LI CRIME BRIEFS

N. MASSAPEQUA/Injured officer serious

The Nassau County police officer injured when she swerved her patrol car into a guardrail on the Southern State Parkway to avoid hitting a driver she was chasing remains in serious but stable condition, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Police are still looking for the dark gray late-model Honda sedan they said slammed its brakes on the officer as she was pursuing them on a call of a suspicious car Monday.

The car is believed to have either Florida or Pennsylvania plates.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of this car or with a tip that could lead to the arrest of the two suspects that were in the vehicle are asked to call 800-244-TIPS (8477). Callers can remain anonymous.

-- TANIA LOPEZ

BRENTWOOD/Arson squad probes blaze

Suffolk County's arson squad is investigating a fire that broke out at a vacant Brentwood home early Tuesday, police said.

Firefighters and police responded to an emergency call for a fire at a home under renovation on the 300 block of Whipple Street, about a block west of Washington Avenue, at about 3 a.m., the spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said the home was unoccupied and that minor injuries to two firefighters were reported.

No other information was available, the spokeswoman said.

Phone calls to the Brentwood Fire Department were not immediately returned.

-- GARY DYMSKI

HOLTSVILLE/2 arrested for break-ins

Two Suffolk County men have been arrested on burglary charges after breaking into 10 homes over a three-month span and stealing jewelry, computers, televisions and other electronics, police said Tuesday.

Suffolk County police arrested Brian Firman, 20, of Bay Shore, and Tyler Ciervo, 20, of Holtsville, on Monday and charged them with burglarizing two Holtsville houses earlier that day.

Further investigation revealed the two were responsible for at least eight other daytime burglaries in Holtsville, Holbrook and Medford over the past three months, police said.

A police spokeswoman said the two broke into homes during the daytime hours, when they were unoccupied.

Each is charged with 10 counts of second-degree burglary and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in First District Court in Central Islip.

Police said the investigation of the burglaries is ongoing.

-- GARY DYMSKI