Three charged in tablet computer thefts

Three men were arrested after police said they entered an AT&T store in Woodbury, cut the security wires to a Samsung Tablet and two iPads, then ran from the store.

The items were stolen Monday at 10:19 a.m. at the store on Jericho Turnpike, police said. The trio were arrested about 3 1/2 hours later as they were walking near another AT&T store on Jericho Turnpike and South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset, police said.

Nassau County police said Almaliek Keller, 32, of Linden Avenue, Hempstead, Jonathan Dixon, 27, of Parkway Boulevard, Wyandanch, and Michael Hayden, 21, of Redington Street, Bay Shore, were arrested after an investigation.

The computers, valued at more than $3,000, were not recovered, police said.

The three men were each charged with fourth-degree grand larceny; all were scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in First District Court in Hempstead, police said.