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The incident took. place in Westbury around 1:40 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 11.
According to Nassau County detectives, officers responded to a call for a man going through a vehicle that was parked on Lennox Avenue.
Officers checking the area spotted Elijah Augustin, age 28, of Brooklyn, enter a 2009 white Toyota Matrix and leave the scene in the car, police said.
Officers located the car a short time later and discovered it to be stolen. Augustin was walking nearby and was placed under arrest.
Police said during an investigation, officers located 75 small plastic bags containing a white rock-like substance believed to be crack cocaine.
While being arrested, police found that Augustin was wanted on a warrant in Nassau County for a previous petit larceny, officers said.
Augustin was charged with:
- Criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree
- Criminal Possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree
- Criminal possession of stolen property
- Unauthorized use of a vehicle
- Reckless driving
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