robbery and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after Nassau County Police said she held up a convenient store clerk at knifepoint early April 29.  

But the 7-Eleven clerk got away from Kargl without handing over any money, forcing Kargl to flee the store with just the donuts, police said.   

Nassau Police tailed her car home, where Kargl was arrested without incident.      

Police Make $60K Pot Bust 
Give Glen Cove Police credit for weeding out one big stash of drugs.   

Police arrested three men from Westchester, Queens and the Bronx Friday after the car they were in was found – thanks to Nassau Police K-9 units – packed with 41 pounds of marijuana.   

Police, who did not identify the men, said the marijuana had a street value of up to $60,000. More than $2,000 cash was also recovered.    

Boater Arrested After Collision 
A Fort Salonga man was arrested after ramming his powerboatinto a moored vessel in Northport Harbor early Sunday, Suffolk County Police said.     

Police charged William Tabert, 52, with boating while intoxicated after his 21-foot Malibu motorboat struck and damaged a 50-foot sailboat with four people aboard at about 12:05 a.m. Sunday.      

While both vessels suffered damaged, no one was injured, police said.     

Cops: Bank Robber Nabbed 
Nassau Police arrested a Hicksville man in connection with a pair of bank heists, including one April 27 in Plainview.   

Evan Kerpen, 34, was charged Tuesday with four counts of robbery in connection with heists at the Bank of America on South Oyster Bay Road and a January bank job at the TD Bank on Old Country Road.   

The two banks are virtually next to each other, a short block apart on South Oyster Bay Road.  


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