The Nassau County Police Department’s September 2012 decision to merge the 4th and 5th Precincts as a way to help save an estimated $20 million is facing renewed criticism from the police officers’ union, with reports indicating an increase in some major crimes this year compared with the same period in 2012, before the merger. more

A New York State Supreme Court justice has ordered Nassau County to appoint a seven-member committee to oversee the Nassau County Correctional Center. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed in March 2012 by the New York Civil Liberties Union, which said it had received hundreds of complaints from inmates about poor conditions and treatment at the jail. more

Alex Cuozzo, president and coach of the Bellmore Striders running club, bounced between websites as the Boston Marathon progressed on Monday, checking on the club’s three members in the 26.2-mile race. more

Thomas Mckinley, 53, and his wife Lorraine Bianchini, 61, were arrested and charged with the possession and sale of heroin from their Elmont apartment on March 25. Also arrested were East Rockaway resident … more

A man and a woman, both in their 60s, were found dead at a North Bellmore home on Thursday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, according to Nassau County Police. more

An Elmont resident was arrested and charged with a number of burglaries on March 1 at 3:12 a.m. in Baldwin. more

Three men, one of whom is from Woodmere, were arrested for a burglary of an Elmont home and two of the men, including the Woodmere man, were arrested for stealing a rifle from a house in Baldwin, police said. more