Police: 3 New Jersey teens arrested in Nassau stolen car case

Police say three teenagers had been arrested in a string of automotive break-ins and thefts in Nassau County this weekend.

Information 12 has discovered there have been a number of teams hitting varied communities on the identical time.

Over the weekend police say there have been three totally different teams of thieves within the areas of East Hill, Flower Hill, Manhasset, Greenvale and Plandome opening up automobiles and stealing them if the important thing fobs had been inside.

Police say three teams of thieves from Newark had been on Lengthy Island Saturday breaking into automobiles and stealing one among them.

Officers say automotive thefts are up 206% this 12 months and that the criminals are in search of open automobiles and checking to see if key fobs are left inside.

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says 98% of the automobiles stolen had their doorways unlocked with the fobs inside.

One of many stolen autos was noticed on Northern Boulevard. Officers say the particular person driving deliberately hit a squad automotive after which continued to drive with a flat tire and injury to the entrance.

The particular person then rammed into two extra police automobiles. A complete of 4 police automobiles had been hit, with two of them had been totaled and over $250,000 in injury accomplished.

Police say three officers and two detectives had been taken to the hospital for therapy and that some could have sustained career-ending accidents

Police say three suspects, two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old, had been taken into custody and a gun was discovered of their automotive.

One was held as a result of he had a warrant out for his arrest, however the others had been launched.

“These people are getting out due to Elevate the Age. We now not maintain them as grownup they usually ultimately go to household court docket. The opposite message we are attempting to get to the general public is lock your automobiles, take your fobs in. My cops are getting harm making an attempt to get well your property, that if it was locked we would not be on this scenario,’ Ryder says.

Nassau County Government Bruce Blakeman stated the teams of thieves are coming right here due to what he calls New York state’s progressive insurance policies like bail reform, that he believes have made the state a much less secure place to dwell and a simple goal.