Crime and courts briefs
UNIONDALE
Teen shot, injured as he
approached large crowd
A 19-year-old man was shot in the right thigh and left calf yesterday morning after approaching a large crowd in Uniondale, Nassau police said.
The victim, who police did not identify, was treated at a nearby hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries. No arrests were made.
The man was walking near 723 Longman Place when he saw a large crowd. As he approached, someone screamed that someone else had a gun. The victim turned and began to run away.
Shots were fired, police said.
Detectives request that anyone with information regarding this crime contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
GARDEN CITY
1 shoplifting suspect rams
police vehicle, escapes
A suspected shoplifter slammed his vehicle into a Nassau police patrol car Saturday at the Roosevelt Field mall parking lot and escaped authorities, police said, while a second suspect was arrested.
A Nassau County police officer from the Third Precinct was taken to a hospital and released. The suspect is at-large, after abandoning the damaged 2003 Acura and fleeing on foot, police said.
The suspect and Olga Carriazo, 28, of the Bronx, were observed by Gap security officers removing items from stores and placing them in the Acura, parked in the south parking lot, police said.
Carriazo was arrested near a mall bus stop and charged with two counts of petty larceny and was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday at First District Court in Hempstead.
The man entered the Acura and began to leave the parking lot when a Nassau County police officer stopped his patrol car in the aisle.
The suspect sped up, police said. After hitting the patrol car, the man abandoned the damaged Acura a short distance away and fled on foot. The vehicle was impounded.
The investigation also determined that Carriazo was observed on video committing a petty larceny on Oct. 11 at True Religion, Roosevelt Field.
Police request anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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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.
