Hundreds of people gathered at the Alva T. Stanforth Sports Complex near Elmont Library on Saturday to kick off the Elmont/Belmont Day Parade, marking the unofficial start of summer and the lead-up …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/8/16
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Long Beach police are searching for a former Navy SEAL who was honored for his service in Afghanistan after he allegedly jumped bail following an arrest last year on assault, strangulation and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/6/16
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Residents and tourists flocked to the city’s beaches over the Memorial Day weekend for a sample of the upcoming summer season, and the city described the turnout as “terrific.”
“[T]he …
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By Ben Strack
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6/1/16
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Officer Daniel Hastings was speaking excitedly on May 20, his hands waving in all directions, as he explained to a group of three dozen schoolchildren why he had to, as a job requirement, submit to …
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By Scott Brinton
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5/27/16
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The Long Beach Police Department is seeking the identity of a man responsible for criminal mischief to a bicycle in the West End after private security cameras captured footage of the individual damaging the bike.
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By Ben Strack
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5/18/16
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The county comptroller released an audit last week stating that the Nassau County Police Department exceeded its overtime budget by $96.2 million over a six-year period due to systemic under-budgeting, overly optimistic savings projections and slipshod record-keeping.
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By Nick Ciccone
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5/4/16
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An audit of Nassau County Police Departmentovertime expenditures revealed systemic issues of under-budgeting, reliance on overly optimistic savings from management initiatives, complex precinct overtime rules and inadequate recordkeeping technology, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos’s office announced Monday.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/26/16
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According to information received from the Nassau County Police Department, nearly three-quarters of a million dollars has been sliced out of the county’s budget for school crossing guards since 2010.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/26/16
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The Nassau County Police Department, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency reported the arrests of several individuals between April 20 and April 23 for drug-related charges.
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4/25/16
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Donald Trump’s supporters steadily streamed into Grumman Studios on the afternoon of April 6 until more than 10,000 of them filled the venue, where war planes were once built. As they did, they walked past roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in what Nassau County police were calling a “free-speech zone,” a comparatively small, rectangular area cordoned off with aluminum barricades.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/7/16
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