Morning Home Invasion In Valley Stream Leads To Quick Arrest: Police
A Long Island man was arrested for a home invasion on Tuesday morning, July 14, police said.
Muneshwer Udit, 53, of Valley Stream, broke into another residence in the town around 9 a.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
Udit took “assorted items” from the house and fled the scene, but police quickly identified him as a suspect and announced his arrest Wednesday, July 15, according to authorities.
Cops arrested Udit without incident, and he was charged with second-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal mischief for damaging the property, cops said. His arraignment was set for W…
Valley Stream Man Swipes Cash-Filled Safe From High-End Shoe Shop: Police
A Long Island man busted into a designer shoe store and stole a safe, police said.
Frank Cirillo, 54, of Valley Stream, was arrested Tuesday, July 14 for the break-in at Jildor Shoes in Cedarhurst back on Thursday, June 25, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Cirillo broke into the shop around 7:30 p.m. and removed a “large safe” with cash inside, investigators said. He got away for slightly over two weeks before detectives identified him as a suspect and arrested him, according to authorities.
Following his arrest, Cirillo was charged with third-degree burglary, police said. His arr…
Toms River Pilot, Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police
A 2-year-old New Jersey girl, her mother, and her grandfather pilot were killed in a small plane crash just after taking off from the Adirondack Regional Airport in New York this week.
Guiliana Hillgrube, her 33-year-old mother Gabriella, and her 70-year-old grandfather Gabriele Jasper, were identified on Wednesday, July 15 as the victims of the crash two days prior, according to New York State Police.
Jasper, a Brick Township-based spine doctor and Toms River, was piloting the plane, police said. Hillgrube and her daughter, of Forked River, were passengers. Less than two weeks earlier…
Centerport Native Always Dreamed Of ‘Jeopardy!’ Appearance — Now She Gets Her Chance
A Long Island native with lifetime “Jeopardy!” dreams will take on a nine-time champion on the show’s Wednesday, July 15 episode.
Marisa Rizzuti, from Centerport, will face the tough task of taking down Caleb Groen, who won his ninth straight “Jeopardy!” game on Tuesday, July 14. While Groen hails from Southern California, the third contestant is also a New Yorker — Armando Marin, of Queens.
“I still can’t believe that this happened. I’ve taken the test many times, auditioned twice, and finally got the call to appear a few months ago,” Rizzuti wrote in an Instagram post a few days before he…
Atlantic Beach Woman Dead After Being Crushed In Nantucket Parking Lot Crash: Police
A Long Island woman has died following a car crash in a parking lot on Nantucket in Massachusetts, authorities said.
Stacey J. Rosen, 62, of Atlantic Beach, was walking through a parking lot outside a Stop & Shop grocery store in downtown Nantucket on Monday, June 29 when she was struck, the local police department said.
Rosen died later from her injuries, the Nantucket Police Department announced Friday, July 10.
Katherine Featherston, 62, of Fairfield, CT, was arrested and charged with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, police said. The charge is a misdemeanor under state…
Huntington Station Lifter’s Social Media Flexes Exposed $100K Disability Fraud: Authorities
A Long Island powerlifter bilked more than $100,000 through disability payments while competing in professional competitions, authorities said.
Raymond Phillips, 40, of Huntington Station, pulled off the fraud between 2021 and 2024, the New York Attorney General’s office said.
Phillips said he suffered a serious injury while weightlifting in 2018, rendering him unable to work or perform routine activities without help, investigators said. He applied for state disability payments and was approved in May 2021, according to authorities.
But by 2021, Phillips was perfectly capable of working a…
Greenlawn Gunman Shot, Paralyzed Mother Of His Kids Because She Came Home Late From Work: DA
A Long Island man shot and paralyzed the mother of his children because she returned home late from work, authorities said.
Eric Whilby, 37, was indicted Monday, July 13 for the attack on a 40-year-old woman in Greenlawn, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Whilby, of Greenlawn, had been living with the victim, their two children, and the woman’s mother, brother, and sister, authorities said. Around 1 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, the woman returned home late from work and learned Whilby was angry she hadn’t come straight home, according to investigators.
The woman left the hom…
