Elmont woman arrested

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Police reported the arrest of an Elmont woman in connection with a grand larceny that occurred in Mineola.

According to the detectives, Stephanie A. Amit, 25 of Hunnewell Avenue was employed as a secretary/bookkeeper for the law firm Guiliano, McDonnell & Perrone, LLC, located on Old Country Road. From March 2015 until July 2015 Amit allegedly created eight checks, in excess of $11,000, payable to cash and deposited them in her TD Bank account. She is believed to have also made false entries into the business records indicating the checks were paid to vendors. Amit was located at her residence on Tuesday, July 28, at 7:50 a.m. and placed under arrest.

Amit is charged with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records. She was to be arraigned on Tuesday, July 28, at First District Court in Hempstead.