Fourteen people, including an Elmont man, have been indicted for their alleged roles in running a “large-scale” heroin ring in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn, according to District Attorney Madeline Singas.
Much of the heroin was sold in Long Beach, Hicksville and Levittown. The Rockville Centre Police Department was among the units that helped bust the ring, Singas said.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/17
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Waukena Avenue residents don’t have to gaze out their front windows to know when a truck or bus traveling on the residential street passes by their home.
“Every manhole cover [or] a bump in the road is magnified,” said Anthony Boland, a 40-year resident of the street, “and the shock wave goes into the house.”
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By Ben Strack
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3/30/17
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Village of Rockville Centre police officer Anthony Federico left the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on March 8 silently as a crush of press surrounded him. His attorney, William Petrillo, …
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By Peter Belfiore and Scott Brinton
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3/14/17
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After a bomb threat was called in to the Mid-Island Jewish Community Center in Plainview on Feb. 27 — the second to centers of its kind in Nassau County this year — police announced heightened patrols around the county’s religious institutions and have launched a full investigation.
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By Ben Strack
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3/7/17
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A fatal heroin overdose in Malverne on Dec. 22, and a non-fatal overdose in Valley Stream the next day, led Nassau police to the arrest of four people for the sale and possession of heroin on Monday, Dec. 26 in Port Washington, Valley Stream and Woodside, Queens.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/27/16
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An unidentified man was found shot at the AL Mini Mart, at 91 Ocean Ave. in Valley Stream, on Dec. 16 around 10:40 p.m., according to officials at the Nassau County Police Department’s 5th Precinct.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/17/16
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Nassau County police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found on Nov. 23 12:48 p.m. in Baldwin.
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By Scott Brinton, Daine Taylor and Laura Schofer
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11/23/16
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Oceanside students attended school on Monday in the wake of two separate threats made last weekend, after Nassau County police deemed neither of the statements serious or credible.
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By Ben Strack
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11/22/16
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Nassau County Police received a call for a pedestrian hit on Austin Blvd. in Island Park about 8:30 the morning of Oct. 31.
The driver of a rental car was heading southbound when he hit …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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10/31/16
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An Oceanside man was arrested on Tuesday after Long Beach police said he left a loaded handgun inside the Long Beach Cinema 4 while he was at a movie with his grandchildren.
According to Police …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Ben Strack
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10/7/16
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