Creepy home invasions continue in Great Neck, Kings Point

Richard Jacques

After a series of early morning break-ins this week, police have stepped up patrols in an affluent area of Long Island searching for a suspect who has terrorized several female victims.

At a press conference Thursday at Nassau County Police headquarters in Mineola, Nassau County Police Chief of Detectives Steven Skrynecki said the recent series of events is as concerning to police as it must be to residents.

“Occupied burglaries is something we don’t take lightly at all. We recognize that the communities are living in quite a state of anxiety right now, and we are doing everything we can as fast as we can to investigate this, bring it to a successful investigative conclusion and also to take measures to try and prevent another incident from occurring,” said Skynecki.

A robust investigative team worked through the night investigating the four similar cases while scanning thousands of field interviews and pouring over prior cases that date back up to two years.

“We have already identified at least one case that has some similarities,” said the chief, referring to an unsolved occupied burglary where there was a confrontation with a female in a house in the area.

Coordinating with Kings Point police, Nassau County units have enhanced patrols of the area and stepped up surveillance. Aviation components, K-9 units and additional officers are working through the night in continuing investigation that has yet an arrest, according to Skynecki.

Police are searching for a 200-pound Hispanic male, 25-30 years old, with black hair, a dark complexion and facial hair, was seen wearing a black wool cap, black jacket, blue jeans and black shoes with silver buckle type loops on the sides.

Earlier in the week, a 15-year-old female repelled a home invasion in Great Neck after being awoken by an intruder as she slept in her bed.

Police say the teen fought off the attack on West Shore Road, near the border of the affluent community of Kings Point, after waking up to find an unidentified male sitting on top of her while holding a wet cloth across her face at 4:40 a.m.

Det. Lt. Kevin Smith of the Nassau County Police Department said after fighting off the attack from a first-floor bedroom of the home, the teen searched for an object to defend herself with then ran upstairs and awoke her mother as

Intruder escaped out the back door.

A navy baseball-style hat and a rag was recovered by police from the home as evidence.

Smith said the first victim refused medical treatment for minor injuries at the scene.

Anyone with information regarding the crime is encouraged to call crime stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous, according to police.

Details of Wednesday’s early morning break-ins, according to police:

• At 2:50 a.m. Wednesday in Kings Point on Lighthouse Road, an unknown male subject entered the residence through a bathroom window where two girls, ages 1 and 5, where sleeping. The 5-year-old was awakened and startled to see a man standing over her bed. The subject then left the room and fled the house.

• At 3:15 a.m. Wednesday on Lighthouse Road in Kings Point: a 63-year-old female victim was awakened to the sound of banging and broken glass. She discovered an unknown male subject looking at her the broken glass door. The suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction.

• At 4:43 a.m. Wednesday in Great Neck on Georgian Lane, a 61-year-old female victim was in bed on the second floor of her home when she was awakened to a male subject entering her room. The subject put a kitchen knife to her throat while holding her down. The victim wrestled the knife away from the subject and chased him down to the first floor and out through the back door of the house. The victim suffered a small cut of her hand for which she did not need medical attention.

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