Police say the would-be robber was threatening two people on the street when one of his victims shot him.
A Queens man was stopped from leaving without paying for a large amount of cigarettes and other items last Wednesday, Nassau police said.
A pair of Massapequa smoke shop clerks stopped a Queens man from leaving with unpaid goods on Wednesday, Nassau police said.
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Police say the woman was part of a scam that tried to get more than $60,000 from an elderly Massapequa woman.
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Police say the man was trying to cross Broadway when he was struck. The investigation is ongoing.
Police say an investigation by the Long Island Heroin Taskforce led to the arrest of the dealer.
Mark Lisser faces up to 20 years in prison after being charged with fraud after the U.S. Attorney says Lisser lied about pre-IPO stocks.
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The two women became lost in the Massapequa Preserve after sundown.
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Police were tipped off and were waiting to arrests the scammers, who were trying to get $8,500 from the man.
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Peter Rand, a real estate attorney, stole more than $350,000 from his clients over a period of multiple years.
Find out where the registered sex offenders are living in your neighborhood before the kids go out trick or treating.
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Police say they were speeding and weaving through traffic with an 8-month-old in the car with them.
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Police are treating it as a bias incident and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
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Police said the woman hit the boy with her pickup truck then fled the scene, leaving him seriously injured.
Police said they are searching for a woman driving a red pickup truck after she hit a boy on a scooter and drove off.
Police say the couple was trying to cross the road when they were hit by the car.
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Police say 14-year-old Donna Michael was last seen leaving her house early Monday afternoon. Do you know where she is?
The man was facing charges in other cases so he tried to fake his death, officials say, but there was a typo on his fake death certificate.
Police say the robber pretended to be interested in buying a car then pulled out a pistol.
The Nassau County Police Department reported these incidents this week.
Two other men were also wounded in the shooting. Police have not yet made any arrests. Anyone with information is asked to come forward.
Police are still investigating the shooting, and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
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