Police Blotter: Suspicious Man Poses as Cablevision Employee

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

On July 12, a man posing as a Cablevision employee, was seen skulking around a home on Cedar Shore Drive in Massapequa, police said. The homeowner told cops he was folding laundry when someone rang his doorbell and started banging on his door. When the homeowner came down, he startled a man in his 20s, wearing an illegible ID. When the owner asked the man why he was there, he appeared nervous and claimed he was taking photos for Cablevision. The owner  didn't see a Cablevision truck and the man did not appear to have a camera, police said.  He contacted police,  who spoke to some Cablevision employees who told them that nobody from the company was taking pictures in the area. The owner also discovered that his front window screen was bent out and almost removed from its post. The suspicious man is described as a white male, clean cut with blondish hair wearing a dark blue uniform type pullover shirt and dark blue pants. 

On July 8, at the intersection of North Oak St and North Bay Ave  in Massapequa,  two boys, aged 9 and 10  told cops they were approached by an unknown woman in her 40s with brown hair, who was driving a silver SUV.  They were asked if they wanted candy by her passenger ,a white male with freckles. The boys ran home and the SUV left the scene.

On July 9, a home was broken into on Franklin Avenue in Massapequa, police said. The victim told cops that an unknown person entered the residence via a rear window and ransacked the basement apartment. A laptop computer and about $500 are missing, cops said. 

On July 8, a thief stole  all four rims and tires from a man, whose car was parked on Vinton Avenue in Massapequa. The victim's vehicle was left held up by two blocks of wood on each side, police said

On July 6, Allen McGhee, 22, of Amityville was arrested on East Chestnut St and Clocks Blvd, Massapequa and charged with Assault 2nd, Resisting Arrest, False impersonation, Driving While Ability Impaired/Combined Influence, Driving While Intoxicated, two counts of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd, and two violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

 On July 6,  a Mt. Sinai man was arrested at Macy's at the  Sunrise Mall and charged with Petit Larceny.

On July 7, a  Massapequa  teen was arrested at Sears at the Sunrise Mall  and charged with Petit Larceny.

On July 8, Alexis Cruz, 22, of Levittown was arrested on Hicksville Rd, Massapequa and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 2nd and 3rd.

On  July 9, an Amityville man was arrested at JC Penney at the Sunrise Mall and charged with Petit Larceny.

On July 9, a Farmingdale man was arrested at Macy's at the Sunrise Mall and charged with Petit Larceny

On  July 12, a Port Jefferson  teen was arrested at the Sunrise Mall and charged with Petit Larceny.

 On July 12, a Wyandanch woman was arrested at Macy's at the Sunrise Mall and charged with Petit Larceny.

On July 12,  an Amityville woman was arrested at Pathmark, at 941 Carmens Road, Massapequa and charged with Petit Larceny.