Long Island Crime Briefs

WILLISTON PARK

3 arrested on burglary charges

Three Long Island men suspected of stealing lottery tickets, cigarettes and beer from a Williston Park beverage store Tuesday were arrested on burglary charges after they cashed in one of the stolen tickets, Nassau County police said Wednesday.

Police said Cory Allen, 26, of Babylon, Christopher Webb, 31, of West Babylon, and Lawrence Murphy, 21, of Mineola, broke into Willis Avenue Beverage at 396 Willis Ave. about 12:30 a.m. and made off with $1,800 worth of New York Lottery scratch-off tickets, 36 packs of cigarettes and a case of beer.

Later Tuesday, Allen cashed in one of the tickets at a store near his home, police said. The owner of Willis Avenue Beverage had reported the incident, including calling lottery officials, and Allen's ticket came up as stolen on lottery computers, police said.

Allen and Webb, of 1042 E. Little Neck Rd., were arrested at Allen's house. Murphy was arrested at his home in Mineola, at 617 Marcellus Rd.

Police said all three men are charged with burglary, and Webb and Allen each had an open bench warrant.

ROOSEVELTMan robbed, car stolen

A 30-year-old man who went to an address in Roosevelt to meet a woman was met by four men who ordered him to strip and robbed him at gunpoint of his late-model Mercedes-Benz, his cellphone and jewelry, Nassau County police said Wednesday.

The unidentified man went to 133 Pennywood Ave. about 1:10 a.m. Wednesday "to meet a female . . . known to him as Brianna," police said in a statement.

"Upon arrival, four unknown male(s) . . . in possession of two handguns, one black and one silver, ordered the victim out of his 2010 black Mercedes," the statement continued. "The subjects ordered the victim to remove his clothing and to strip down to his underwear." The three men fled in the victim's car westbound toward Nassau Boulevard. No one was hurt.

ROCKY POINTSuffolk police seek bank robber

Suffolk County police are looking for two men who robbed a Rocky Point bank Wednesday.

The Major Case Investigations Unit said the two men entered a Capital One Bank at 75 Route 25A about 1 p.m. One man demanded cash from a teller, and the teller complied, giving him cash from a drawer, police said. After getting the cash, both men left on foot.

Police said the man who demanded cash was 6 feet tall and in his late 20s with a medium build. The second suspect was about 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a medium build.