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Police found an unattended suitcase at the Waldbaum's shopping center on Merrick Road in Merrick on Saturday, and the bomb squad was called in.

Second supermarket shut down because of suspicious suitcase

Nassau County Police cordoned off the Waldbaum’s shopping center on Merrick Road in Merrick on Saturday, around 5 p.m., after a suspicious suitcase was left unattended in the middle of the parking lot amid shopping carts and cars. more

Scott Brinton | 6/19/10

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice is taking a tough-as-nails approach to nabbing heroin dealers.

D.A. taking hard line on heroin

Part six in a series. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice made a name for herself with her tough-as-nails prosecution of drunken drivers. Now, as the use of heroin has spread on Long Island, it's little surprise that the headstrong D.A. is taking a hard line. more

Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula | 6/17/10

Detectives said a man posing as a police officer pulled over a victim, at Merrick Avenue and Front Street in East Meadow, on Sunday night.

Fake cop stops driver in Baldwin

Detectives are looking for a man who posed as a police officer in Baldwin and East Meadow on Sunday. Nassau County police described the subject as a white man between 30 and 40 with a crew … more

Mike Caputo | 6/3/10

50 cent heroin: Confiscated bags of heroin stamped with the name "50 cents" after popular rap artist 50 Cent.

Nassau Police Dept's heroin squad –– out of the public eye

Part six in a series. Happening upon this seemingly abandoned lot might leave you with the feeling that you're about to witness a late-night drug deal, but in fact, you would have stumbled on one of the places that heroin dealers and addicts fear most. It's the heart of the Nassau County Police Department's Heroin Task Force. Much of what happens here is kept under wraps. Police asked that the address be kept confidential. The following is what authorities can share. more

Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula | 6/2/10

Swastikas scrawled at Baldwin Jewish Center

Two swastikas were drawn on the side doors of the Baldwin Jewish Center between May 15 and May 16, Nassau police reported. According to Nassau First Squad detectives, the anti-Jewish symbols … more

Mike Russo | 5/20/10

Nassau police are asking for the community’s help in tracking down two subjects alleged to have robbed an Eastern Boulevard home on April 9.

Nassau County police offer reward for info on two suspects alleged to have robbed Baldwin home

The Nassau County Police Department is offering a reward up to $5,000 to anyone with information leading to the arrest of two men alleged to have robbed a Baldwin home at gunpoint on April 9. On … more

Mike Russo | 4/22/10

Kathleen Rice, Nassau’s district attorney, helped lead an investigation that resulted in the arrests of 22 alleged Quaaludes traffickers.

Baldwin woman charged with Quaalude trafficking

Twenty-two people, including one Baldwin resident, were arrested April 6 and April 7 in connection with a nationwide Quaalude trafficking and distribution ring that went from Baldwin to Brooklyn … more

Sari Zeidler | 4/15/10

Assemblyman David McDonough, right, chairman of the Assembly Minority Task Force on Crime in Our Communities, met with 20 lawmakers, law-enforcement officials, drug-treatment specialists and educators at the Levittown Library on Thursday to discuss Nassau’s growing heroin epidemic. Among the officials was Assemblyman Thomas McKevitt.

Heroin, a scourge that crosses all lines

"This isn’t cocaine. This isn’t a Saturday-Sunday drug. It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," Bill Flanagan, the Nassau County Police Department’s second deputy commissioner, told the assembly of 20 elected leaders, law enforcement officials, drug-treatment specialists and educators at Levittown Public Library on Thursday. more

Scott Brinton | 1/21/10

'Gym Bandit' pleads guilty

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that Sean Gluck, a serial purse-snatcher with two prior theft convictions, has pleaded guilty to burglary and grand larceny charges after going on his third crime spree in as many years. Gluck will receive three to six years in prison in exchange for his plea. more

1/20/10

At a news conference last week, Lenny Rosado, left, joined by State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., center, and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, warned would-be drunk drivers that "the party's over" with Leandra's Law now in effect. The law was named for Leandra Rosado, Lenny's daughter, who died in an accident with a drunken driver last summer. Under the new statute, anyone who drives drunk with a child in the vehicle can be charged with a felony.

Leandra's Law takes effect

State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Long Beach, and Lenny Rosado were joined at a news conference last week by state and local officials to remind Long Islanders that Leandra's Law took effect on Friday, making drunken driving with a child a felony offense in New York. more

Sari Zeidler | 12/21/09

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