On March 5 at 12:25 p.m., a woman, 67, was leaving her 2000 Lexus parked on Henrietta Avenue when a man showed a black handgun to her and demanded the woman’s car keys. The woman screamed, alerting …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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3/5/15
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On Feb. 4 at 12:45 p.m. Nassau County Police arrested two men from the Bronx who tried to withdraw money from Wells Fargo Bank at 3584 Long Beach Road in Oceanside.
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2/11/15
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Oceanside and Island Park residents had many questions for Councilman Anthony Santino and Town of Hempstead officials at the Town Hall Meeting on Dec. 2. About 50 people attended the meeting at …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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12/10/14
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The standoff on Davison Avenue turned tragic when police found the dead body of a man who lived at 117 Davison Ave. The man had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police had blocked off …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/17/14
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Four people, including two from Oceanside, were arrested early last Saturday morning when an investigation of a suspicious vehicle parked in Rockville Centre resulted in the discovery by a village …
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8/27/14
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A former Nassau County Police detective who faced criminal charges for his role in preventing the arrest of a Merrick teenager whose father was a personal friend and financial benefactor of a police foundation pleaded guilty to official misconduct on Monday.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/25/14
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Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Dale resigned from his position on the morning of Dec. 12 in the wake of an investigation by District Attorney Kathleen Rice’s office regarding a …
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By John Maher
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12/12/13
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Three Oceanside men and one from Island Park have been arrested for offering to pay undercover police officers for sex.
The four were arrested on June 2 along with 100 others who answered an …
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6/5/13
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In his column last week, “Look at the facts: The police consolidation plan works,” Alfonse D’Amato stated only one fact.
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5/10/13
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Can you smell it? I sure can. It’s the smell of an election season. And in Nassau County, like any other local election, politics become personal, and they can get nasty.
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5/2/13
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