Nassau County security officer arrested for theft of car parts www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Nassau County NY Oct 4 2011 Police allege a man paid to guard new vehicles stored at Belmont Park racetrack stole tires and wheels from the vehicles and put them up for sale on the Internet.

Sampson Ashin, who was employed as a security guard for Arrow Security, was hired to protect the vehicles stored by Bayside Chrysler Jeep Dodge at the racetrack in Elmont, police said.

But the 24-year-old Queens man and a second suspect instead stole the parts off of the vehicles and offered the stolen items for sale on Craigslist, police said.

 Ashin and Sunil Singh, 36, also of Queens, were arrested Sunday and charged with four counts each of grand larceny.

They will be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Spurce: long island press