Police Blotter

Cops: Fidgety would-be bank robber caught in Wantagh
Posted: Jul. 26, 2010
Alert tellers contact 911 and police apprehend the suspect.

Cops: Massapequa parents left children, 2 to 9, in car unattended
Posted: Jul. 24, 2010
Massapequa parents face child endangerment charges after they went inside a Marshalls on Friday night and left their four children unattended in the car, police said.

5 Nassau cops treated for injuries in two confrontations
Posted: Jul. 18, 2010
Suspects scuffled with police trying to make arrests in two separate confrontations in Westbury and Hempstead early Sunday, sending five officers to the hospital, Nassau County police said.

Cops: Marijuana Farmhouse Raided in Bellmore
Posted: Jul. 13, 2010
Two brothers from Freeport were arrested after a “grow house” was discovered.
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NCPD taps special team to crack hit-and-runs
Posted: Jul. 8, 2010
Hit-and-run accidents are some of the most difficult crimes to solve, but the Nassau County Police Department has a unique weapon in finding the answers.
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Police: Body in trunk found because of odor
Posted: Jul. 8, 2010
Police found the missing Elmont woman thanks to an abandoned car and a foul odor that sickened a quiet block in Brooklyn.

NYPD: Body in car trunk may be linked to Elmont slayings
Posted: Jul. 7, 2010
A relative said police have told her a body found in the family's missing car in Brooklyn was that of a missing 65-year-old Elmont woman.
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Police: Manhasset woman arrested in DWI after striking officer
Posted: Jul. 5, 2010
The officer was dragged a "short distance," but he was able to free himself from the mirror, the driver fled the scene and was arrested after leaving the scene.
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Nassau targets drunken driving over holiday weekend
Posted: Jul. 2, 2010
The B.A.T.-mobile will be deployed for the first time this weekend to combat drunken driving in Nassau County.

Police continue search for missing Elmont woman
Posted: Jul. 1, 2010
Police stepped up efforts yesterday to find an Elmont woman missing since last week when her husband and son were found dead in the family’s home.
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Woman arrested for allegedly running a spa prostitution ring
Posted: Jun. 29, 2010
Prosecutors say they've arrested a Queens woman, who they say was running a prostitution ring from a spa in Hicksville.
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Police seize fireworks, arrest 4 in Baldwin
Posted: Jun. 25, 2010
BALDWIN - Police say they seized thousands of fireworks from a Baldwin home and arrested four suspects yesterday.
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Police: Queens man attacked plainclothes officers
Posted: Jun. 22, 2010
Three officers injured during Inwood incident. Suspect charged with Assault.

Nassau police make arrest in Elmont cold case
Posted: Jun. 21, 2010
Nassau police have made an arrest in a cold case murder of a Valley Stream man last year.
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Nassau police target violence at house parties
Posted: Jun. 18, 2010
The move, was prompted by two unrelated shootings in Lakeview and Uniondale last weekend that left two men dead and four others injured.
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