Vol. 79, No. 10
Friday, March 8, 2019
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Grand larceny at Syosset gym
GREEN EGGS & HAM
Nassau County Police arrested of a Queens woman for grand larceny that occurred on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 6:00 pm in Syosset. According to detectives, the female victim, 56, left a purse at Lifetime Fitness located at 350 Robbins Lane and proceeded to return to her residence. When the victim arrived home, she realized her purse was on a bench in the woman’s locker room. The victim returned to Lifetime Fitness and located her purse. She discovered a credit card, watch and bracelet were missing. Two fraudulent charges were made on the victim’s credit card at Roosevelt Field Mall. An investigation led to the arrest of Elizabeth Yadgarova, 21, of Richmond Hill. The victim’s watch and bracelet were allegedly recovered at the time of her arrest. Yadgarova was charged with two counts of Grand Larceny 4th Degree, Forgery 2nd Degree and two counts of Identity Theft 2nd Degree.
Elizabeth Yadgarova
Legislator examines car boot program BY GARY SIMEONE
Children at Faith Nursery School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 1. See page 15.
In Nassau County, if a person has two unpaid parking or red light camera violations on their vehicle, they can find themselves with a boot on their tire. The boot, which is essentially a metal block on the front wheel, can create undue stress and lost wages for anyone who receives the immobilizing device. Nassau Legislator John Ferretti (Levittown) said that in September 2018, he received a letter from one of his constituents about a boot that was erroneously placed on their vehicle. He has also noticed an uptick in the number of boots on vehicles in his district in the last year. Ferrerri had requested from the County a list of results detailing the number of boots placed on vehicles since 2018 including those that were placed in error. “I wanted the location and placement of every single boot,” said Ferretti. “Specifically, I wanted to see if Levittown was being targeted.” In a County budget hearing last October, administrators had spoken about the expansion of the current boot-and -tow program. David Rich, director of the County’s TPVA (Traffic and Parking Violations Agency,) said that the County planned to amp up the program and any problems such as boots placed in error on people’s vehicles were a thing of the past. “I had questioned him at the time about the program and also requested the list of results to which I never received,” said Ferretti. In December 2018, the legislator received another complaint from a Levittown resident that their vehicle was erroneously booted at the Hicksville train station. The resident complained that when he called the County for the numeric code to unlock the device they refused to give it to him. “This guy sat in the cold for three hours until a private company finally came to take the boot off. The County refused to give him the code.” In early January, Ferretti again inquired about a list of people who were booted and towed, but said that County Executive Laura Curran and Director Rich never acknowledged his receipt. It wasn’t until February 9th, when the legislator sent a follow-up letter threatening to subpoena the information if he did not receive it by March 1st. “These so-called errors have life-changing consequences for people that receive them. People could end up three hours late to work or even be fired from their jobs as a result of receiving erroneous boots on their cars. The county executive and administration seem to have a history of making these types of errors.”
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