Rockville Centre Police officer Christopher O’Connor was named December “Cop of the Month” by Commissioner Charles Gennario. more

Rockville Centre police believe they have disrupted a major drug-dealing operation in the village with the arrest of a doctor who allegedly sold prescriptions for addictive, opiate-based painkillers like OxyContin, oxycodone and Roxicodone without performing medical exams. more

Susan Williams will spend the next 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison after Nassau County Judge Norman St. George sentenced her on Dec. 17 at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola. more

A Rockville Centre man was arrested on Dec. 7 in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in early November in the Village of Hempstead. James Rutledge, 20, of 21B Old Mill Court was … more

Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the Nassau County Police Department nabbed 87 drunken drivers –– count ’em, 87 –– during a stepped-up enforcement effort. In Suffolk County, police reported 60 arrests. more

Rockville Centre police reported that extra enforcement over the Thanksgiving holiday — one of the busiest times of the year for local establishments — kept incidents in the village to a minimum. The department had extra officers and extra patrols in the central business district, near the licensed bars and restaurants. more

The Rockville Centre Police Department responded to a pair of crimes that occurred on the morning of Nov. 30. At 3 a.m., a robbery was reported at the north parking lot of Morgan Day’s Field. An unknown Hispanic man allegedly entered the car of a 29-year-old and held the victim at gunpoint, demanding cash from his pocket. The perpetrator fled the scene with the money. No injuries were reported. Later on, at 5 a.m., police personnel received a report of a burglary on Linden Street. According to the report, the resident discovered that someone had forced open the side door of his house and that an unknown amount of money was stolen inside. more

Rockville Centre police reported that extra enforcement on Wednesday evening — one of the busiest nights of the year for local establishments — kept incidents in the village to a minimum. The department had extra officers and extra patrols in the central business district, near the licensed bars and restaurants. more

County Executive Edward P. Mangano and Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey and the Police Department are taking affirmative steps to ensure the safety of the people of Nassau … more

Two Rockville Centre police officers were injured in a scuffle as they arrested a 39-year-old Freeport man in an Allen Road home on Monday night. more