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Rockville Centre PD Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack Rockville Centre PD Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack
Rockville Centre PD Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack A Long Island police detective faces hate crime charges after allegedly harassing a worker and damaging his vehicle in what authorities say was a racially motivated incident. The altercation occurred on Sunday, Nov. 3, around 7 p.m. in Manorville, near the corner of Sylvan Court and Weeks Avenue.  Suffolk County Police say John Murphy, age 40, a detective with the Rockville Centre Police Department, approached a subcontractor for a cellular company who was sitting in a GMC Terrain and began questioning him.  Murphy allegedly claimed to be a law enforcement officer, refused to exa…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Driver Accused In String Of Antisemitic Threats Around Cedarhurst Injures Officer, Police Say Driver Accused In String Of Antisemitic Threats Around Cedarhurst Injures Officer, Police Say
Driver Accused In String Of Antisemitic Threats Around Cedarhurst Injures Officer, Police Say A man is accused in a string of threats and antisemitic remarks targeting random people around Long Island. Nassau County Police said detectives were informed of two separate disturbances in Cedarhurst at around 1:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4.  The first happened near Lincoln Street and Oakland Avenue, and the second occurred near Barrett Road and Washington Avenue. In both cases, witnesses said a man driving a Lexus pulled up and made verbal threats and antisemitic remarks to numerous people before driving away. Police located the suspect, 38-year-old Alvin Tirado, of Queens, a short tim…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Teen Duo Charged After Knife Found At Long Island High School Teen Duo Charged After Knife Found At Long Island High School
Teen Duo Charged After Knife Found At Long Island High School Two teens have been charged following a dispute that allegedly prompted  one of them to bring a knife to school on Long Island. A 15-year-old boy displayed the knife at his bus stop and was met by staff members as he exited the bus at Sachem High School North in Lake Ronkonkoma, according to Suffolk County Police. The knife was recovered, and police were notified. The teen was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon. A further investigation by Suffolk County PD Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers determined that the teen had previously been th…

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by Joe Lombardi