Crime watch: Franklin Square, Elmont

Cops: Elmont woman shot in her home
A 20-year-old Elmont woman was shot in the stomach on April 8 at 11:34 p.m., according to the Nassau County Police Department’s Fifth Precinct.

According to police, the woman was in her home — located near Sussex Road — with her boyfriend, 19, when she observed 10-12 black men wearing hoodies, yelling on her front lawn. The men were looking for the owner of the vehicle parked in her driveway, which belonged to her boyfriend, detectives said. When she heard metal being smashed outside, the woman screamed out her window at the men, telling them to stop hitting the car, police added.

Police said that the men then fired five gunshots at the home, and one bullet struck the woman in the stomach.

The men then fled northbound on Sussex Road and got into three vehicles — described as a white car with a black hood, a silver car, and a blue and green car — before heading eastbound on Hempstead Turnpike, according to officers.

The woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was reported as in stable condition last week, by police. No other injuries were reported.

Elmont driver arrested for speeding
According to local police, two local drivers — one from Elmont — were arrested after speeding on April 8 at 2:20 a.m., on the Long Island Expressway, near Exit 40, in Old Westbury.

Joel Wright of Laurelton, who was driving a BMW, and Lesly Chery of Elmont, driving a Chevy Impala, were traveling at approximately 95 miles per hour, and weaving in and out of other vehicles on the roadway, police said. Wright and Chery were charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving and illegal speed contest, police said. Wright was also charged with driving while intoxicated, and Chery also was charged with driving while alcohol impaired. They were both arraigned on April 8, at the First District Court in Hempstead.

Phones, currency stolen from F.S. Verizon store
A burglary occurred in Franklin Square on April 12 at 2:24 a.m., according to the Nassau County Police Department’s 5th Precinct.    

According to police, an unknown person broke the front door of a Verizon store on Franklin Avenue, using a brick, and entered the store and removed an undetermined amount of cell phones and U.S. currency.
 

Residential burglary
A home on 240th Street in Elmont was burglarized on April 5, between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., according to 5th Precinct officers.

Locals arrested for selling alcoholic beverages
In response to community complaints, the 5th Precinct’s POP/PEP Office conducted an investigation into the sale of alcohol to underage persons on April 4. According to police, at 9:20 p.m. that day, arresting officers observed Andre Balley of St. Albans, an employee at a Citgo gas station on Linden Boulevard in Elmont, sell alcoholic beverages to an underage agent without asking for identification of age.
   

At 7:20 p.m., officers observed Xinming Chen of Flushing, an employee at Tudor Wine and Liquor — located on Elmont Road in Elmont — sell alcoholic beverages to an underage agent without asking for identification of age.
   

At 8:45 p.m., officers observed Imran Ali of Manhasset Hills, and employee at a Shell gas station on Linden Boulevard in Elmont, sell alcoholic beverages to an underage agent without asking for identification of age.

Grand larceny, motor vehicle
On March 30, between 12:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., a vehicle was reportedly stolen from Claridge Avenue in Elmont.

Larceny, theft offenses
An unknown suspect broke the front passenger window of a vehicle parked on Hancock Street in Elmont, removing personal items, on April 6, between 7:45 p.m. and 4:50 a.m.

Items were stolen from a vehicle that was unlocked and parked on Kruze Street in Franklin Square, between 5 p.m. on April 6 and 8:10 a.m. on April 7, according to 5th Precinct officers.

Between 11 p.m. on March 29 and 7 a.m. on March 30, electronic items were stolen from a vehicle on Kruze Street in Franklin Square, according to 5th Precinct officers.

Electronic items were also reportedly stolen on April 1, between 3:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on Jacob Street in Elmont.

Criminal mischief
At 2 p.m. on April 3, an unknown suspect damaged four windows and the backyard patio of a home on Hunnewell Avenue in Elmont, according to 5th Precinct officers.

An unknown person reportedly broke a store window by unknown means at a King Kullen store on New Hyde Park Road in Franklin Square on March 29, at 10:40 a.m.

An unknown suspect broke into the upstairs bedroom window of a home on Cherry Lane in Franklin Square between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. on March 30, according to local police.