HEWLETT, Long Island (WABC) -- A man is under arrest on Long Island after police say he broke into an Islamic center and stole money out of the charity box.According to police, Huzaifa Shafeeq, 22, of Valley Stream entered Five Towns Islamic Center in Hewlett through a window on Dec. 25th and again on Jan. 1st and removed an undisclosed amount of cash.He was arrested at his home without incident.Shafeeq is charged with third-degree burglary.Islamic Center board member Iqbal Rasheed says the amount taken wasn't large.
Huzaifa Shafeeq was arraigned on burglary charges after police say the stole from a Long Island mosque charity box on Christmas and New Years Day. Islamic Center board member said the amount taken wasn't large, but called police as the thief needed help.