3 arrested in Westbury home burglary, Nassau police say

Police have announced the arrests of two men and a teen in connection with a residential burglary last month in Westbury.

The third person arrested, Mark Washington, 31, of Huntington Station, was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of second-degree burglary and held pending a bail of $125,000, authorities said. He was represented by the Legal Aid Society, which has a policy of not commenting in the early stages of a case.

The other two suspects, arrested with assistance from investigative information provided by Suffolk County police Second Squad detectives, were arraigned on Oct. 24, a day after the burglary took place, Nassau County police said.

Timothy Chapman, 21, of Central Islip, who police said was charged with second-degree burglary, was being held on $12,500 bond or $7,500 cash bail, according to online court records. Online court records indicate Kamoree Richardson, 16, of Lindenhurst, was being held on $10,000 bond or $6,000 bail; Richardson was charged with second-degree burglary, police said.

Police said that at about 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 23, the trio used a ladder to enter a second-story window at a home on Livingston Street in Westbury, cutting the screen and then stealing a floor safe and prescription medication.

By John Valenti

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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.”