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Target Shoplifter Injures 2 Officers During Arrest In Valley Stream, Police Say Target Shoplifter Injures 2 Officers During Arrest In Valley Stream, Police Say
Target Shoplifter Injures 2 Officers During Arrest In Valley Stream, Police Say A suspected shoplifter is facing charges after allegedly assaulting two police officers during an arrest at a Long Island Target store. Nassau County Police responded to the store, located in Valley Stream on West Sunrise Highway, at around 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28. Police determined that 30-year-old Sapphire Townes, of Queens, had placed several items into a shopping cart before attempting to leave the Target store without paying. When officers told Townes that she was being arrested, the woman became violent and combative, injuring two officers, according to police. The officers were …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
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
News
Police: Officer Hospitalized After Violent Attack By Woman At Nassau Bar Police: Officer Hospitalized After Violent Attack By Woman At Nassau Bar
Police: Officer Hospitalized After Violent Attack By Woman At Nassau Bar An officer was hospitalized after being violently attacked by a woman at a Long Island bar overnight, according to police. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Oyster Bay at Cooper Bluff Waterfront Bar on Bay Avenue.  Upon arrival, officers located an injured woman and began rendering aid.  While officers were helping the victim, Celeste Rodriguez, 27, of Brooklyn, who is an acquaintance of the woman, became irate and violent towards the officers, Nassau County Police said. Rodriguez began to punch, kick, head butt, and bite one of the officers,…

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by Joe Lombardi