Every June 15 we commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It is important that we speak openly about elder abuse, because it is a hidden crime that most Americans are reluctant to talk about or even acknowledge.
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By Madeline Singas
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7/6/19
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A Bronx man was sentenced to one to three years in prison Thursday for scamming an elderly Oceanside woman out of $45,000.
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By Mike Smollins
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6/28/19
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Silvia Finkelstein, director of immigrant affairs for the Nassau County district attorney, has a problem.
Speaking to a gathering of about 40 people at the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC in …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/1/18
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Following a broad investigation into the operations of the MS-13 gang, Nassau County officials announced that 41 of its alleged members were indicted on June 15 for multiple acts of violence and conspiracy in Nassau County over the last four years.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/16/17
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Brian DeMartino, the Oceanside man and former dog trainer who stood accused of abusing both his girlfriend and the dogs under his care, has had all but one of the criminal charges against him …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/15/17
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Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/10/17
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Fourteen people, including an Elmont man, have been indicted for their alleged roles in running a “large-scale” heroin ring in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn, according to District Attorney Madeline Singas.
Much of the heroin was sold in Long Beach, Hicksville and Levittown. The Rockville Centre Police Department was among the units that helped bust the ring, Singas said.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/17
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A Roosevelt man was sentenced four to 12 years in prison on May 5 for a fatal car crash that killed his girlfriend, Lakeview resident Diamond Hawkins, in 2015.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/5/17
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A Freeport man accused of driving under the influence of drugs pleaded guilty on Monday to charges related to a crash on the Southern State Parkway last year that killed an Oceanside man.
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By Ben Strack
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3/28/17
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Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas is calling on the State Board of Regents to revamp New York’s school violence tracking system so gang attacks, discrimination and bullying are reported faster.
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By Ben Strack and Scott Brinton
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11/22/16
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