Crime & Safety

Glen Cove Man Charged With Murder

Edward Brown, 46, arrested after investigation by Glen Cove and Nassau County Police.

A Glen Cove resident stands charged with second-degree murder in the death of another man, Nassau County Police announced Thursday.

Edward Brown, 46, was taken into custody Thursday at 2:15 a.m. after an investigation by Nassau County's Homicide Squad in conjunction with the Missing Persons Squad and Glen Cove Police.

The body of a male was recovered early Thursday. Positive identification of the deceased by his family will follow an autopsy by the Nassau County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Police reported that the deceased man's body showed signs of severe trauma "caused by the actions of another person."

Brown will be arraigned Friday at First District Court in Hempstead. 

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