Five arrests in melee on Rockville Centre LIRR platform early Friday

Posted Friday, June 10, 2011 5:18 pm

Six officers from the Rockville Centre Police Department joined Nassau County detectives in responding to a request from MTA police for assistance in quelling a disturbance on the Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road platform that also involved people from an eastbound Long Island Rail Road train as it pulled into the station at 2:13 a.m. on June 10.

According to Rockville Centre Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, about 150 people were involved in the melee that resulted in five arrests and the issuance of a dozen summonses.

Gennario said that an MTA police officer broke a finger during the incident and that a Rockville Centre officer was punched in the face.

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