Police Blotter

Cops: 2 asked taxi to wait during holdup
Posted: Dec. 11, 2011
Fifth precinct officers track down bungling duo, recover stolen gun.

96 guns turned in during buyback program
Posted: Dec. 11, 2011
Nearly 1,900 illegal guns have been taken off the streets to date through the program.

Two arrested in Elmont robbery
Posted: Dec. 4, 2011
Fifth precinct officers nab suspects, recover gun.

Father, son arrested for assault
Posted: Nov. 28, 2011
Eighth precinct officers assaulted as they were administering aid.

Police: Nearly 4 dozen holiday DWI arrests
Posted: Nov. 25, 2011
Nassau and Suffolk Police officers continue Island-wide crackdown.

2 men accused in Bellmore Rite Aid robbery
Posted: Nov. 19, 2011
Seventh precinct officers nab battery bandits.

Three charged in iPhone robbery spree
Posted: Nov. 18, 2011
Fifth precinct officers round up thugs.

Traffic stop leads to drug, gun arrest
Posted: Nov. 13, 2011
Third precinct officers recover 40 bags of crack and two loaded handguns.

Night of mayhem at scene of fatal crash
Posted: Nov. 9, 2011
Officers thwart robbery and suspect opens fire on them. Two charged with attempted murder in the first degree.

Traffic Stop Leads to Drug, Gun Arrest
Posted: Oct. 23, 2011
Nassau Police seize more than 40 bags of crack and two loaded handguns from car stop in Westbury.

Baldwin Man Punched Nassau Police Officer
Posted: Oct. 21, 2011
A Baldwin man was charged with assaulting a Nassau County Police First Precinct Officer and resisting arrest.

Cops: 4 charged, 1 sought in Manhasset heist
Posted: Oct. 15, 2011
Within two hours, four of the five suspects were captured by Nassau County and New York City police, who deployed helicopters and dogs in the search.

4 arrested in Bellmore home invasion case
Posted: Sep. 20, 2011
Four men with knives and a gun bound and robbed a Bellmore family in their home Monday, then led Nassau police on a wild pursuit that rattled several communities, prompted door-to-door searches and ended with gunfire near a school.
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Man charged in Hicksville robbery attempt
Posted: Sep. 10, 2011
A Central Islip man has been charged in the attempted robbery of a woman who was pumping gas Friday night in Hicksville, Nassau County police said.

Officials Chase Unconfirmed Al-Qaida Bomb Threat
Posted: Sep. 9, 2011
U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington. It was the first word of an “active plot” timed to coincide with the somber commemoration of the terror group’s 9/11 attacks a decade ago that killed nearly 3,000 people.