Crime & Safety
Prisoner Escapes From Hospital, Trio Accused of Scamming Elderly, Store Clerks Hurt During Robberies
A look at some recent crime headlines across Long Island.

Check out some of the crime headlines from across Long Island Patches over the past week.
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- UPDATE: Police ID Prisoner Who Escaped Police Custody at Long Island Hospital
- FBI: Hamptons Trio Scammed Elderly Out of $695K With Fake Sweepstakes
- Three Men Rob Port Jefferson Station Deli, Clerk Struck With Gun
- Police: Drunk Woman Leads Police on Chase to Her Jamesport Home
- DA: Four Staged Car Accident to Collect Insurance Money
- Armed Men Rob North Babylon Red Mango, Employee Hurt
- Police: Homeless Man Robbed E. Patchogue CVS at Knifepoint
- October 2-Suffolk Arrest Report
- Police: Bookkeeper Stole $10K From Bellmore Business
- Gunman Robs Calverton Gas Station
- Police Release Photos of Men Wanted in West Babylon Gas Station Robbery
- Police: Massapequa Man Sexually Abused Teens He Met While Volunteering as Theatre Stage Manager
- Police: Riverhead Clerk Arrested For Second Time For Selling Alcohol to Minors
- Police: Riverhead Duo Arrested on Drug Charges
- Police: Man Caught Driving Drunk With Two Children in Car in Manorville
- Port Washington Doctor Scratched Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend’s Corvette With Screwdriver: Report
- Man Arrested as Fugitive From Justice in Syosset
- Woman Arrested in Hit-and-Run Crash That Killed Bicyclist in Carle Place
- UPDATED: Man Critically Injured in Glen Cove Shooting
- Elwood 7-Eleven Robbed for the Second Time This Month
- Armed North Babylon Man Breached Security at JFK Airport in Attempt to Meet Pope Francis: Report
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