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Larceny

■ On Bayberry Lane in Levittown, a man reported that his catalytic converter was stolen on April 18.

■ On Seaman’s Neck Road in Wantagh, an individual reported that their Amazon package was stolen on April 18.

■ Another catalytic converter was stolen on Waverly Avenue in Seaford — a man reported it on April 21.

■ Rite Aid, located on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore, reported that an unknown man stole various items on April 21.

■ A Levittown woman reported that her front and rear license plates were stolen while parked on Cotton Lane on April 22.

■ At the Field of Dreams, on Old Sunrise Highway in Massapequa, an individual reported that their car keys and key fob were stolen on April 23.

■ On Wagner Street in Wantagh, a man reported that $11 were stolen from his car while it was parked on April 25.

■ Walgreens, located on Hempstead Turnpike in Bethpage, reported that an unidentified woman stole various items from the store on April 25.

Arrests

■ Frandy Vasquez, 22, of Levittown, was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from BJ’s Wholesale Club on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on February 14.

■ Michelle Melisaratos, 46, from Bellmore, was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from Walmart on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow on April 21.

■ Christopher Gallagher, 54, of Wantagh, was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from Wantagh Park on April 24.

■ Augusto Pozu Pachecho, 38, from Jackson Heights, was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from Macy’s at the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa on April 24.

■ Robert Ditizio, 56, of Syosset, was arrested at the intersection of Wantagh Avenue and Merrick Road in Wantagh for alleged DWI on April 21.

Criminal Mischief

■ On Garfield Place in Massapequa, a man reported that unidentified subjects damaged his PVC fence on April 21.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

Police: pickup truck and school bus collide

A school bus leaving Meadowbrook Elementary School was involved in a collision with a pickup truck on May 1, sending more than a dozen children ranging in age from kindergarten to fifth grade, to a local hospital with minor injuries, according to Nassau County Police.

The accident occurred around 3:40 p.m.

on Old Westbury Road in East Meadow. Officials said that 41 students were on board, and 13 were taken to the hospital. Nassau police and the East Meadow Fire Department were on scene.

The drive of the truck was taken to the hospital with injuries to his hip. No criminality has been reported.

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