Police: Cop hurt trying to stop shoplifter
An off-duty Nassau County police officer was assaulted and knocked to the ground Thursday by a shoplifting suspect outside a Roslyn pharmacy, after the suspect "refused all commands and fought with the officer causing him to fall and injure his right hand and left knee," the police said.
Mark Trinkler, 32, of East Elmhurst, Queens, was arrested at 7:10 p.m. outside a CVS store on Willis Avenue...
