🌱 Flavor Flav Domestic Battery + Local Nurse Steals Fentanyl

Happy Wednesday, Merrick! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

Long Island native Flavor Flav was arrested for pushing a woman. A Merrick nurse admitted to stealing fentanyl from her hospital employer. And four cars caught fire at a dealership.

First, today's weather:

Warm with plenty of sunshine. High: 76 Low: 58.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Jerry Barmash reports that rapper and LI native Flavor Flav was arrested for domestic battery in Nevada earlier this month. The former Public Enemy member was born in Roosevelt. He's accused of pushing a woman. (Patch)
2. The Daily Voice writes that kitchen megastore Wren Kitchens opened a location in Hicksville at 2993 Hempstead Turnpike. (Daily Voice)
3. A former nurse from Merrick pleaded guilty to illegally possessing fentanyl. North Shore University Hospital nurse Melissa Frame, 37, allegedly stole more than 1,400 vials of fentanyl from the Manhasset hospital. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. News 12 Long Island explains that four cars caught fire at an Amityville dealership. The incident happened around 10 p.m. at Security Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ra on Merrick Road. (News 12)

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Today in Merrick:

• FAPA @ Mepham 7:30 p.m., Bellmore-Merrick Central School District.
• Camp PTA Meeting, North Merrick UFSD, 7:30 p.m.

Merrick Patch Notebook

• Nassau County Police Department is hoping for tips concerning an August homicide of a woman in Hempstead. Call 1-800-244-TIPS. (Facebook)
• North Merrick Public Library is hosting a career discussion at 2:30 p.m. (Facebook)
• Garrett D. Uribe writes that two-time defending conference champion Mepham's girls volleyball team is currently in second place just behind Conference A/C3 nemesis Valley Stream North. (LI Herald)

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