News on Nassau County

Shooting Spree

2010-06-16T09:01:05Z

A Nassau County Sheriffs Department Officer, center, stands with residents next door to the home at 56 Vermont Avenue in Hempstead, N.Y., on June 16, 2010, where authorities claim Nassau County Corrections Officer Kim Wolfe fatally shot a 56-year-old man believed to be her uncle and also shot another man believed to be her grandfather. Wolfe is also suspected in the earlier fatal shooting ...

CORRECTION Adoption Ponzi Scheme

2010-03-31T12:42:58Z

FILE- In this Sept. 14, 2006 file photo, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice listens to a reporter's questions in her Mineola, N.Y. office. Commenting on the motives of Long Island Adoption Attorney Kevin Cohen after his arrest on Grand Larceny charges stemming from an adoption Ponzi scheme that he is accused of running, "This was...

Adoption Ponzi Scheme

2010-03-31T12:45:18Z

FILE- In this Sept. 14, 2006 file photo, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice listens to a reporter's questions in her Mineola, N.Y. office. Commenting on the motives of Long Island Adoption Attorney Brian Cohen after his arrest on Grand Larceny charges stemming from an adoption Ponzi scheme that he is accused of running; "This was...

ADDITION Hofstra Rape

2010-04-01T07:49:29Z

In this Sept. 16, 2009 photo released by the Nassau County Police Department in Mineola, N.Y., Stalin Felipe, of the Bronx borough of New York is show. Felipe, 19, is one of four men who was arr...