Inwood man crashes stolen firehouse pickup truck into utility pole in East Atlantic Beach, Nassau police say
Boarded-up bay doors at the Inwood Fire Department station, Sunday morning, after a man stole a fire department vehicle and crashed through the doors. Credit: John Roca
An Inwood man was arrested and charged after allegedly stealing an Inwood Fire Department vehicle and crashing into a utility pole in East Atlantic Beach — causing the pole to crack in half and an attached transformer to explode, according to Nassau police.
Video surveillance Saturday captured Wilson Ulloa, 22, entering the Inwood Fire Department building, police said in a news release. He then allegedly stole a department pickup truck and crashed through the closed bay doors of the building. Police discovered the crashed truck while responding to a house fire around 1 a.m. in the beach hamlet, Nassau police said.
Police found Ulloa on foot in Long Beach and arrested him without incident, the release said.
He's been charged with three counts of second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree burglary, third-degree grand larceny, third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle, two counts of driving while intoxicated and multiple vehicle and traffic law violations.
At his arraignment Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead, Ulloa was ordered to report to pretrial services and to wear an electronic monitor. He is scheduled to return to court on Monday.
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Brianne Ledda covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. She previously covered Southold and Greenport for The Suffolk Times and is a graduate of Stony Brook University.
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