Police investigate burglary spree

Leonidas Cotsifas, 50, of Farmingdale, who police say went on a crime spree on Thursday in Bellmore, is arrested. (Oct. 1, 2009)

October 2009 photo in which Leonidas Cotsifas was first taken into custody. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Police outside a Bellmore home where a 71-year-old man was beaten and tied up in the basement allegedly by Leonidas Cotsifas on Thursday.

Police at the scene in Bellmore where a burglar tied up and beat a 71-year-old man on Thursday, police said. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Bellmore home where an 18-year-old woman was attacked by a man armed with a knife on Thursday. (Oct. 1, 2009)