Accused of One-Man Crime Wave - East Hampton Star
A Springs man was arraigned Tuesday in Suffolk County Court in Riverside on nine felony charges, including burglary, grand larceny-auto theft, illegal weapons possession, and a grand larceny charge involving stolen credit cards. Chris Anderson, the arrest of Nicholas C. Gray, 27, ended a one-man crime wave that began on March 25 with the theft of a Jeep parked behind T & B Auto repair in Amagansett, and finished on April 6 with a burglary of a house on Marine Boulevard in... Gray was arrested the next day by Suffolk County police, who took him into custody at the Lindenhurst Motel in Babylon, where East Hampton detectives learned Mr. Gray was staying. In addition to allegedly stealing the Jeep, in which the keys had been left overnight, Mr. Gray was said to have stolen a 1997 Hyundai Elantra from the Amagansett train station, in which the keys were also left. Marine Boulevard was a particular focus for Mr. Gray, the captain said, with two burglaries being reported on April 6, as well as a March 30 incident in which several credit cards were stolen from a work van parked on the boulevard by the ocean. He said that when police went to 175 Marine Boulevard after receiving a complaint about a burglary on April 6, they discovered while canvassing the area that a second burglary had occurred at 189 Marine Boulevard. Detective Schaefer said the arrest of Mr. Gray occurred “without. Source: easthamptonstar.com
