Nassau County Police are warning young people to be on the lookout for a white van after three teens were approached in separate incidents by the driver over the past week in the North Merrick-North Bellmore and East Meadow areas. The teens were asked whether they wanted a ride. The teens ran home and informed their parents, who called police.
Authorities said the teens did the right thing by running away and letting police know.
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1/14/12
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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.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/12/12
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Nassau County Police arrested three teenagers they say broke into homes in the Mill Brook section of Valley Stream on Tuesday.
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1/5/12
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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.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/13/11
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Three teenagers were robbed on Fletcher Avenue in Valley Stream last Saturday night.
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11/14/11
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Nassau County Police are investigating an attempted robbery in Valley Stream on Halloween night. According to police, a 28-year-old man was walking eastbound on West Valley Stream Boulevard when he was approached by five other men.
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11/1/11
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“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, …
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Lee Landor
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10/19/11
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Howard Kopel is running for his second term as county legislator of the 7th Legislative District. The Lawrence resident was elected in 2009 after defeating incumbent Jeff Toback. He is being challenged by Adam Moser, a Democrat from Hewlett. Moser is a former district court judge, who has a Rockville Centre legal practice.
The 7th L.D. includes the Five Towns communities of Cedarhurst, Inwood, Hewlett, Lawrence and Woodmere, South Valley Stream, Oceanside, Island Park and portions of East Rockaway and Bay Park.
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JEFF BESSEN
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10/12/11
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and the Town 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 …
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10/12/11
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The acronym, P.A.L. stands for the Police Activities League. But it also could represent the three standards that the Nassau County program, including the Valley Stream unit, promotes in today’s youth — positivity, achievement and learning.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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10/6/11
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