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During Kiwanis Club of the Five Towns Police Awards Night, Deputy Inspector Robert Psoinas, left, congratulated police officer Santo Scavuzzo and his wife, Lisa. At right was Deputy Inspector Kenneth Hettler.

The Kiwanis Club of the Five Towns honored several Nassau Community Police officers for their work fighting crime and community relations skills during the service organization’s Police Awards Night at George Martin restaurant in Rockville Centre on Feb. 6. more

2/19/14

Police are looking for this man regarding an alleged grand larceny in Cedarhurst.

Five Towns Crime Watch

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted for an alleged grand larceny on Dec. 23 in Cedarhurst. more

2/19/14

Atlantic Beach resident Lesley Rothschild has asked the Nassau County Police Department to apply for federal money to purchase tracking devices to help protect children with autism who wander off.

Trying to keep autistic kids safe

Atlantic Beach resident Lesley Rothschild, the mother of a non-verbal 12-year-old boy with autism, says she has a higher level of anxiety than most parents, especially near water or around traffic signs. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/19/14

Police and Crime Stoppers request public's assistance

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for an alleged grand larceny on Dec. 23 in Cedarhurst. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/13/14

One of the anti-Semitic messages that Far Rockaway resident and Cedarhurst yeshiva student Jonathan Schuster is accused of writing at the Cedarhurst LIRR train Station.

Far Rockaway teen arrested for Five Towns bias

A senior at the Torah Academy of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, a yeshiva in Cedarhurst, was arrested Thursday by police for at least eight incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti at Long Island Rail Road stations in the Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/6/14

Nassau County police and Crime Stoppers are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying these people who allegedly robbed the Duane Reade in Hewlett.

Five Towns Crime Watch

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are asking the public to help identify the three people who allegedly robbed the Duane Reade at 1348 Broadway in Hewlett on New Year’s Day. more

2/5/14

Anti-Semitic messages such as this one at the Long Island Rail Road station in Cedarhurst have prompted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Nassau County police to team up to try to catch the person or people who are responsible.

Battling bias in the Five Towns

The Nassau County Police Department and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have joined forces on an initiative to fight the recurring anti-Semitic graffiti found at two Long Island Rail Road train stations in the Five Towns. more

By Vanessa Parker | 2/5/14

Police and Crime Stoppers seek public's help to identify Hewlett robbers

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are asking the public to help identify the three people who allegedly robbed the Duane Reade at 1348 Broadway in Hewlett on New Year’s Day. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/29/14

Nassau County and Crime Stoppers asking the public's help to find the per or people responsible for the bias graffiti at Five Towns Long Island Rail Road stations, including these words in Cedarhurst.

Five Towns Crime Watch

Lawrence resident Daniel Greenberg, 40, was convicted in federal court on Jan. 24 for defrauding thousands of customers through his Hempstead-based online discount clothing and personal items business. more

1/29/14

Bellmorite charged in multi-million-dollar scheme

A Bellmore man was recently indicted for his alleged role in what officials described as a massive fraud against the federal Social Security Disability Insurance benefits program, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money. more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/20/14