Fire damages St. Isidoros Church

Nassau County Police as well as firefighters from the Bethpage Fire Department, as well as from Levittown, Hicksville, South Farmingdale, and Farmingdale responded to Saint Isidoros Greek Church, located at 910 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, on Tuesday, January 24, at 1:40 p.m.

Upon arrival, police observed a fire on the first floor of the church. Approximately 75 firefighters were on scene to extinguish the flames.

The rear of the church suffered damage, along with varying degrees of damage from smoke, fire and water throughout the building. The premises were unoccupied at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported.

A 19-year-old Hicksville man was arrested on Sunday, January 29, after he allegedly menaced several victims with a firearm.

According to Nassau County Police detectives, Kyle Gritser, 19, while driving a 2010 Infiniti eastbound on Old Country Road, menaced four victims (ages 18, 19, 20, 21 years) who were located in another vehicle. No injuries were reported. At 12:45 a.m. on Monday, January 30, Gritser was arrested at his home. No weapon was recovered.

Kyle Gritser is charged with Menacing 2nd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation 3rd Degree and had an open warrant for Possession of Fireworks.

According to police, Gritser was previously arrested on May 11,

2022 for Criminal Possession of an Assault Weapon and May 12, 2022 for Criminal Possession of a Loaded Firearm. He was released without bail on both charges.

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