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One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/21/15
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Rick Whelan, chief of the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau at the Nassau County district attorney’s office, took a brief breather after the news conference. Only minutes earlier, he had stood beside D.A. Kathleen Rice and County Executive Ed Mangano to announce that a team of federal and local...
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By Scott Brinton
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12/22/14
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A Long Beach man was sentenced to four years in state prison on Thursday, after he plead guilty to selling heroin to undercover narcotics detectives at a Shore Road apartment building last …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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12/19/14
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Nassau County police arrested a mother and her son on Wednesday after they allegedly sold heroin to an undercover agent at their Long Beach home.
Police said that Kelly Cavanagh, 53, and her son, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/28/14
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An Elmont couple was arrested on Nov. 12 for allegedly selling heroin between Sept. 24 and Oct. 2, with four of the transactions occurring in Valley Stream, two of them done with the couple’s …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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11/19/14
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A former Bellmore resident and Kennedy High School alumnus was recently named executive director of one of Long Island’s largest non-profit drug- and alcohol-treatment agencies. Steve Chassman, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/13/14
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Nassau County will receive a $200,00 grant to further its fight against Long Island’s heroin crisis. The money, secured by State Sens. Kemp Hannon and Jack Martins, will be used to assist police in investigating fatal heroin and opioid overdoses.
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By David Weingrad
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11/5/14
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Long Beach police arrested a man on Monday for his alleged role in a near-fatal overdose in the city.
Police Commissioner Mike Tangney said police arrested 30-year-old James Walsh and charged him …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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10/29/14
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June 24 was a terrible day for Jackie Fiorello and her family. After a months-long search for help for her nephew John Rosati, a 20-year-old who had moved into their Baldwin home three years earlier, Rosati took his own life.
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By Brian Croce
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10/22/14
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A drug take-back event sponsored by the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, the Central High School District and the Heroin Task Force on Sept. 27 yielded more than 200 pounds of medications, representing hundreds, if not thousands, of the opioid prescription pain pills that a growing number of teenagers are abusing, according to Wendy Tepfer, the Parent Center’s executive director.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/1/14
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