Police say the 25-year-old man murdered Rebecca Carlson and left her body near a dumpster in South Hempstead.
Police say the man was trying to steal $1,100 worth of merchandise from a department store, and had multiple fake IDs on him.
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The wife of the former county executive will serve the remaining 10 months of her sentence at home.
Police did not say how the woman died, but ruled her death a homicide.
Police are investigating the death of a 39-year-old woman whose body was found Tuesday morning.
Denis Gutierrez-Marcos shot four different people and killed one in two separate incidents in Hempstead in 2020.
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Tasha Brown was driving drunk at more than 90 MPH when she struck a parked car and killed Nelson Fuentes in 2021.
Police say the four are tied to a South American thievery ring, which has been responsible for many local thefts.
While installing wallpaper, he stole watches worth $20,000 each from multiple homes.
Police said officers stopped the theft of a car from a Hempstead dealership in the early morning hours, but the thieves fled.
Police say officers tased one of the people who ran while being arrested.
The accident happened early Saturday morning in Hempstead, according to Nassau County police.
Police say the man passed the teller a threatening note, then fled with cash. No one was injured.
Police said the man purposefully hit the officer, and later drove head-first into a patrol car.
Police say the women were working with others to steal perfume from a store in the Roosevelt Field Mall.
A 27-year-old man had serious leg injuries and a 63-year-old man suffered trauma to his arm and body, police said.
Police say she was acting as a getaway driver for two others who were shoplifting from the Roosevelt Field Mall.
Police say the man robbed 14 different stores, stealing thousands in merchandise over the last six months.
Floyd McNeil shot his victim in the back four times, then chased him to try to finish the job, prosecutors say.
Jermaine Grant was convicted of attempted murder for firing seven shots at a man outside a Nassau nightclub in 2019.
Police say the man broke into a hotel room and made inappropriate remarks to a woman who was staying there.
Police say the man was crossing the road when he was hit by the van.
Police say the weapons were discovered during a routine traffic stop.
Police say he stole expensive products from a woman at a mall, then fled when officers located him not too far away.