Cops: Man, 19, arrested in backpack robbery in Valley Stream
A 19-year-old was arrested Tuesday and charged with robbing a teen of his backpack earlier in the day on a street in Valley Stream, police said.
Nassau County police said that Kevin DaCosta, of Saddle Rock Road, Valley Stream, robbed the 17-year-old victim on West Merrick Road at 1:48 p.m.
Police said DaCosta was acting in concert with a suspect not yet apprehended — and said the victim and defendant knew each other.
Police said DaCosta was arrested by Fifth Squad detectives on Louise Place in Valley Stream. He was charged with second-degree robbery and is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in First District Court in Hempstead.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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