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Ex-worker starts fire at Carriage House

Gary — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:42:04 +0000

Incident last night at the Babylon Carriage House

From Newsday:
[Cops: Ex-worker starts fire inside Babylon Carriage House]

He entered the restaurant through a rear door and, once inside, smashed office equipment and electronics and placed “combustible items” on top of lit stove burners, starting a fire, police said.

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When firefighters and Suffolk County police officers arrived Hopkins, 20, of 614 Morrison St., Babylon, was still inside the restaurant – where he was promptly arrested and charged with third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and second-degree attempted arson.

One Way To Deal With The Faltering Economy

Gary — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:15:02 +0000

From Newsday:

Bank Robbed In N. Babylon

Suffolk County police are investigating an early evening bank robbery at the Roslyn Saving Bank in North Babylon.

Friday at 5:55 p.m. a man entered the bank, located at 1501 Deer Park Ave., approached a teller and demanded cash, police said. The teller gave the man the cash and the suspect then fled northbound on Deer Park Avenue, police said. Investigators are not releasing information about how much cash was taken

I guess the financial crisis isn’t too bad if people are still robbing banks. You’d really worry if criminals start thinking, “What’s the point of robbing a bank? It’s not like they have any money left”.

Still, it instructive to point out that the thief picked a branch of Roslyn Savings Bank to knock over and not, for example, a Washington Mutual.

Robbery on Deer Park Ave

Gary — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:02:38 +0000

I was out walking around with my son today I saw maybe a half dozen police cars on Deer Park Ave, all with their lights flashing. The street had been closed off from S. Railroad to a bit south of Grove Pl. Parts of the sidewalk were cordoned off with crime scene tape. I didn’t want to bother the officers, so I didn’t ask any questions, but here’s the early word from Newsday.

The driver for a Farmingdale delivery company had just dropped off merchandise at a store and received a cash payment when he pulled his 20-foot box truck over on Deer Park Ave. shortly before 2 p.m., Suffolk police said.

The driver was in the back of the truck and preparing to drop the money in a rear safe when someone approached from behind, stuck a blunt object in his back, and demanded the cash, according to Det. Sgt. Robert Doyle of the Major Cases Unit.

The business isn’t identified in the story. Apparently the driver was robbed of the money and then locked in the back of the truck.

[Update: 10:33 PM]