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Cops: Man who stole doc's Jeep arrested

Police are investigating the theft of an East Meadow doctor's car after a suspect entered his office and took his keys and a woman's purse. Surveillance video at the office shows a suspect entering various rooms, taking the car keys and then going outside where he takes the car, says Debbie Zaso, office manager and wife of Dr. John Zaso. Videojournalist: Handout (Jan. 11, 2011)

A man who slipped into an East Meadow pediatrician's office last month, taking the doctor's keys and driving off with a fire emergency vehicle, was caught Tuesday -- after being arrested by the Lynbrook police department on an unrelated charge, police said.

Emania Shepard, 50, of Hillside Avenue, Freeport, was charged in the stolen car case after Fifth Squad detectives recognized him as their...

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