Nassau County Police

Police now believe the bullet that killed off-duty federal agent John Capano, 51, was fired from an off-duty NYPD officer's gun, according to reports. According to authorities, Capano -- an off-duty Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms agent --was in Charlie's...

I have to imagine there are a number of public safety employees in Newport Beach, both police and fire, who are embarrassed by the ridiculous mass mailer recently sent to residents by the Newport Beach police and firefighter associations. The mass...

Two important power shifts are taking place in California. Power is shifting up from the cities and down from Sacramento to county government. The first power shift is evidenced by the impending decision by the Santa Ana City Council to disband its...

Officials say a Hempstead police officer was shot and wounded early Friday morning during a shootout at the intersection of Washington and Cooper Streets. Nassau County Detective Lt. Kevin Smith says it all started when Hempstead Police got a call...

Police continue to search for a hit-and-run driver on Long Island. According to the Nassau County Police Department, Monday evening just after 5pm a teenager was walking across Glen Cove road in Greenvale when a driver turning left from Northern Boulevard...

A Long Island man was arrested over the weekend after police say he allegedly exposed himself to a 7-year-old girl in a Walmart store in Westbury. According to Nassau County Police, Lautaro Zambrano, 59, of Port Washington was charged with endangering...

A Long Island resident who grew tired of waiting for his electricity to be restored after it was knocked out by Tropical Storm Irene, was arrested after making several threats towards the local utility company. According to Nassau County Police, Walter...

Police arrested Walter Murphy, 46, of Hicksville, who was so fed up he had no power he called and threatened the Long Island Power Authority. He was arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Aggravated Harrassment according to Nassau County Police. Murphy was...

A Long Island residential neighborhood was rudely awakened by a house explosion early Tuesday morning. The blast happened just after 1:30 a.m. at a home located at 150 Lincoln Street in the Hempstead. The home was leveled to a pile of rubble; the roof...

Imagine waking up to a stranger saying that to you on a Monday morning while holding a knife to your neck.  It's exactly what happened to Ghulam Sumra in his Bellmore home on Monday morning.  Sumra had only one response, "I don't have any money. I'm old...

Police were called to a senior center in Merrick Wednesday morning to find two dogs viciously attacking an elderly woman. The dogs, described as "Pit bull-type dogs"-- one grey and the other tan with a white stomach -- attacked the 62-year-old woman in...

A pit bull involved in a brutal attack of a Long Island woman was shot dead Monday outside a daycare center, police said. According to Nassau County Police, officers shot and killed the dog at about 3:15 p.m. outside Precious Kids II on Jerusalem...