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Duo Nabbed For Stealing Used Cooking Oil From 14 Long Island Businesses, Police Say
Two Long Island men were nabbed for allegedly stealing used cooking oil from 14 businesses.
Oliver Lorenzo Valdez, age 30, of Central Islip, and Juan Hernandez, age 28, of Brentwood, were charged on Tuesday, June 25, after being spotted behind the Gourmet Garden in Center Moriches.
According to Suffolk County Police, officers responded to a 911 caller reporting that two men stole used cooking oil from Mama Lisa Restaurant at 1226 Montauk Highway in Mastic and fled the scene in a white Ford van at 6:15 a.m. June 26.
A short time later, officers located the men behi…
A Chicken Salad Wrap Tops List Of 75 Least-Healthy Chain Restaurant Foods
A chicken salad wrap tops this year’s list of the 75 most calorie-laden and overall unhealthy foods served at U.S. chain restaurants.
The 2021 list of the fattiest, cheesiest, most fried, saltiest, and sugary-delicious treats were compiled by Eat This, Not That, a health and wellness website.
The ranking is based on calories as well as sugar, sodium, fat, and protein contents.
In the No. 1 spot for the least-healthy menu item, you can order in the U.S., is Applebee’s Oriental Chicken Salad Wrap. The sandwich contains 1,890 calories, 112 g fat, 2,910 mg sodium, 179 g carbs (10 g fib…
Suspect At Large After Long Island Friendly's Restaurant Robbery
Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a Friendly's at gunpoint.
The robbery took place around 7:23 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7, at the restaurant located at 533 Hawkins Ave., in Lake Ronkonkoma, said the Suffolk County Police.
According to police, the man entered the store and demanded cash while displaying a gun.
The man described as being 5-foot-7 with a medium build, wearing a red hoodie sweatshirt, a black face mask and glasses, then fled the store with the cash, police said.
There were no reported injuries.
An investigation is underway.
Elizabeth A. Taylor, Former Northern Westchester Resident, Dies At 34
Formerly of Northern Westchester, Elizabeth A. Taylor, of Ansonia, Connecticut, died suddenly and tragically on Saturday, Aug. 24, at age 34.
She was born in Mount Kisco on Jan. 26, 1985.
Taylor worked for Friendly's, both in New York and Connecticut.
She took care of her brother John O'Hara IV "who she loved and cared for very much. She was loved by everyone who knew her," said the obituary.
Survivors include her mother Linda Taylor, her sisters Heather (Frederick Silva) and Stephanie O'Hara, and brother John O'Hara IV; and grandmother Mildred Uhlig; her niece Jammie, nephews Thomas, Log…
