NEWS RELEASE

POLICE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY of NASSAU

Public Information Office 1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York 11501 (516) 573-7138 FAX (516) 573-7118
INCIDENT: Forgery DATE/TIME: August 26, 2013, 2215 LOCATION: Great Neck ITEM: 01

The Third Squad reports the arrest of a Greenvale man for Forgery that occurred on August 26, 2013 at 10:15 pm in Great Neck. According to detectives, officers from the Criminal Intelligence Rapid Response Team ( CIRRT ) approached a black 2013 Jeep parked in the rear lot located at 560 Northern Boulevard and observed the defendant Dr. Edmond Hakimi, 32, of 39 Wellington Road sitting in the front seat with a white powdery substance believed to be xanax and/or adderall. During a lawful search officers then recovered the following from the defendants backpack : two suboxone film strips, a cigarette pack containing three white pills identified as Alprazolam, a prescription bottle in the name of another that contained 27 yellow pills believed to be Clonazepam, a prescription bottle in anothers name that contained three yellow pills believed to be Alprazolam, a white bottle containing a leafy substance believed to be marijuana, 5 blank prescription sheets and 3 prescriptions in the defendants name. Subsequent investigation also recovered a container of 144 yellow pills believed to be Alprazolam, 27 pink pills believed to be amphetamine and a white powdery substance believed to be Cialis. 167670378.doc

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NEWS RELEASE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY of NASSAU
Public Information Office 1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York 11501 (516) 573-7138 FAX (516) 573-7118
Dr. Hakimi is charged with 3 counts of Forgery 2 nd Degree, 7 counts Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7 th Degree. He will be arraigned on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in First District Court. Details 08/27/13/1225/8348 by: Det. Dezelic/Third Squad

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