Shortly after City Councilman Mike Fagen was indicted on charges that he illegally collected more than $14,000 in unemployment benefits, all three of his fellow Council Democrats asked him to step …
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2/22/12
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Nearly eight months after he was arrested and pleaded not guilty in County Court to stealing thousands of dollars' worth of unemployment benefits, embattled City Councilman Michael Fagen was indicted …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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2/8/12
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According to the Nassau County district attorney's office, a jury will likely be selected on Feb. 13 for the trial of former Nassau County legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams, who were indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges for their alleged involvement in multiple bid-rigging and bribery schemes in the New Cassel Redevelopment Project.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/8/12
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A Long Beach man who was an inmate at the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow was killed on Jan. 7 in an altercation with another prisoner. The incident stunned members of the man’s …
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By Chris Engelhardt and Shannon Koehle
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1/16/12
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The Nassau County District Attorney’s office announced Friday that nine people — including a Long Beach resident — were indicted for stealing more than $282,000 in taxpayer-funded Medicaid …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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12/16/11
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For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and …
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By Scott Brinton, Alex Costello and Jackie Nash
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12/14/11
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A Long Beach man arrested last year for gunning down his neighbor on E. Hudson St. following a heated argument was convicted of manslaughter on Tuesday and faces up to 25 years in prison.
After …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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12/13/11
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The Nassau County district attorney’s office is investigating claims of voter intimidation in Long Beach on Nov. 8, after an attorney volunteering for the Long Beach Democratic Committee said that …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/23/11
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Long Beach police arrested three men on Monday morning during a drug-related and loan sharking bust in which more than $100,000 was seized from a home on Minnesota Avenue, part of a joint …
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11/7/11
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Having been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in June, Oceanside resident Evan Potts was sentenced on Tuesday by Nassau County Judge Phillip Grella to five years’ probation for the 2009 …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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10/5/11
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