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Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were found guilty last Friday of all the corruption charges against them, bringing an end to Skelos’s more than 30 years in the Senate and kicking off a race to fill his now-vacant seat.
The jury deliberated the case for a day and a half before returning its verdict. Because of the conviction, Skelos automatically — and immediately — lost his seat in the Senate.
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By Alex Costello
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12/11/15
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Nassau County Police have arrested an Indiana man, who they say works as an air traffic controller in New York, with gun and drug possession following a traffic stop in Wantagh on Wednesday night.
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12/10/15
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In May, President Obama signed an executive order to demilitarize the police, banning the Pentagon from issuing surplus military hardware — including rifles, grenade launchers and armored vehicles — to police departments nationwide. His decision was a response to the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., by a police officer the previous August.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/9/15
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Nassau County Police are seeking four men who attacked another man in Wantagh last month. The incident occurred at about 3:50 a.m. on Nov. 15 at Park Avenue and Beech Street.
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12/2/15
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Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a West Hempstead attorney was arrested this morning for stealing more than $5.7 million from clients between September 2012 and February 2014.
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10/19/15
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Police are searching for the man who robbed a bank in Wantagh on Wednesday.
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10/1/15
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After meeting with several inmates during his historic visit to a federal prison in July, President Obama remarked, “What is normal is young people make mistakes,” and added that the only difference between the inmates and most Americans is the resources and social support structures available to those who aren’t in prison.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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9/30/15
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Former Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg began serving a three-month sentence at Fort Dix, a minimum-security prison in Burlington County, N.J., on Aug. 24, according to his attorney, Jason Russo, of Bay Shore.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/2/15
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U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara added more charges to the indictment against Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, late in the day on Tuesday, July 21.
Skelos, 67, and his son Adam, 32, were already charged with six counts stemming from what Bharara said was a scheme in which Skelos was trading favors with businesses in exchange for payments made to his son.
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By Alex Costello
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7/21/15
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Nassau County Police officers told a handful of residents that they can be a major crime deterrent at a community policing forum on July 8 at the Wantagh Public Library.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/15/15
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