3 charged in GPS theft
A known gang member and two other men were arrested in Syosset early Wednesday after a police officer pulled over their car and saw what appeared to be a handgun inside, Nassau police said.
The second precinct officer pulled over a small black 1996 Dodge, at around 1:50 a.m.
The gun turned out to be a toy. But in a car search, police found a GPS device that had been stolen from a car in Woodbury, and all three Huntington Station men were charged with possession of stolen property, police said.
The officer pulled over a small black 1996 Dodge, driven by Luis Turcios, 20, at around 1:50 a.m. on Southwood Circle in Syosset. When the officer asked Turcios for identification he was unable to produce a valid driver's license, police said.
All three men reside at the same address, 5 9th Ave., Huntington Station. Luis Turcios, Edgar Turcios, 20, and Nicanoro Ortez, 19, face arraignment Wednesday in First District Court, Hempstead.
Nassau police Second Squad detectives said Ortez is a member of MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, a street gang.
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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