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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice was expected to indict three top-ranking Nassau County Police Department officers on Thursday stemming from the alleged mishandling of a burglary investigation at Kennedy High School in Bellmore in 2009.
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3/1/12
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Nassau County police have arrested 70 burglars in the first seven weeks of 2012, a marked increase from recent years, said Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano at a press conference last Thursday.
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By Aaron Axelson
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2/23/12
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The Nassau County Police Department confirmed that several cars had their windows smashed in overnight in Merrick.
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2/22/12
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Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg and the North and Central Merrick Civic Association co-hosted a community meeting at the North Merrick Public Library on Feb. 16 to discuss the county’s plan to close four police precincts.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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2/17/12
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The Nassau County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, at a Feb. 13 public hearing. The full Legislature will vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 27. It must pass with a majority vote.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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2/15/12
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Last month, the 2012 Long Island Index Profile reported that a majority of Long Islanders are not happy and are worried about the future.
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2/9/12
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Kevin Brennan, a New York City police officer and a 2001 Mepham High School graduate, was shot in the head while chasing a suspect in a Brooklyn housing development at around 9 p.m. on Jan. 31, but survived and is now in stable condition, according to a New York City Police Department spokesperson.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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2/7/12
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When a Nassau County police car struck and killed Bellmorite Sherry Lang last April 16 on Merrick Road in Bellmore, initial reports said that the officer at the wheel, Ernest Thompson, was driving 30 mph in a 35-mph zone. A police investigation, however, concluded that Thompson’s car was traveling at 54 mph at the time of impact.
Details of the crash were made public in a police report, which the Herald has obtained.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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1/26/12
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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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