“It’s total devastation — countless cars are ruined, the boardwalk is ruined, people’s homes,” Sgt. Eric Cregeen told me the day after Hurricane Sandy . . .
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11/2/17
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The newest — and furriest —graduating class of the Nassau County Police Department is ready to protect and serve. After an intense nine-month training, four members of the Canine Unit …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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10/31/17
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Authorities reportedly discovered human remains in the woods between Freeport and Merrick on Saturday morning.
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By Nadya Nataly and Scott Brinton
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10/27/17
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Human remains were found at Cow Meadow Park in Freeport on Wednesday, according to the FBI’s Long Island Gang Task Force and Nassau County police. The discovery follows another recent case in which a Freeport High School teen was found dead in nearby Roosevelt, likely the victim of the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13.
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By Nadya Nataly
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10/25/17
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A 71-year-old man was found dead in a burned-out shed behind a home on Illona Lane in Seaford on Saturday, police said.
According to a public information officer at the Nassau County Police …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/13/17
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A bill introduced last Thursday in the State Senate, sponsored by the entire Long Island Senate delegation, would rename a 10-mile stretch of the Southern State Parkway in honor of Malvernite and NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, who died Jan. 10. The bill, which is expected to pass the Senate this session, proposes to rename the parkway the Steven McDonald Memorial Highway.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/2/17
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Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/10/17
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Fourteen people, including an Elmont man, have been indicted for their alleged roles in running a “large-scale” heroin ring in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn, according to District Attorney Madeline Singas.
Much of the heroin was sold in Long Beach, Hicksville and Levittown. The Rockville Centre Police Department was among the units that helped bust the ring, Singas said.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/17
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March 15 was a night of honor at Seaford American Legion Post 1132.
Leaders of veterans’ organization celebrated the contributions of outstanding local law enforcement and firefighter personnel on Law and Order Night. Local folks flocked to the post, on Penatiquit Avenue, for the annual ceremony.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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3/21/17
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Village of Rockville Centre police officer Anthony Federico left the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on March 8 silently as a crush of press surrounded him. His attorney, William Petrillo, …
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By Peter Belfiore and Scott Brinton
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3/14/17
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