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POLICE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY of NASSAU

Public Information Office 1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York 11501 (516) 573-7138 FAX (516) 573-7118
INCIDENT: Arrest LOCATION: New Cassel DATE/TIME: July 24, 2013, 2230 ITEM: 03

Third Squad detectives report the arrest of a Westbury man on July 24, 2013 at 10:30 pm in New Cassel. According to detectives, Victor Perez, 48, a homeless man from Westbury, on July 23, 2013 at 11:43 pm made an anonymous call from a Westbury pay phone to the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow and stated that there was a bomb in the hospital. The call prompted a through search of the Medical Center, both inside and outside of the building, with no findings. A subsequent investigation by detectives led them to Perez, who on July 24, 2013 was located and placed under arrest without incident. The defendant is charged with Making a Terroristic Threat and will be arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead on 07/25/2013. Details by: Det. Lashinsky/3rd Squad

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