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Police discovered the vandalism on Sunday evening.
Bias graffiti was found on a fence on Belmill Road on Sunday night, police said. According to police, the graffiti, which was written in black marker, stated, "I hate Jews, kill Jews and Dudo like Judy." The graffiti was approximately four inches high. Police are still investigating the matter. Anyone with information can call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at (800) 244-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department; it does not indicate a conviction.
Bellmore East Meadow Levittown Merrick Seaford Wantagh
The following arrest information was supplied by the Nassau County Police Department; it does not indicate a conviction.
Sometime between April 26 and April 27, tires were slashed and a vehicle window was broken on a car that was parked on Broadway. License plates were removed from a vehicle on Broadway in Bellmore on April 27. On April 28, a 17-year-old Bellmore teen was arrested and charged with second-degree assault. On May 1, Thomas Hayes, 43, stabbed his wife, Sherrelle Hayes, 44, and then hung himself in their North Bellmore home, police said. Read more here.
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Authorities said that the husband stabbed his wife and then hanged himself.
Update: May 2, 2012 at 12:28 p.m. During a press conference on Wednesday morning, police released that the couple involved in a shocking murder-suicide in North Bellmore Tuesday was identified as Thomas Hayes, 43, and his wife Sherrelle Hayes, 44. Police said that Thomas Hayes stabbed his wife and then, hanged himself. As reported on Patch Tuesday, the Hayeses' four children - ages 7 to 13 - returned home from school yesterday to find their mother dead on the floor of the laundry room and their father locked in an upstairs bedroom. While Thomas was alive when police removed him from the house, it was later confirmed the two had been victims of an apparent homicide-suicide. Homicide Det. Sgt. Greg Lesmeister said that there were problems in…
10:24 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sherry I am soooooo sorry for what you endured in your life. You were a beautiful person with a beautiful soul. You are sorely missed by an entire community. I am sorry sooooo sorry your life ended so tragically you did not deserve this. I pray for your soul every single day and night and I will help your children in any way I possibly can. God speed to you and your children. And it is apparent … more ›
The Eighth Precinct was absorbed by the Second Precinct this week, starting Ed Mangano's policing plan.
The first realignment in Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's police precinct restructuring took effect this week after the Eighth Precinct in Levittown was absorbed by the Second Precinct in Woodbury. The former Eighth Precinct is now the county's first community policing center. According to Newsday [paid link]: For much of last week, moving trucks shuttled cardboard boxes of investigative files and personnel records from the Eighth to the Second. "The realignment went well and was completed [Sunday], slightly ahead of schedule," First Deputy Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department Tom Krumpter told Patch. "The department is phasing in the realignments over the next nine months so that we can address any issues and make …
The incident was discussed via social media on Tuesday night.
Residents expressed their sadness and shock on Facebook on the apparent homicide-suicide in North Bellmore on Tuesday. According to police, four children returned to their North Bellmore home after school on Tuesday afternoon and found their mother dead on the kitchen floor and their father locked in an upstairs bedroom. Police stated that they removed the father from the home, but he passed away later that day. Authorities did not mention how the fatal injuries occurred, but stated it initially appears the father killed the mother. Residents expressed their thoughts on the incident: @Lisa A Vetter: This so awful.....those poor kids! ) @Christine Koenig Mclaughlin: This is horrible!! @Wanda Cubero-Ramirez: Horrible.. @Lisa Marie: …
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9:42 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
God bless these poor children to come home to find their parents like that,they were probably so traumatized, my heart goes out to those poor babies,i will be praying for them,they are gonna need all the love and support from everyone. more ›
Police said that the couple had marital problems.
Update: May 2, 2012 at 1:23 p.m. Four children returned to their North Bellmore home after school Tuesday afternoon to find their mother dead on the floor of the laundry room and their father locked in an upstairs bedroom. Thomas Hayes, 43, stabbed his wife, Sherrelle Hayes, 44, and then hung himself, police said. According to Homicide Det. Sgt. Greg Lesmeister, the couple's 13-year-old daughter was the first to arrive home and her father only spoke to her from behind the door. Lesmeister said Hayes instructed her to pick up her other siblings - ages 10, 9 and 7 - from school. When she and three other siblings returned to the Smith Avenue home, they could not get in the front door. The children gained entry through another door and found …
1:46 pm on Friday, May 4, 2012
So horrible to read this. Praying for the kids. We never know what goes on behind closed doors and what he should have done or she shouldn't have done is irrelevant. This obviously was not something planned and I hope these kids have good family or relatives to take care of them and help them through this. God bless these kids and all the pain and suffering they will go through. more ›
Pet dies from blaze that broke out in the basement of a home on Emerson Place in Wantagh.
A house fire that broke out Tuesday morning in Wantagh has claimed the life of a pet cat. The fire erupted in the basement of a home on Emerson Place at the corner of Burns Avenue near the Bellmore border. Wantagh Fire Chief William Allen said the homeowner tried to save the pet cat but was unable to. The fire caused a total loss to the basement and significant smoke damage to the rest of the home, Allen said. The Wantagh Fire Department with assistance from firefighters in Bellmore and Seaford extinguished the blaze in about 15 minutes, Allen said. The cause of the fire is still being investigated but it is not believed to be suspicious, according to Allen.
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Billy Jack Rolly
4:49 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The graffiti evil doer needs to be given the rights of extreme unction. Put me on the case. If it is said, I hate Catholics, the entire police force would be out investigating 24/7 more ›