Thousands of dollars worth of jewelry designer purses and sunglasses all since november 2014. Eyewitness News Reporter mallory huff is in Port Washington with the lead story. Reporter joe, sandra, good evening. Some of those cases took place in this neighborhood. Investigators say what this man was looking for was of the highend variety. The 31yearold server at an upscale manhattan restaurant is charged with 17 counts of burglary. Its great to know he is caught. Reporter it includes jewelry, sunglasses, highend bags, electronics and credit cards. Together they are worth more than 300,000. We got a dog because we heard whats happening. My wife said lets get a dog. I said sure. Reporter the accused february 20 charged with three counts of burglary. After investigators obtained a search warrant for his brooklyn apartment, they found stolen items that connect him to 14 more cases. He was out on bail when he was taken back into police custody. Today he was arraigned on the additional counts
Washington with the details. Reporter good evening. Investigators believe eight of the 17 burglaries happened here in Port Washington. Now they say they have the man they have been looking for. Look at this mugshot now. This is 31yearold [ non english language ] he is a server at an upscale manhattan restaurant. He lives on bay parkway in brooklyn. He is now charged with 17 counts of burglary. He is a us citizen originally from the country of georgia. He is accused of stealing jewelry, purses and 30,000. He was initially arrested on february 20 charged with three counts of burglary then after investigators obtained a search warrant to obtain his apartment finding stolen items that connect him to 14 more cases. Today he was arraigned on the additional counts of burglary. This defendant has been charged with 17 counts of a c felony for each charge. He entered through a rear door or window. The most probably vulnerable part of your homes. We urge all residents to secure their property. Re
Reporter good morning, pat and gus. Take a look behind me. Youll see a heavy Police Presence is here at the hospital and we expect the Police Commissioner to arrive at any moment. In fact, he may have gotten here with an suv and lots of detail behind it. Theyre keeping folks away from the emergency room. We know two officers were shot. One appears to have been shot in the back, the other in the torso. Both expected to be okay. Now youre looking at the scene. It happened around 3 30 this morning. You can see a large group of investigators and officers on the scene. Several police cars there. What we know is that two officers were shot in a shootout, one in the back and one in a the torso. Both are expected to be okay. The suspect has also been shot. Hes at another hospital and hes in stable condition. As to what led to this shooting, were still trying to figure out the details. Here at kings county. You can see officers are keeping folks away from the emergency room as two officers are
A lot of neighbors started waking up and checking out the scene and tell us its very suikrprising to see this type of fire this early i the. Morning. Sten. Its a very closeknit community. So its probably mom and pop shop im sure. Sure. What goes through your mind to know that the building is probably gone . Devastating. Because we all support each other here. So its going to be a total, complete loss and heartbreak. Reporter ae you can see now, fire crews are taking out the hotspots here of this small deli. The fire started sometime around 00 this morning. Were waiting to get the official word from the fire chief as to e ctly what happenneed and how long its taken them to knock it out. Theyre still dousing out hotspots. Were trying to get more details. When we do, well have a live report. Cliffside park new jersey, im ray hilleda. Today in new york. Well see investigators searching for the cause of a fire a a Senior Living facility. Theris fire broke out along june court and bay shore.
Could be the key to solving a murder mystery hat has shaken a ljersey city community. Good morning to you. Welcome to today in new york. Its february 27th. The last weekend of this month. Im pat battle. Im gus rosendale. Here to guide us through the weather is Raphael Miranda. Take , well follow you. Some changes coming this way. Cold temperatures right now. In the 20s. Its dry right now. Stays dry throughout the weekend. Heres a live look at storm tracker. Lots of clear skies around the region. Were dealing with chialy temperatures in the 20s now. Not as windy as yesterday thankfully. But 27 at the park. 26 degrees Staten Island. 28 jfk. We ttke a wider vuchlt temperatures in the teens north and west of town. In danbury. Jacket weather in monticello and sussex and down thm jersey shore. Ilooking at 25 degrees in long branch. Saturday morning. The day stays chilly. 27 right now. Back to 37 by lunch tiemt. A little below average. 40 degrees your high. Bright and brisk throughout the day