Estranged couple charged in string of Christmas Eve package thefts from front doors in Williston Park

An estranged couple, a man from Queens and a Pennsylvania woman, were arrested and charged with stealing multiple packages outside homes Sunday in Williston Park, Nassau County police said Monday.

Police received numerous calls Sunday regarding stolen packages in the area. In each instance, an unknown person walked up to the front door of the location, removed the packages and fled in a Chevrolet, police said.

Police located and arrested Charles Frisoulis, 50, of Elmhurst, and Christine Frisoulis, 55, of Abington, Pennsylvania.

Police said Christine Frisoulis was carrying methamphetamine, a clear glass pipe containing a burnt substance believed to be methamphetamine and hydrocodone pills that were not prescribed by a doctor. 

Police also determined that Charles Frisoulis was in violation of an active order of protection. The estranged couple are husband and wife; she has an order of protection against him, police said. 

He was charged with two counts of petit larceny, two counts of criminal possession of stolen property and criminal contempt, police said. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed on a $50,000 bond. 

Christine Frisoulis was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of criminal possession of stolen property and two counts of petit larceny. She pleaded not guilty and was freed.

With Matthew Chayes

By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.comScraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.