Residents of Lakeview were on edge last week after Nassau County police announced that three men had assaulted two other men walking on Woodfield Road on Nov. 1, possibly because one victim was a cross-dresser. more

A man posing as a county worker conned an elderly couple last Tuesday afternoon to gain access to their North Bellmore home and stole jewelry inside, police said. This "distraction burglary" took place at a home on Carley Court at about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. A man described to be in his 50s with a walkie-talkie on his belt and wearing a blue baseball cap with "county" on it approached an 88-year-old man who was in his garage, convincing the homeowner that he needed to go into his backyard to inspect a neighbor's fence, according to police. While he distracted the elderly man and his wife, another man who police believe was his cohort, entered their home and allegedly burglarized it, police said. When the 81-year wife became suspicious and demanded to see the subject's identification, the man told her he would go get it, but never came back. It was then that she went into her bedroom and discovered that the jewelry was missing, according to Nassau County Police. more

Two men dressed in utility uniforms made their way into a Hewlett home Wednesday morning and apparently robbed the occupants of an amount believed to be $100,000 in cash, according to police. more

Nassau County’s 5th Police Precinct is a complicated swath of the South Shore. Stretching from the Queens border to West Hempstead and from the southern reaches of Floral Park to South Valley Stream, the area is a mix of everything from thickly commercial to sleepy residential. more

Police charged Leonidas Cotsifas, 50, of Bethpage with attempted murder and several other crimes on Thursday afternoon after he allegedly struck a 71-year-old man on the head with a paving stone in his Nassau Street home in Bellmore, critically injuring him. more

A crash or a death. When it’s caused by a drunk driver, the media is often all over it. But last week I went behind bars at Nassau County Police Headquarters to get an inside look at the less-publicized side of a DWI arr more

Residents were told to stay in their homes and holiday rush-hour traffic was redirected away from a four-block area around Davison Court in East Rockaway at 4 p.m. last Friday by a Nassau County Bureau of Special Operations unit along with dozens of police officers. more