Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Teens Arrested, Woman Assaulted
Recent criminal activity reported in southeast Nassau County communities.

The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department's incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.
Bellmore
- A Bellmore man was arrested on July 21 after he allegedly had his Pit Bull attack a woman.
East Meadow
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- Police are searching for a suspect who robbed two teenagers on July 14. The suspect demanded their pocketbooks and their cell phones and the victims complied after the suspect threatened to stab them.
- Police are searching for a suspect who sexually assaulted a woman in Speno Park on July 14.
- On July 16, a 26-year-old man drowned in an East Meadow pool.
- On July 11, two teens were arrested after they allegedly stole the tires and rims off of a car in North Merrick.
- Two people from Merrick were arrested and charged in Florida for possession of drugs which included hallucinogens and marijuana, according to an article in The Leader Herald.
- A Uniondale man was arrested Monday night after allegedly trying to obtain drugs with a fraudulent prescription at a Wantagh CVS. Click this link for more.
- Sometime between 4:30 p.m. on July 14 and 6:30 a.m. on July 15, unknown suspect(s) stole tools from the back of complainant’s unlocked work van, which was at Rosebud Cottage.
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