Part six in a series.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice made a name for herself with her tough-as-nails prosecution of drunken drivers. Now, as the use of heroin has spread on Long Island, it's little surprise that the headstrong D.A. is taking a hard line.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/17/10
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Brian Steele, the Oceanside resident whose girlfriend faces 59 years in prison for mowing down and killing a Hempstead woman when she allegedly drove his van while high on drugs, was indicted by a …
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Anthony Rifilato
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6/16/10
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An HIV-positive Oceanside man faces 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to having unprotected sex with young men and boys as young as 16 years of age.
Robert Musmacker, 38, pleaded guilty …
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Anthony Rifilato
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6/8/10
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Part six in a series.
Happening upon this seemingly abandoned lot might leave you with the feeling that you're about to witness a late-night drug deal, but in fact, you would have stumbled on one of the places that heroin dealers and addicts fear most.
It's the heart of the Nassau County Police Department's Heroin Task Force. Much of what happens here is kept under wraps. Police asked that the address be kept confidential. The following is what authorities can share.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/2/10
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Wearing T-shirts with the image of a relative who was shot dead in Long Beach, Lisa Cummings and Deanna Cruse greeted men who passed through the doors of the Christian Light Missionary Baptist Church …
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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5/27/10
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Shawn Gallivan, 22, of Point Lookout was indicted by a grand jury on April 9 for manslaughter in the second degree, vehicular manslaughter in the first and second degree and aggravated DWI. …
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4/21/10
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Twenty-two people, including two Bellmore men and one Bellmore woman, were arrested last Tuesday and early Wednesday morning and charged in connection with a nationwide quaalude trafficking and distribution ring that went from Baldwin to Brooklyn to California.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/15/10
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Long Beach Animal Control Officer Michael Fritze was arrested on April 9 after surrendering to investigators at the Nassau County district attorney's office. Fritze was charged with misdemeanor …
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Ariella Monti
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4/14/10
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Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice’s Animal Cruelty Unit is asking anyone with any information regarding an abandoned dog left on March 6, 2010 tied to a stop sign at the corner of Roosevelt …
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4/13/10
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced last week that a retired New York City police officer was given five years in prison for the robbery of three Nassau County banks in 2008.
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by Matthew Hampton
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4/7/10
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