Babylon-Islip police report
Reports from county or village police, June 13-19
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Reports from county or village police, June 13-19
A dirt bike was stolen from the bed of a truck parked in a residential driveway on Westminster Drive June 13.
The driver-side window of a 2008 Chevy Trailblazer on Westminster Drive was broken June 13. A wallet containing credit cards and a laptop computer case were reported stolen.
An ornamental statue of a lion was stolen from a residential property on Smithtown Avenue June 14. The statue was later recovered undamaged.
The window of a car parked at a Third Street location was broken June 13.
Cash was stolen from a Suffolk Avenue laundry store June 13. Entry was gained though the rear door.
The driver-side window of a car parked at a Claywood Drive house was broken June 13.
A Central Islip man, 46, was arrested June 14 and charged with petty larceny. He is accused of stealing a large amount of Colgate toothpaste from the Dollar Tree store on Research Drive.
A Brentwood man, 35, was arrested June 14 and charged with second-degree burglary. He is accused of entering an unoccupied house on Joshua's Path and stealing assorted metal building materials.
Several feet of copper piping was stolen from a vacant house on Palm Street June 14.
The catalytic converter was stolen from a Jeep parked in the Tanger Outlets at The Arches parking lot on June 13.
A 2001 Jeep was stolen from a Timber Ridge Drive location June 14.
The mailbox in front of a house on Laurel Road was discovered missing June 14.
Jewelry and cash were stolen from a Smith Avenue residence June 14, Entry was gained by cutting a screen on a first floor window.
A laptop computer, jewelry and a safe were reported stolen from a house on Richard Court June 14.
A mailbox in front of a house on South Eighth Street was damaged June 14.
A 1994 Nissan Sentra was stolen from a residential driveway on Essen Drive June 14.
Three teenagers were seen breaking the wood post to a mailbox at a house on Pamlico Avenue June 13.
A Gemini DJ system and two dirt bikes were stolen from the rear yard of a house on Fulton Street June 14.
A motorized wheelchair was stolen from the backyard of a house on Lindsay Avenue June 18.
A pizza deliveryman unknowingly delivered an order to a vacant house on Straight Path June 14. Unknown persons then took the pizza from him and fled without paying.
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The theft of cable boxes was discovered June 18 at an apartment on Little Neck Road. Damage to the apartment's toilet, bathroom sink and bathtub was also reported.
A park bench was stolen from a house on Rogers Drive June 16.
A wallet containing cash and credit cards was taken from a shopping cart at the Pathmark supermarket on Old Country Road June 18.
Two lawn decorations were removed from cement pillars at a house on Carman Road June 18.
The motor of a pool filtration system was stolen June 16 from a residential backyard on Talcot Drive.
A bicycle was stolen from an Ashford Lane residence June 17.
The rear basement window of a house under construction on Rambling Road was broken June 19. Assorted tools were reported stolen.
Greenlawn
A Greenlawn man, 19, was arrested June 13 and charged with third-degree grand larceny. He is accused of stealing a 2003 Ford van from a Wyckoff Street location.
A credit card was stolen from a 1996 Mercury parked in a Healy Street driveway June 13.
Two tires and two rims were stolen from a 2010 Honda Accord parked in a driveway on Marie Drive June 18.
A pool at a residence on Central Park was damaged June 19.
A man was robbed of his wallet at the intersection of New York Avenue and West Fourth Street June 15. The wallet contained $300 cash.
Jewelry and cash were stolen from a house on West Pulaski Road June 14. Entry was gained through an unlocked rear window.
Compiled by Virginia Dunleavy, Ann Smukler and Daria Arnold
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