Four years ago, as the race for Nassau County executive between then Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat, and then State Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, was heating up . . .
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11/4/21
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How to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on.
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8/5/21
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Elmer Gutierrez, a known MS-13 street gang member, pleaded guilty on June 23 for taking part in the December 2018 murder of two young men in Far Rockaway and Lawrence.
Gutierrez, 21, also known as …
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/24/21
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A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run?
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/21
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Family came first for Valley Streamer Ray Wishropp. Friends and relatives said the father of seven was often with his children, and almost always had a smile on his face.
“He was a good …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/28/21
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Forty people have been indicted in a widespread, multi-million-dollar cocaine-dealing ring that operated out of Hempstead and Rosedale — including at two unlicensed day-care …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/15/21
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A Valley Stream soccer coach was arraigned on Feb. 24 and charged with 50 counts for allegedly raping an underage player and endangering the welfare of two other teenagers.
Prosecutors …
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2/25/21
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It happened as, I assume, many of these things do: It was a busy day, I was working at home, and the cellphone rang.
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By James Bernstein
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2/11/21
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A Nassau County judge sentenced a Valley Stream man and former South High School basketball star to five to 12 years in prison on Jan. 27 for his role in a deadly, high-speed car chase last …
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1/29/21
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Three men reportedly burglarized a deli on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Cochran Place, police said, early on Jan. 21.
According to detectives, an employee at the deli discovered …
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1/21/21
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