Scammer gets $42K from fake bail call

A Hicksville woman was scammed out of $42,500 by caller who claimed that he was a bail bondsman.

According to Nassau County Police, at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 7, the 59-year-old female victim was contacted by an unknown male subject that alleged to be a bail bondsman. He told the victim that her sister had been arrested after her involvement in an auto acci- dent that had caused injuries to a pregnant female.

The caller requested $15,500 from the victim for her sister’s bail. The victim complied and withdrew the money from her bank. A driver went to her house and retrieved the money. One hour later the victim received another phone call, this time from an unknown male who claimed he was a court offi-

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Missed opportunity

To the Editor:

After seeing that 80 Jericho Turnpike, a 6-acre property is likely to turn into a parking lot for trucks, I can’t help but think the Town of Oyster Bay has failed its residents.

This site used to be a mobile home park and residents were forced to move off the property. When the development was bought, there were plans to build 61 affordable units for seniors and 44 luxury units, with almost 27,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

The town board never allowed the zone change for this to take place, telling the developer, “it’s not going to happen.” This would have been a prime example of mixed use development that would have mitigated the loss of seniors and young people who continue to leave Long Island in droves due to the lack of affordable housing.

We saw local elected officials stomping their feet and screaming about the need for local control when the governor was proposing housing reform on the state level. Well it’s time for municipalities to step up and build the needed housing. If truck parking lots continue to get approved over needed housing projects, I don’t have faith in municipalities to handle the housing crisis.