Crime & Safety
Nearby: Oceanside Guest Allegedly Stole Jewelry from Home
Oceanside woman charged with stealing jewelry valued at more than $2,000 from Wantagh home.
An Oceanside woman was arrested Sunday and charged with stealing jewelry valued at more than $2,000 from a home in Wantagh she was a guest in.
According to Nassau County Seventh Squad detectives, Janice Longona while a guest in a residence on Sycamore Avenue in Wantagh this past Wednesday, entered a bedroom and took assorted jewelry valued in excess of $2,000.
Police said Longona, 36, then sold the jewelry at a second hand store.
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Nassau County First Precinct Police Officers located Longona on Sunday on East Raymond Avenue in Roosevelt and placed her under arrest.
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Police said when she was arrested, Longona was found to be in possession of a female victim’s credit cards, a New York State Drivers License, phone card and insurance card. The jewelry was not recovered.
Longona is being charged with second-degree burglary, second-degree forgery, second-degree identity theft and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. She is scheduled for arraignment Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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