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Hewlett Harbor Mayor Mark Weiss addressed residents at the Seawane Country Club in October about recent criminal activity in the village. With him were, from left, 4th Precinct Commanding Officer Joseph Barbieri, village Trustee Tom Cohen and Sgt. Leslie Moulds.
Upscale Five Towns homes targeted in burglaries
A home on Seawane Drive in the Village of Hewlett Harbor along with residences on the North Shore were the targets of what Nassau police is a burglary pattern over the last three months that saw three people arrested in January as part of a Chilean crime ring. more
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Legislator Howard Kopel said Republican lawmakers are calling for a state probe into a $710,000 scam perpetrated at the Nassau County Comptroller's office recently.
GOP lawmakers call for state probe into $710K scam at comptroller's office
Nassau Republican legislators called Friday for state and county investigations into the office of County Comptroller Jack Schnirman, who only a week ago said at a news conference that a phishing … more
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Cedarhurst resident Daniel Russo is alleged to have illegally distributed opioids and filing fraudulent tax returns. Above, his pharmacy in Far Rockaway.
Alleged drug distribution for Far Rockaway pharmacist, Cedarhurst resident
Daniel Russo, a Cedarhurst resident who works as a pharmacist in Far Rockaway, was indicted on conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone, distribution of oxycodone by a pharmacist without a legitimate prescription and filing false tax returns in Brooklyn federal court on Jan. 23. more
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Woodmere resident Geoffrey Girnun pleaded guilty to stealing government money and will make restitution in the amount of $225,000.
Woodmere resident pleads guilty to $225,000 theft
Woodmere resident and former Stony Brook University associate professor Geoffrey Girnun pleaded guilty on Jan. 14 to one count theft of government funds as part of a plea deal. He stole $225,000 in federal and state money that was earmarked for cancer research. more
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Boneek Alexander Quintero-Baeza, left, and Alexandra Ivonne Pizarro-Blanche, along with Levy Frank Maury Bruggman, not pictured, are alleged to have burglarized several homes across in Nassau County, including Hewlett Harbor.
Three arrested, another sought, for burglaries in Hewlett Harbor and across Nassau County
Three people arrested in Queens on Jan. 21 are alleged to be responsible for what Nassau County police called “numerous residential burglaries” across the county, including Hewlett Harbor. A fourth person is also being sought. more
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Maria Campione, of Island Park, was arrested for allegedly breaking into Hewlett Elementary School, above, on New Year’s Day.
Island Park woman arrested for allegedly breaking into Hewlett Elementary School
Updated Jan. 2 at 1:45 p.m. An Island Park woman was arrested at 10:20 p.m. on Jan. 1 for allegedly breaking into Hewlett Elementary School at 1570 Broadway in Hewlett on New Year’s Day, Nassau police said. more
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Monsey residents gathered to show support for the hamlet’s Orthodox community on Sunday.
Multiple violent attacks across New York leave Jews ‘utterly terrified'
The Five Towns voiced solidarity with the Jewish community in Monsey this week, following Saturday evening’s knife assault at a Chanukah party in the Rockland County hamlet. more
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Two Bronx residents were arrested near the Atlantic Beach Post Office, above, for allegedly stealing mail from mailboxes on Christmas Day.
Two Bronx residents arrested for allegedly stealing mail in Atlantic Beach
Nassau County police arrested two Bronx residents on Christmas Day at 2:20 a.m. for allegedly stealing mail from mailboxes in Atlantic Beach village. more
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Nassau police arrested a Queens man for harassing two men and a child who threatened and yelled religious slurs at them in the Costco in North Lawrence on Dec. 8.
Queens man yells religious slurs in North Lawrence Costco
A Queens man was arrested for the alleged harassment of two men and a child at the Costco on Rockaway Turnpike in North Lawrence on Dec. 8, police said. more
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Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas commended the strength of the Kaplan and Levin families after the sentencing of Rahmel Watkins and Zakiyyah Steward on Dec. 3. To Singas’s left was Joel Kaplan and prosecutor Katie Zizza.
Prison sentences meted out for fatal Lawrence crash
Updated Dec. 3 at 1:35 p.m. Brooklyn residents Rahmel Watkins and Zakiyyah Steward were sentenced on Dec. 3 for their roles in the 2018 April car crash that killed Elisheva Kaplan and Yisroel Levin on the Nassau Expressway in Lawrence. more
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