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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Republicans on Tuesday won control of many Democratic seats in Congress, but not Rep. Carolyn McCarthy’s.
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By Brian Racow
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11/5/14
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Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County district attorney, and Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, are locked in a spirited fight for the 4th Congressional District seat now held by U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat from Mineola.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/23/14
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It is official: Kevan Abrahams, the Freeport Democrat who leads his party’s caucus in the Nassau County Legislature, is running for Congress. Abrahams began testing the waters in the 4th Congressional District race earlier this year, including registering a campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 24 and holding a campaign fundraiser five days later at the Carltun in Eisenhower Park. But it was not until last Wednesday that Abrahams publicly acknowledged that he is running, telling reporters before then that he was in “exploratory mode.”
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By Brian Racow
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3/12/14
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A former Nassau County Police detective who faced criminal charges for his role in preventing the arrest of a Merrick teenager whose father was a personal friend and financial benefactor of a police foundation pleaded guilty to official misconduct on Monday.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/25/14
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A Merrick man and his East Hills cousin avoided jail time yesterday after they pleaded guilty to falsifying business records and failing to pay minimum wages or overtime to 72 employees at their East Meadow diner, among other crimes.
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By Brian Racow
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11/15/13
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A Centereach man, Gregory Vadjinia, 45, stands accused of defrauding an elderly Merrick couple of $10,000.
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10/31/13
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Monday that a former county Police Department deputy commissioner has been sentenced to jail after he was convicted on charges in connection with his role in preventing the arrest of a Merrick teenager whose father was a personal friend and financial benefactor of the police.
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/16/13
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A month-long undercover operation conducted by the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the Police Department led to the arrest 104 suspected johns accused of using Backpage.com to arrange meetings with undercover police officers posing as prostitutes. Arrestees included four Merrick men and one North Merrick man.
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6/3/13
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A Merrick woman has been arrested and charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $90,000 from the waterproofing company where she worked as comptroller, according to Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice.
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5/17/13
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