A chain-reaction crash involving three vehicles on Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square injured seven on April 19, around 6 p.m. more

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Franklin Square on April 18, in the early afternoon, according to the Franklin Square-Munson Fire Department. more

A burglary occurred in Franklin Square on April 12 at 2:24 a.m., according to the Nassau County Police Department’s 5th Precinct. more

A robbery occurred in Elmont on April 6 at 2:13 a.m., according to 5th Precinct police. more

A 17-year-old student from Valley Stream was arrested at Elmont Memorial High School on March 30, after allegedly knocking down and choking his teacher. more

The St. Catherine of Sienna School, located on New Hyde Park Road in Franklin Square, was burglarized between 9 p.m. on March 15 and 9 a.m. on March 16, according to the Nassau County Police Department's 5th Precinct. more

Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash in Elmont on March 24, in the evening, according to the Nassau County Police Department’s 5th Precinct. more

A robbery occurred on March 11 at 11:15 p.m., in Elmont, according to the Nassau County Police Department. more

Nearly 100 local residents, including several county legislators, rallied on Monday at the Nassau County Legislative Chambers in Mineola, protesting a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to transform four of the county’s eight police precincts, including the 5th, into “community policing centers.” Six days earlier, dozens of people had rallied against the plan at the 5th Precinct building in Elmont. Mangano said that the plan, which was announced on Jan. 30, would save the county $20 million per year. The proposal diverged from his announcement in October that two precincts would be closed and the boundaries of the remaining six realigned. more

Dozens of local residents, including several county legislators, rallied on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m., at the 5th Precinct in Elmont, against a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to transform four of Nassau County’s eight police precincts, including the Fifth Precinct in Elmont, into Community Policing Centers. Mangano said the plan, which was announced on Jan. 30, is expected to save the county $20 million annually. more