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Crime Report: Merrick Man Killed, Identity Thief, Vandals Busted

(Credit: Merrick School District)
(Credit: Merrick School District)
A Merrick man was killed during a robbery in Park Slope, according to police. For more on what happened, click here.

More Crime News
  • Nassau County Police are looking for an identity thief that allegedly stole a credit card from a Merrick resident. For more on this case, click this link for additional details.
  • A man was questioned by police after he was spotted loitering at Birch School in Merrick. He was advised to stay off the school's grounds or he'd be arrested. For more, click here.
  • Merrick School District Superintendent Dr. Dominick Palma told Patch that two arrests have been made after there were multiple instances of property damage at Chatterton Elementary School. Click here for the story.
  • A Merrick inmate at the Nassau County Correctional Facility was allegedly found in possession of Oxycodone pills after a routine search of his cell Wednesday afternoon. Click here for the story.
  • Sometime between 10 p.m. on Jan. 11 and 9 a.m. on Jan. 12, a vehicle parked on Park Avenue in North Merrick sustained deep scratches, and an unknown substance was also found on the vehicle.
  • On Jan. 11, between 4:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., a home on Colonial Avenue was broken into via the rear door and jewelry, as well as an unknown amount of cash, was stolen.
  • On Jan. 8 at 8:20 a.m., a complainant on Bay Drive in Merrick discovered that 35' of floating dock was missing from his canal.
  • Sometime between 8 p.m. on Jan. 11 and 9 a.m. on Jan. 12, the complainant discovered that unknown suspect(s) rummaged through his unlocked vehicle, which was parked on Oliver Way in Merrick, and stole a GPS and other miscellaneous items.
  • Sometime between 6 p.m. on Jan. 11 and 10 a.m. on Jan. 12, unknown suspect(s) stole a GPS from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on Kenny Avenue in Merrick.
  • Sometime between 4:50 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 12, miscellaneous items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on Avenue C in Merrick.
  • Also during that same timeframe, a complainant who parked her unlocked car on Avenue C in Merrick had electronics stolen from her vehicle.
  • Again during that timeframe, a complainant who parked his unlocked vehicle on Avenue C in Merrick had an unknown amount of cash stolen.
  • Sometime between 1 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Jan. 12, an unlocked vehicle was broken into on Kenny Avenue in Merrick, and an unknown amount of cash, as well as a cell phone, were reported stolen.
Have a question about this crime report? Email Editor Michael Ganci at Michael.Ganci@patch.com.

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Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MGRead More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problemsRead More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be heldRead More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact thisRead More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.