Two arrested in lottery ticket thefts

Nassau County Police arrested two men for allegedly stealing thousands dollars in lottery tickets from convenience stores on May 28.

According to police, at 3:34 a.m. Justin Rodriguez and Nicolas Arena threw a large stone through a window of a 7-Eleven store located at 11 East Old Country Road in Hicksville. Police say they then entered, and took $9,742 in scratch-off lottery tickets.

Police say that on May 9, a similar crime took place at the Circle K store located at 125 Bloomington Road, Hicksville. Police say that at 11:15 p.m. one of them threw a large stone through the window and stole $6,050 in lottery tickets there.

The pair had scanned stolen lottery tickets at a local business on April 29.

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