Garden City police have confirmed the arrest of Artie Jackson, the suspect wanted in connection with the occupied home invasion on Third Street Nov. 8.
Jackson 46, of Hempstead, was arrested in Hempstead Sunday evening; Garden City detectives were part of the "apprehension effort."
Patch obtained a mug shot of Jackson, considered "armed and dangerous" Sunday.
On Nov. 8, four Garden City homes within the Central section were burglarized. One was an occupied burglary where a weapon was displayed and shots fired into the ceiling. No one was injured but police state Jackson fled with many personal belongings, including the family's car which was later recovered in Hempstead.
The prior evening, on Nov. 7, a similar occupied burglary occurred within the Cathedral Gardens section of the Village of Hempstead.
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