24-Year-Old Nabbed After Entering Long Island Home, Stealing Car, Police Say
A 24-year-old man was apprehended after entering a Long Island home, removing car keys, and then stealing the vehicle, police said.
Begnauth Renseroop, of Queens, entered the residence in New Hyde Park occupied by a 64-year-old woman at around 8:50 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, Nassau County Police said.
Renseroop then removed the keys to her 2006 Mazda and used them to steal her vehicle, according to police.
On Saturday, Oct. 31, just before 10:30 a.m., the stolen vehicle and Renseroop were located at an unoccupied residence in East Lawrence after being seen on surveillance …
Gotcha! Elmwood Park Bank Robber, 66, Wrote Holdup Note On Car Owner's Manual, Police Say
An Elmwood Park bank robber wrote a holdup note on a page ripped from the owner’s manual of a stolen car, said authorities who captured him.
James A. Lassiter, 66, of Paterson entered the Chase Bank branch in the Elmwood Park Center on Broadway the morning of Sept. 3 dressed in an all-white hooded sweatsuit, white sneakers, gloves, a facemask and sunglasses, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
He passed a note and “repeatedly threatened to shoot the teller if she didn't comply," the chief said.
She gave him all the cash in the drawer, "which wasn't much," he said.
Two weeks ago, the FBI n…
