Amityville police say man on bike stole GPS device
A Copiague man who allegedly stole a global-positioning system navigator was arrested after a police officer who had stopped the man on his bike pushed the device's "home" button and found the address of the owner, Amityville Village police said yesterday.Alex Batista, 33, of Great Neck Road, drew the suspicion of the officer Saturday morning about 1 a.m. because Batista was struggling to ride the bike on Merrick Road with the device in his arms and with protruding wires dangling near the spokes, said Sgt. Brian Scott.
The "home" address listed on the GPS device was a block away from the stop, on Grand Central Avenue.
When officers went there, the owner said he didn't know his van had been vandalized but confirmed the GPS device belonged to him, Scott said.
"He says, 'It's mine. It should be in that van over there,'" Scott said.
The owner had not locked his car before the theft, which appeared to have occurred about five minutes before the officer stopped Batista, Scott said.
In total, Batista was riding his bike with about $1,000 in stolen property, Scott said.
Batista - who was arraigned on charges of larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, both misdemeanors, as well as ticketed for nighttime operation of a bicycle without a light - was ordered held on $1,500 bail, which he had not posted, police and jail officials said.
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