Crime

A Hempstead man was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison after he was found guilty by a jury of robbery and murder charges last October in the shooting death of a man sleeping […]

The Suffolk Crime Analysis Center, one of 11 in the nationally recognized, one-of-a-kind network funded and supported by the State Division of Criminal Justice Services in partnership with local law enforcement agencies statewide will be […]

A homeless woman was arrested for assaulting a crossing guard in Hewlett. On January 23 at 8:28 a.m., a Nassau County Police Department crossing guard was covering her school crossing assignment at the intersection of […]

Shouted Antisemitic Remarks, Tried to Start Fighting with Worshippers A Queens man was sentenced to 60 days in jail for attempting to start fights with worshippers outside of a Cedarhurst synagogue and making antisemitic remarks […]

Two men from Roosevelt have been arrested for stealing a vehicle outside a Baldwin restaurant. On January 22 at 9:47 p.m., the male victim, 60, left his 2015 Toyota Rav4 running and entered Kentucky Fried […]

A Freeport man was sentenced to six months in jail and five years’ probation for breeding and selling pit bulls for use in dogfighting. In 2020, investigators became aware that Lonnie Poindexter was posting videos, […]

A homeless man was arrested for assaulting two officers after asking them to take him to a warming center. On January 20 at 10:44 p.m., Nassau County Seventh Squad officers answered a welfare check. Seventh […]

Fifth Squad Detectives have arrested three men for criminal possession of stolen property after a car chase in West Hempstead. On January 20 at approximately 3:20 p.m., Nassau County officers from the Fifth Squad spotted […]

A Dix Hills man was arrested for exposing and touching himself near a Uniondale school. On January 17 at 2:40 p.m., Willian Portillo Melara was sitting inside his white Honda Pilot, parked on Dale Place […]

By Hank Russell An Illinois man has been arrested for grand larceny after he fraudulently obtained money from a Nassau County law firm last year. According to detectives from the Nassau County Fraud and Forgery […]