With 20 teens by his side, a 20-year old Bellmore man broke down the door of a Merrick home early Saturday morning, intending to assault a 17-year-old resident inside, according to police. The suspect, Joseph Horan, of Boundary Road, was arrested the next day and charged with burglary and criminal mischief.
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8/1/11
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FBI agents raided a house on Carley Court in Merrick on the morning of July 19. Special agent Jim Margolin of the FBI’s New York field office confirmed that the raid was part of a nationwide computer-hacking investigation. While evidence was seized from the house, no arrests were made, he said.
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By David Weingrad
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7/21/11
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Merrick resident Evan Sachs has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault after he stabbed an 8-year-old boy inside a Dave & Buster’s restaurant in Wetsbury on Oct. 8, 2010, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
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By David Weingrad
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7/20/11
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“We want to weed out the 17-year-olds who are wannabes,” Butch Yamali, owner of Maliblue clam and oyster bar in Lido Beach, said of underage would-be patrons trying to sneak into his eatery by …
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Anthony Rifilato
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7/13/11
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Nassau County Police arrested and charged three men with robbing $30,000 worth of merchandise from the AT&T store on Sunrise Highway in Merrick on July 2, officials said.
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By David Weingrad
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7/5/11
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A 25-year-old male was struck and killed by an unknown vehicle while he was walking on Babylon Turnpike near Smith Street in Merrick on June 20 at 1:35 a.m., according to detectives with the Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad. The vehicle operator drove off northbound after hitting the young man.
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By David Weingrad
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6/20/11
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Nassau County Police arrested and charged a 19-year-old Roosevelt man with possession of stolen property and burglary after a chase through North Merrick on May 2.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/3/11
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According to police, Pat’s Farms in Merrick was robbed just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 10.
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By David Weingrad
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4/11/11
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Baldwin resident Vertus Vielot, 35, was one of 17 people indicted last week after a two-year investigation into what is being called the largest mortgage and identity theft scheme in Nassau County history. Vielot was charged under New York’s Organized Crime Control Act with 12 counts of second-degree grand larceny, first-degree scheme to defraud and fourth-degree conspiracy, and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
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Chris Engelhardt and Chris Connolly
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3/25/11
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This is about the good, the bad and the ugly. It isn’t fiction, as we get enough fiction from politicians these days. It deals with the New York State Legislature, the ethical crises it currently faces and the need to deal with them.
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By Jerry Kremer
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3/23/11
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