Crime and court briefs
VALLEY STREAMShooting victim is identified
The man fatally shot over the weekend outside a Valley Stream restaurant has been identified as a Bronx resident, Nassau police said in offering a reward to find the killer.
Gary Harris, 51, was seen leaving Bronx BBQ with two men and a woman early Saturday, homicide detectives said. He was shot in the restaurant parking lot about 12:30 a.m. and staggered back into the restaurant, where he collapsed, police said. Eight hours later, he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Harris' companions were not identified.
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered by Crime Stoppers, police announced yesterday. Anyone with information can call 800-244-TIPS (8477) or detectives at 516-573-7788.
SMITHTOWNBank robber dresses as woman
A bank robber was dressed as a woman when he escaped with cash from a Smithtown bank yesterday afternoon, Suffolk police said.
His note told a TD Bank teller that he wanted money and had a gun, according to detectives from the pattern crime unit. He took off about 4:05 p.m., possibly in a light-colored vehicle, going west from the bank at 714 Nesconset Hwy., police said. Det. Lt. Edward Reilly cited an active investigation at 6:30 p.m. in declining to describe the clothing beyond "women's attire."
Anyone with information can call 800-220-TIPS.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
