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Police: Cop Hospitalized After Shoplifter At Nassau CVS Becomes Combative Police: Cop Hospitalized After Shoplifter At Nassau CVS Becomes Combative
Police: Cop Hospitalized After Shoplifter At Nassau CVS Becomes Combative A police officer was injured on Long Island when a woman became combative following her arrest for alleged shoplifting at an area CVS, authorities announced. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department responded to CVS on Merrick Road in Wantagh shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, where there was a report of a woman placing items into an empty shopping bag. When approached by an employee, the woman - later identified as Abigail Foster, age 25, of Staten Island - became confrontational and proceeded to leave the store without making an attempt to pay for the items she stuffed …

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by Zak Failla
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38-Year-Old Charged In Death Of Long Island Man Following Altercation 38-Year-Old Charged In Death Of Long Island Man Following Altercation
38-Year-Old Charged In Death Of Long Island Man Following Altercation Police have charged a man following the investigation of the death of a man after an altercation on Long Island earlier this month. The man died on Sunday, Jan. 5 after reporting he was in an altercation in the Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 2. Wayne Sapiane reported to police that he was struck on the head by a man Suffolk County Police now identify as 38-year-old Daniel Hughes in the area of West Main Street in Riverhead. Southampton Town and Riverhead Town police both responded to the incident. Sapiane, 65, who was undomiciled but living in Riverside, was transported to Peconic Bay Me…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man on Jet Ski Rescued From Merrick Bay Marsh On Big Crow Island Man on Jet Ski Rescued From Merrick Bay Marsh On Big Crow Island
Man on Jet Ski Rescued From Merrick Bay Marsh On Big Crow Island A man on a jet ski was rescued from Merrick Bay. Marine rescuers responded at 8:46 p.m. to the bay for a jet skier in distress on Wednesday night, July 10., according to Nassau County Police. Marine Bureau, Aviation Bureau, U.S. Coast Guard, and 7th precinct officers, along with multiple fire departments, searched the bay, police said. The Nassau Heli 5 helicopter located the man in the marsh on Big Crow Island, according to police. The helicopter landed and recovered the man, taking him to Wantagh Park where he was reported to be uninjured and refused medical attention, said Nassau …

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by Donna Christopher