A woman, whom Nassau County police did not identify, was struck while walking on Bayview Avenue in Merrick around 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, according to officials.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/14/15
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Nassau County police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred on in Merrick Monday morning at 6:35 a.m.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/14/15
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Bellmore-Merrick area schools were locked out Thursday morning after officials received an unconfirmed report that a man was spotted carrying a rifle on Sunrise Highway, near the Merrick train station.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/10/15
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A Merrick man is dead following an altercation with a Manhattan bike messenger, according to New York City police.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/10/15
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A Merrick man was arrested and charged with firing a pellet gun at a worker across the street because, the suspect said, he was disturbed by the noise the worker was making.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/2/15
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Police officers from Nassau County’s 1st Precinct saved two women, both in their 50s, who were found in a car on Horatio Avenue in Merrick on Sept. 1, unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from heroin overdoses. The officers administered the life-saving drug Narcan, which revives a heroin user suffering from an overdose.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/2/15
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Former Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg began serving a three-month sentence at Fort Dix, a minimum-security prison in Burlington County, N.J., on Aug. 24, according to his attorney, Jason Russo, of Bay Shore.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/2/15
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A Dix Hills man who ran a mortgage-modification business stole a little more than $728,000 from 30 clients, including at least one homeowner in Merrick, according to acting Nassau County District …
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By Scott Brinton
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9/2/15
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A federal grand jury last week charged Luca DiMatteo, 70, of Merrick, with extortion, loan-sharking and racketeering conspiracy. The indictment accuses DiMatteo of serving as an acting captain in the Colombo crime family, one of New York’s five Mafia families.
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7/27/15
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U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara added more charges to the indictment against Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, late in the day on Tuesday, July 21.
Skelos, 67, and his son Adam, 32, were already charged with six counts stemming from what Bharara said was a scheme in which Skelos was trading favors with businesses in exchange for payments made to his son.
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By Alex Costello
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7/21/15
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