Town of Hempstead voters will not see Mark Bonilla’s name on the Republican line on the November ballot. The clerk did not receive his party’s nomination, and with his criminal trial set to begin this summer, his political future remains uncertain.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/3/13
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Representatives from the Nassau County Police Department joined County Legislature Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves in hosting more than 70 residents during a Public Safety Community Forum at the East Meadow Public Library on April 24.
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By David Weingrad
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5/1/13
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The Nassau County Police Department’s September 2012 decision to merge the 4th and 5th Precincts as a way to help save an estimated $20 million is facing renewed criticism from the police officers’ union, with reports indicating an increase in some major crimes this year compared with the same period in 2012, before the merger.
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By Vikas Girdhar
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4/24/13
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Maureen Beccaris has been an officer in the Nassau County Police Department’s 1st Precinct for 26 years, but for the past six months, she said, she came to work every day not knowing where she would be the next week. She explained that her office’s supplies and papers were still in boxes, waiting to be moved to Seaford when the scheduled merger of the 1st and 7th precincts took place.
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/24/13
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A New York State Supreme Court justice has ordered Nassau County to appoint a seven-member committee to oversee the Nassau County Correctional Center.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed in March 2012 by the New York Civil Liberties Union, which said it had received hundreds of complaints from inmates about poor conditions and treatment at the jail.
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By David Weingrad
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4/24/13
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Alex Cuozzo, president and coach of the Bellmore Striders running club, bounced between websites as the Boston Marathon progressed on Monday, checking on the club’s three members in the 26.2-mile race.
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By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann, sbrinton@liherald.com and jmansmann@liherald.com
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4/16/13
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A man and a woman, both in their 60s, were found dead at a North Bellmore home on Thursday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, according to Nassau County Police.
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/21/13
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced last Friday that a former Nassau County Police Department deputy commissioner had been convicted of conspiracy and official misconduct for his role in preventing the arrest of a Bellmore-Merrick teenager whose father was a personal friend and a financial benefactor of a police foundation.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/19/13
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Town of Hempstead Clerk Mark Bonilla’s criminal case was adjourned until next month, according to the Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice’s office.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/14/13
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has charged 17 people with stealing more than $250,000 worth of copper wire belonging to the Long Island Railroad and selling it to a scrap yard, she …
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By Aaron Axelson
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1/25/13
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