A Roosevelt teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged MS-13 murder of another Roosevelt teen whose body Nassau County police discovered in a secluded woodland two weeks …
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By Scott Brinton and Nadya Nataly
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6/15/18
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Nassau County police and health officials are nearing the end of a 60-day crackdown on the sale and use of heroin in Baldwin, which landed at No. 5 on the NCPD’s list of opioid hotspots.
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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6/13/18
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Freeporter Robert Williams, 56, of Stevens Street, was arrested and charged on Thursday afternoon for possession of approximately 65 grams of heroin and an undisclosed quantity of Methadone, Nassau …
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Nadya Nataly and Anthony O’Reilly
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6/8/18
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When President Trump touted his efforts to eradicate the El Salvadoran gang MS-13 at a May 23 forum in Bethpage, he said that the threat gang members pose can be solved with immigration law reform.
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5/31/18
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At the east end of Frederick Avenue in Roosevelt, on a leafy residential block with a Baptist church, Nassau County police set up a command post Wednesday afternoon. In the dense woodland to the …
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By Scott Brinton
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5/30/18
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Nassau County police have arrested a Freeport teenager in connection with the murder of a Freeport High School student from Roosevelt last year. Authorities believe the killing was related to the El …
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By Scott Brinton and Nadya Nataly
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5/30/18
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A Baldwin man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the November 2016 bludgeoning death of a woman in Baldwin, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/11/18
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Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.
The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
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By Nadya Nataly, Christina Daly and Scott Brinton
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4/20/18
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A 15-year-old Baldwin girl went missing on April 19 around 3:20 a.m. As of 6 p.m. that day, she had not yet been found, according to Nassau County police.
The Missing Persons Squad was …
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4/19/18
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Elise Damas, director of the Pathway to Citizenship Long Island Program at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, says she is really worried about the possible end to the Temporary Protected Status program for El Salvadorans, Hondurans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans because it could lead to a rise in crime.
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By Ronny Reyes
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4/12/18
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