Crimes Nearby: Burned With a Hot Knife

Northport

• Mercedes Wilson, 39, and Andre Ford, 49, both of Jamaica, were arrested on Dec. 15 and charged with fourth degree grand larceny, petty larceny, and possession of burglar tools after allegedly shoplifting from the  in Northport.

Huntington

• Cynthia Zaidi of Mastic Beach was arrested in Huntington for robbery in the second-degree.
• Jason Westbay from Shirley was arrested in Huntington for second-degree robbery.
• Michael Ryan from Mastic Beach was arrested in Huntington for second-degree robbery, aided by another.

Smithtown

• Michael Richards, 21, who has no known address was arrested Dec. 12 in Smithtown and charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault and unlawful possession of marijuana. Richards and another man are accused of stealing cash from an apartment in Hauppauge. Reports indicate the two men threatened a person with a handgun, and that Richards restrained the person while they were burned with a hot knife. The person was taken to the hospital.

Lindenhurst

• Two Lindenhurst men were charged with three counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree on Tuesday night after Suffolk Police found them to be holding several packages that had been recently reported stolen from the front of homes in Lindenhurst. Following an investigation by First Precinct Crime Section officers, police arrested Colby Fiedler, 19, and Vincenzo Francese, 19, at Fiedler’s home in Lindenhurst at approximately 5 p.m. today. During the past three weeks, police said, several residents in Lindenhurst reported that packages that had been delivered and left in front of their homes had been taken.

Farmingdale

• Robert Sands, of Farmingdale, was arrested in East Farmingdale on Dec. 20 and charged with harassment, assault and resisting arrest.
• Two men have been arrested and charged with robbery in connection with an  According to Nassau County police, Jordan Dissis, 18, of Spark Hill, NY and Louis Bueno, 18, of Huntington, approached a male on Main Street, pointed a handgun at his chest and demanded his property. One stood behind the 33-year-old victim with a large Maglite flashlight and threatened to hit the victim if he did not cooperate, police said. According to reports, the victim complied and handed the subjects his wallet, which contained $12 cash and personal papers, a maroon Metro PCS cell phone and his Adidas backpack before Dissis and Bueno fled on foot. Bueno was arrested Sept. 15 and arraigned on Sept. 16 in the First District Court. Dissis was arraigned on Dec. 17 in First District Court.

Hicksville

• On Dec. 19, Nassau police arrested two men in Hicksville suspected of scamming more than $17,000 from ATM machines 

Plainview

• A Plainview couple were among nine people charged with stealing more than $282,000 in bogus  Byung Jun, 42, and Myung Hee Jun, 43, of Plainview, face felony charges of  grand larceny, welfare fraud and filing falsified documents. Between January 2006 and August 2009, the defendants stole more than $25,000 in undeserved Medicaid benefits by claiming on paperwork to only earn $650 per week, the D.A.'s office said. The defendants did not disclose annual deposits into personal bank accounts of between $73,000 and $175,000, as well as their ownership of a Hauppauge nail salon. Both face up to seven years in prison if convicted.