Three days after a Brooklyn man drowned in rough waters while lifeguards were off duty, Long Beach’s chief of lifeguards, Paul Gillespie, closed the ocean to swimmers on Tuesday, citing even …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Matthew Ern
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8/6/15
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Two men who entered the water at National Boulevard beach on Saturday after lifeguards went off-duty triggered a massive search and rescue operation when one of the men went missing after he was …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/1/15
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Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford and Nassau County Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonsalves announced last week that they had secured $500,000 in funding to bring the ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection …
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By Matthew Ern
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7/30/15
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Long Beach police arrested Carlos Puca, 29, of Long Beach, in the early morning hours of July 20 and charged him with two felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to …
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7/23/15
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Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford announced last week that she is seeking funding to bring the Shotspotter Gunshot Detection and Location system to the Long Beach Police Department. The system …
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By Matthew Ern
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7/15/15
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Two Long Beach police officers and a volunteer firefighter rescued a swimmer in distress last Saturday, one of several rescues over the busy July Fourth weekend.
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By Matthew Ern
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7/8/15
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A motorist was critically injured Monday morning when their vehicle struck a pole across from 2 E Park Avenue in Long Beach. The Long Beach Fire Department responded to a call to extricate the …
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By Matthew Ern
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6/29/15
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Long Beach police arrested a “heavily armed” Wyoming Avenue man in connection with an early morning shooting in the West End on Tuesday, following a search for the suspected gunman throughout the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/16/15
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Nassau County police arrested a Long Beach man on drug charges Tuesday relating to the criminal sale of a controlled substance that occurred in Long Beach last August.
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6/10/15
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Multiple Long Beach residents have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on April 13 at 12:35 a.m. on the unit block of East Fulton Street. The victims, who are from Queens, …
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4/15/15
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