Mohamed Assaedi, of Queens, charged with stealing $100,000 worth of commercial kitchen equipment
The commercial equipment was recovered at Posh Organic Market and Deli on Merrick Road in Wantagh. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp
A Queens man is accused of stealing $100,000 worth of commercial kitchen equipment from a Carle Place store over a two-month period last summer, Nassau police said.
Officers responded to a commercial kitchen business on Old Country Road and learned the items were removed between July 15 and Aug. 20.
After an investigation, police charged Mohamed Assaedi, 46, with the series of thefts, arresting him inside Posh Organic Market and Deli on Merrick Road in Wantagh, according to a news release.
Police said the storefront housing the market was under construction and had not opened yet as a deli. The site is the prior home of a Japanese restaurant. Police also did not immediately detail what evidence linked them to Assaedi, but said the charges indicate he physically was responsible for the theft — and the commercial equipment was recovered at the Wantagh business. What role Assaedi has in the business also was unclear.
Assaedi was charged with burglary and criminal possession of stolen property and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
Police provided no further details.
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