Nassau County News

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.

Two men have been charged with the 1986 killing of a New York businessman. Samuel Quentzel, an owner of a Brooklyn plumbing, was fatally shot outside his Woodmere, Long Island, home in October 1986.

Police say a newborn was placed in a shoebox and abandoned in the lobby of a Long Island apartment building.

Her little "cottage" in Albertson "turns out to be just what the doctor ordered," says actress Alice Ripley, a Tony nominee more than a decade ago as a conjoined twin in "Side Show." Ripley is back on Broadway in "Next to Normal," an aching musical rock opera about mental illness, love and psychopharmacology, opening Wednesday, at the Booth ...

Jun 21, 2009 8:59 pm US/Eastern Reporting Deborah Garcia NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. Eat healthier, or pay the price.

Twenty-two beaches in Nassau County have been closed as a precaution due to heavy rainfall, health officials said.

Three suspects have been arrested after they went on a bank robbing spree in Long Island on Friday, Nassau County Police said.

The fast-spreading swine flu virus has claimed more victims. The city Health Department reported Friday that another seven New Yorkers have died, sending the city's death toll to 30.