Bellmore News

An employee of a Bellmore pharmacy fired a shot from his licensed handgun when a Freeport man tried to steal prescription drugs last week, according to authorities.

A Freeport man was arrested Friday on felony robbery charges after police said he robbed a Bellmore pharmacy, threatened the pharmacist with a knife and then led police on a chase for nearly three miles, according to a Nassau County police news release .

A Bellmore pharmacist who armed himself after two fatal, high-profile drugstore robberies on Long Island fired a shot when a robber turned and brandished a knife as he made his getaway Friday afternoon, Nassau County police said.

A Bellmore store clerk was arrested Saturday evening during a sting operation targeting the sale of alcohol to minors, Nassau County police said in a Sunday news release.

Nassau County's First Police Precinct commander inspector, Joseph Magrane, and North Bellmore Fire District Commissioner Edward E. Kraus will be guest speakers at the North Bellmore Civic Association meeting Monday.

Director/Writer Joe Ciminera's third horror movie to date premiered on Friday, May 31 at the Bellmore Theater in Bellmore, NY.

The incident allegedly happened just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at Dun Rite Upholstery on Jericho Turnpike in Syosset.

State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. will sponsor a free cardiopulmonary resuscitation course for residents Saturday in North Bellmore.

A man with a knife attempted to rob a RiteAid pharmacy in North Bellmore late Sunday night, but was thwarted when a male cashier chased him from the store, police said.

Since then, residents on the perimeter have endured dust generated by hills of dirt, out-of-control vegetation so tall it blocks sunlight from their yards and a chain-link fence in tatters, topped by rows of rusted barbed wire.