Dozens of local residents, including several county legislators, rallied on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m., at the 5th Precinct in Elmont, against a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to transform four of Nassau County’s eight police precincts, including the Fifth Precinct in Elmont, into Community Policing Centers. Mangano said the plan, which was announced on Jan. 30, is expected to save the county $20 million annually.
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By Jackie Nash and Aaron Axelson
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1/31/12
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Two juveniles were arrested on Jan. 24 for burglaries that occurred in Elmont and New Hyde Park between Sept. 14, 2011 and Dec. 13, 2011.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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1/26/12
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Two people were injured in a two-vehicle collision on Dutch Broadway in Elmont, near Keegan Street, on Jan. 18, in the early afternoon.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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1/19/12
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Nassau County Police are warning young people to be on the lookout for a white van after three teens were approached in separate incidents by the driver over the past week in the North Merrick-North Bellmore and East Meadow areas. The teens were asked whether they wanted a ride. The teens ran home and informed their parents, who called police.
Authorities said the teens did the right thing by running away and letting police know.
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1/14/12
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They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/12/12
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A Queens man was arrested on Jan. 2 for hurling glass bottles filled with flaming gasoline at four locations in Queens and at the home of his brother-in-law in Elmont on New Year’s Day, according to the New York City Police Department.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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1/5/12
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An Elmont woman and her daughter were injured on Dec. 12 at 9:09 p.m. when a driver, who was fleeing from police, crashed into their vehicle in Elmont, according to Nassau County 5th Precinct detectives.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/14/11
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A corrections officer from Elmont was killed in a car crash at 12:01 a.m. today while driving westbound on the Southern State Parkway, near Peninsula Boulevard.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/13/11
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Three local men were arrested last week for grand larceny after allegedly using counterfeit currency in Bethpage on Dec. 6, at 3:30 a.m.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/11/11
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An Elmont man was arrested on Nov. 28, along with a woman from Virginia, and charged with the abduction of a deaf woman from a Brooklyn street that occurred earlier that day.
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By Jackie Nash
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12/7/11
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