“Hostage negotiators responding. They request that you do not enter the room the hostage is in.” Lt. Christopher Romance of the Rockville Centre Police Department spoke with a calm authority as he relayed the message to his officers. “Suspect is a white male, he has two female hostages.” Six men, including Mayor Francis Murray and Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, stood outside Mercy Medical Center’s St. Anne’s building, taking careful note of what was going on in the hospital. Had the situation been real, there would likely have been a number of news helicopters overhead and significantly more officers present. more

In the name of the Rockville Centre Police Department, Richard Torykian Sr., a village resident and founding director and vice chairman of the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation (MCLEF), presented Jackie Califano, the widow of fallen Nassau County Police Officer Michael Califano, with a trust fund valued at $90,000 for her three children. more

A day after his 64th birthday, Rockville Centre Village Administrator Frank Quigley helped nab Gregory P. Schroeder, 40, of S. Ocean Avenue, Freeport, after seeing him trying to break into a van in Municipal Parking Field 23, near Clinton Avenue. more

Following through on a promise he made during his campaign, Mayor Francis Murray announced at the July 5 village board reorganization meeting that Rockville Centre police and auxiliary officers will not enforce parking meter violations in the downtown business area after 6 p.m. more

Six officers from the Rockville Centre Police Department joined Nassau County detectives in responding to a request from MTA police for assistance in quelling a disturbance on an eastbound Long … more

Rockville Centre Police Officer Stephen Reidy was chosen as the Village Police Department’s 2010 “Cop of the Year.” Last year, Reidy led the patrol force with 20 arrests. more

Rockville Centre police say they arrested a Hempstead man early Wednesday morning as he was burglarizing an occupied home on Raymond Street. more

Police Officer Elliott Vega was named “Cop of the Month” by the Rockville Centre Police Department for his arrest of three subjects on charges of attempted grand larceny. One of the defendants was later confirmed as an MS-13 gang member. more

Village police officers had their hands full early Saturday morning March 5, as they made at least five arrests downtown — at McFadden’s Bar, 210 Merrick Road and almost simultaneously, in a separate incident, at Miceli’s Pizza, 19 N. Park Ave. more

In what was described as a major break, a Uniondale man who police say has been responsible for most of the burglaries in Rockville Centre over the past few years was arrested by Nassau County and Rockville Centre police on Feb. 19. more