Wife Raised Alarm Before Husband Was Found Dead Beneath Shelter Island Dock: Police
A New York City man visiting Shelter Island with his family has died after going for a morning swim, police said.
Spencer M. Korwin, 38, of Manhattan, was found dead Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 2 under a dock in Shelter Island Sound near Crescent Beach, the Shelter Island Police Department said.
Korwin was last seen alive around 8 a.m. Wednesday, when he left the same dock for his swim, police said. Korwin was staying at a hotel on the island with his family, authorities said.
But when he didn’t return from the swim, Korwin’s wife told the hotel staff, who contacted emergency services aroun…
Ellington Bookkeeper Admits Stealing $750K From CT Law Firm, Could Serve Decades In Prison
A Connecticut bookkeeper admitted stealing more than $750,000 from her employer, a Hartford law firm, through two embezzlement schemes, federal authorities said. Now, she must repay the victim and the IRS nearly $1 million, plus penalties and interest.
Heather Murdock, 58, of Ellington, faces up to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion on Tuesday, Sept 1, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut said.
Murdock worked as the firm’s bookkeeper and office manager at the unidentified Hartford law firm. From about 2010 through 2022, prosecutors s…
78-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed By Oceanside Driver High On Coke And Weed, Authorities Say
A Long Island man was high on cocaine and marijuana when he killed an elderly woman in a car crash earlier this year, authorities said Thursday, Sept. 3.
Niall Duignan, 24, of Oceanside, was indicted Thursday on nine charges in the crash that killed Patricia Pfaus, 78, in Oceanside, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Cops initially said Pfaus was seriously injured in the collision at Weidner Avenue and Long Beach Road on Thursday, June 18, but she has since died from her injuries, according to the DA’s office and an obituary from Torres Funeral Home.
“Patricia’s loved ones …
