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On a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.

An arresting lesson in Nassau County police work

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? more

By Scott Brinton | 5/6/21

Oceanside resident and former NYPD police officer Valerie Cincinelli pleaded guilty Friday to obstruction of justice after she was accused of orchestrating an alleged murder-for-hire plot against her estranged husband and her boyfriend's teenage daughter.

Former NYPD officer from Oceanside involved in alleged murder-for-hire plot pleads guilty to obstruction of justice

A former New York City Police officer from Oceanside pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing an investigation into her alleged plot to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend's daughter. more

By Mike Smollins | 4/16/21

The Nassau County District Attorney's Office, Nassau County Police Department and several federal agencies recently broke up a multi-million-dollar cocaine-dealing ring.

Forty indicted in cocaine-dealing operation that included two day-care centers

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 … more

By Scott Brinton | 3/15/21

Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano briefly left the federal courthouse in Central Islip between opening arguments in his corruption trial.

Opening statements heard in Mangano/Veditto corruption trial

Opening arguments were heard on Wednesday in the corruption trial of Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto. more

By Erik Hawkins | 3/11/18

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