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The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.
Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic
They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more
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Nassau County corrections officer Frank Milano, 36, of Elmont, was driving while off-duty along the Southern State Parkway near Peninsula Boulevard, pictured above, when his car veered off the highway and hit a tree, according to New York State Police.
Dec. 14 update: Elmont corrections officer killed in crash
A corrections officer from Elmont was killed in a car crash at 12:01 a.m. today while driving westbound on the Southern State Parkway, near Peninsula Boulevard. more
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Thomas Krumpter spoke to members of the Island park Civic Association last week.
Krumpter speaks to Island Park Civic Association
Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter visited the Island Park Civic Association on Nov. 8 and answered questions focusing on Island Park issues as well as the future of the 4th … more
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Nassau County officials have proposed shuttering two precincts and realigning the remaining six to save money and improve efficiency in the department.
Cop-out? Cash-strapped county considers precinct closures
“The precinct is just a building,” according to Katie Grilli-Robles, spokeswoman for Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Closing two of the county’s eight police precincts, … more
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Jim Carver
County officials are turning their backs on police
This month we marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11. During and after the attacks, thousands of police and fire personnel responded to the scene regardless of whether they were working or not. They responded because that’s what we are all about. Our job is to help those in need. more
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Supervisor Kate Murray, along with members of Town Board, presented a Town Of Hempstead Police Service award to Fourth Precinct Detective Robert Nill.
Town honors police officers
Supervisor Kate Murray and the Hempstead board honored 15 Nassau County police officers and 10 village police officers at a ceremony on Sept. 20 at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion at Town Hall in … more
Town of Hempstead Building Department Commissioner John Rottkamp, from left, Councilman James Darcy, Supervisor Kate Murray, Code Enforcement Officer Roy Gunther and Councilman Ed Ambrosino. Gunther was presented with a Distinguished Service pin for his heroic rescue in Elmont on Sept. 9.
Oceanside man honored for rescuing truck driver in Elmont
Town of Hempstead Building Code Enforcement Officer Roy Gunther, of Oceanside, was presented with a Distinguished Service pin on Sept. 20 for rescuing a truck driver in Elmont, when his truck overturned on Lincoln Street. more
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At 10:57 a.m., helicopters were seen circling over the south Merrick area as Nassau County Police pursued one suspect in a North Bellmore home invasion.
Police: Four Brooklyn men invade N. Bellmore home; one shot, all four arrested
Update: 10:00 a.m. Four Brooklyn men brandishing knives and possibly a handgun invaded a North Bellmore home on Bellmore Avenue on Monday morning, around 9 a.m., and Nassau County police officers pursued the men into Merrick and later the Wantagh-Seaford area, firing shots at and wounding one of the suspects, authorities said. more
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An unidentified person was hit by an oncoming train at the Merrick train station this morning. On hand to investigate were MTA and Nassau County police, along with officials from the LIRR.
Train hits N.J. man at Merrick station
Updated: 5:15 p.m., Sept. 9, 2011: An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train struck and killed a New Jersey man at the Merrick train station just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to LIRR spokesman Aaron Donovan. Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Nassau County police were on hand to investigate with LIRR officials. more
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Daffney Rincher, 27, of 307 Elmont Rd. in Elmont, was arrested on Sept. 4 and charged with Petit Larceny.
Elmont woman steals family pet
An Elmont woman was arrested at her home on Sept. 4, at 10:30 a.m., for stealing a dog from a Westbury home. more
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