A 67-year old employee of Roosevelt Field mall was shot and seriously wounded Dec. 22 when, during a robbery at the mall’s Tourneau store, a gunman struggled with store security and a stray bullet hit the employee, who was uninvolved in the robbery. According to witnesses, police put the mall on lockdown for an hour, keeping thousands of people inside stores throughout the mall until the scene was proven to be safe.
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By Rossana Weitekamp and Rebecca Anderson
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12/22/15
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Nassau County police are seeking a suspect or suspects in a rash of four burglaries that occurred within 10 hours of one another in Bellmore and North Merrick last Thursday.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/21/15
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In May, President Obama signed an executive order to demilitarize the police, banning the Pentagon from issuing surplus military hardware — including rifles, grenade launchers and armored vehicles — to police departments nationwide. His decision was a response to the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., by a police officer the previous August.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/9/15
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Nassau County Police are searching for a man who stole merchandise from a Bellmore convenience store this past summer.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/28/15
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Nassau County Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a Bellmore liquor store larceny that happened this past summer.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/28/15
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A man who was wandering around and got stuck in the storm drains under Valley Stream was rescued this morning by a task force of over 100 responders from the Nassau County Police, several fire departments and EMS personnel. Emergency responders said they believe the man is homeless and may suffer from mental illness.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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10/14/15
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A “dream team” of volunteers with the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores is hard at work preparing for the biggest community event of the year: the Bellmore Family Street Festival. The …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/16/15
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The teenager, a student at Calhoun High School, had a “severe case of alcohol poisoning,” said Calhoun Principal Nicole Hollings in an email to parents on June 12. He drank at a “large gathering” of Calhoun seniors in the woods between Brookside School and the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Hollings wrote.
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By Brian Racow
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6/17/15
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Nassau County police are investigating a June 1 robbery at a North Bellmore gas station.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/4/15
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A Bellmore man died in an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle while he was upstate over the Memorial Day weekend, New York State Police Department officials said.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/4/15
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