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.
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Scott Brinton
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6/19/10
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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.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/17/10
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While driving down a dark street you see flashing lights in your rearview mirror. It’s definitely not a patrol car, and it doesn’t appear to be the typical model used as an unmarked police vehicle.
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6/14/10
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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.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/2/10
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Police are searching for a man who walked into an Oceanside bank and passed a note to a teller demanding money.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 26 at 12:30 p.m., at the Roslyn Savings Bank …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/26/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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