Updated: 5:15 p.m., Sept. 9, 2011: An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train struck and killed a New Jersey man at the Merrick train station just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to LIRR spokesman Aaron Donovan. Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Nassau County police were on hand to investigate with LIRR officials.
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By Scott Brinton and David Weingrad
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9/7/11
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An Elmont woman was arrested at her home on Sept. 4, at 10:30 a.m., for stealing a dog from a Westbury home.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/6/11
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A Bellmore woman was attacked by pit bulls while at a North Merrick home on Aug. 18 at 5 p.m., according to Nassau County Police.
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By David Weingrad
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8/23/11
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With 20 teens by his side, a 20-year old Bellmore man broke down the door of a Merrick home early Saturday morning, intending to assault a 17-year-old resident inside, according to police. The suspect, Joseph Horan, of Boundary Road, was arrested the next day and charged with burglary and criminal mischief.
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8/1/11
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A 25-year-old male was struck and killed by an unknown vehicle while he was walking on Babylon Turnpike near Smith Street in Merrick on June 20 at 1:35 a.m., according to detectives with the Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad. The vehicle operator drove off northbound after hitting the young man.
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By David Weingrad
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6/20/11
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Two Nassau County Police officers revved up the motor on a device not much larger than a lawnmower engine. As the machine roared last Wednesday afternoon, the officers used its cutters to slowly peel off the driver’s side door of a badly damaged minivan. No one was inside the van, but students at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville watched quietly and anxiously as the “Jaws of Life” crushed the car’s metal.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/17/11
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A Shore Road staff member was struck and killed Saturday night when walking at the intersection of Merrick Road and Farmers Avenue. According to police, a seventh precinct police officer was driving eastbound on Merrick Road when he struck Bellmorite Sherry Lang, 63.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/18/11
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A 19-year-old employee of a T-Mobile store on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore was tied up and struck on the face, knocking him out, during a robbery at the shop on Monday at around 7:55 p.m.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/22/11
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The man who fired at least eight rounds at Bellmore fire volunteers and Nassau County Police officers Tuesday night may have had “turmoil in his personal life,” Commissioner Lawerence Mulvey said Wednesday afternoon.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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3/2/11
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A Bellmore Fire Department volunteer was shot late Tuesday night as he attempted to help a crash victim on Bellmore Avenue in Bellmore, according to police.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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