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Rabbi barry Dov Schwartz, center, joined Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter at a news conference on Feb. 28 after the most recent wave of bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers.

After a bomb threat called in to the Mid-Island Jewish Community Center in Plainview on Feb. 27 — the second in Nassau County this year — police announced heightened patrols around the county’s religious institutions and have launched a full investigation. more

By Ben Strack | 3/8/17

The Gural JCC in Cedarhurst is one of two JCCs on the South Shore that is receiving increased attention from the police due to past threats against similar organizations.

Asking for a stepped up police presence

In the wake of nationwide bomb threats to Jewish community centers last month, including one to the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside, and the evacuations of JCCs in Albany and Syracuse last week, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) sent a letter to the 4th Precinct requesting added security for the two JCCs in the 9th Senate District. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/15/17

A Brach's Supermarket employees, Kristal Huff-Rivers, above, was for calling in a bogus bomb threat.

Brach’s employee called in fake bomb threat

A Manhattan woman employed at Brach’s Supermarket in Lawrence was arrested for calling in a false bomb threat to the store on Lawrence Lane on Oct. 29, police said. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/31/14

A Mesivta Ateres Yaakov High School student was arrested after posting a bomb threat against the Lawrence school on Facebook.

Lawrence bomb threat perpetrator jailed

Updated 1:40 p.m. on April 17 Joel Levy, 16, of Woodmere was jailed on $50,000 bail for threatening to blow up the assistant principal's office at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov High School in Lawrence. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/16/13

A quick-thinking Five Towns Community Center employee helped evacuate the building after Neil Thompson allegedly nuclear bombs. The facility was evacuated, Thompson was arrested and no bombs were found.

Bomb threat at Five Towns Community Center

Updated Oct. 11 9:40 a.m. The emergency lockdown procedures he learned as a student at Lawrence High School came in handy for Anthony Giglio on Wednesday when Neil Thompson, 33, entered the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence and said he had a bomb and was going to blow up the building. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/10/12

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