Nassau County News

Talk about taking a bite out of crime. When an ex-con suspected of a New Cassel robbery lunged at the Nassau County police officer questioning him earlier this week, the officer's German shepherd, Thunder, had a fierce reaction involving his teeth and the suspect's thigh, authorities said.

The month-long Senate leadership standoff appears to be nearing an end as a Democrat who worked with Republicans to take control of the Senate away from Democrats June 8 said he will return to the Democratic conference, officials confirmed this afternoon.

At the request of Senate Republicans, a Nassau County judge issued an order shortly after midnight Thursday effectively suspending Gov.

Police have made two arrests but are searching for at least a dozen other suspects in a weekend attack that critically injured a Long Island man.

As a Valley Stream man remained in the intensive care unit Monday, Nassau police are looking for his assailants and investigating the unprovoked attack on the 30-year-old Long Island Rail Road worker as a possible bias crime.

A man has been arrested in New Cassel for selling fireworks to children on the eve of Independence Day, Nassau County police said Saturday.

Police say a man turned his aunt's Long Island home into an underground fireworks shop, selling the devices to children on the eve of July Fourth.

The call said there was a white minivan "full of fireworks" parked on a Wantagh street with people "all around it." By the time police were done at the scene a Pennsylvania man had been arrested and charged with selling fireworks - and the contents of the van had been confiscated by police.

Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey would like to remind county residents that water safety is something that all parents should be aware of.

A 23-year-old Long Island man faces life in prison after his conviction in a shooting that killed a 17-year-old in a case of mistaken identity.

Nassau County police said a congregant at a Long Island church disregarded at least one of its commandments: Thou shalt not steal.

Officials now say red light cameras for Nassau County, N.Y., will require more than $1 million in start-up costs.

In the following press release Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that an East Meadow attorney has been arrested and charged with three felonies after three victims accused him of stealing more than $100,000 of their money.

A judge has sentenced a Long Island man - convicted of pointing a loaded handgun at officers during an early morning street confrontation - to a seven-year prison term.

ALBANY -Gov. David Paterson's threat to cut pay and stipends to senators because of the Senate standoff would be a big hit to some lawmakers' wallets.

Authorities say the same house caught fire two nights in a row this week. Nassau County, N.Y., Fire Marshal Michael Mennello says both fires have been deemed accidental.

Inaccurate estimates on revenue and spending over several years led to a $6 million budget gap and $15.9 million in excess reserve funds at Levittown Schools, according to an audit released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

A jilted Long Island woman was arrested and charged after police say she broke into her estranged husband's waterfront mansion and attempted to start a fire.

Three 14-year-olds were arrested and charged with felony counts of criminal mischief for defacing multiple properties with graffiti, Nassau County police said Friday.

NASSAU COUNTY, NY: A Nassau County, New York newborn is delighting nurses and doctors a day after she was abandoned in a shoe box on the ground floor of an apartment building.