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Cocaine Found In DWI Stop In East Hampton Lands 21-Year-Old In Cuffs: Police Cocaine Found In DWI Stop In East Hampton Lands 21-Year-Old In Cuffs: Police
Cocaine Found In DWI Stop In East Hampton Lands 21-Year-Old In Cuffs: Police A 21-year-old Long Island man was busted driving drunk with cocaine in his vehicle, police said. Jorge Isaias Saavedra Chasi, of Sag Harbor, was traveling westbound on Pantigo Road through East Hampton around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, the East Hampton Town Police Department said. The passenger’s side headlamp on Saavedra Chasi’s 2011 Jeep was broken, and he was seen moving unsafely from his lane and crossing the white fog line, authorities said. When cops pulled Saavedra Chasi over, they determined he was drunk and put him through field sobriety tests, which he failed, according to poli…
Causes Of Death In Mechanicville Quadruple Murder-Double Suicide Confirmed: Authorities Causes Of Death In Mechanicville Quadruple Murder-Double Suicide Confirmed: Authorities
Causes Of Death In Mechanicville Quadruple Murder-Double Suicide Confirmed: Authorities An official toxicology report confirmed a New York grandmother, mother, and four children all died from taking an over-the-counter sleep medication, authorities said Friday, Sept. 11. Police said Amy Steadman, 64, and Sarah Myers, 44, gave Myers’ four children fatal doses of diphenhydramine, then took suicidal doses themselves, the Albany Times-Union reported. The six relatives were all found dead inside a Mechanicville home on Tuesday, July 23. The four children — Harper Harmon, 13; Hudson Harmon, 11; and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon — were due to visit their father, Brady …
Late-Night Montauk Beach Assault Lands Two Young Men In Handcuffs: Police Late-Night Montauk Beach Assault Lands Two Young Men In Handcuffs: Police
Late-Night Montauk Beach Assault Lands Two Young Men In Handcuffs: Police Two men were arrested for punching another man in the face during a light night incident on a Montauk beach, authorities said. Anthony M. Caggiano, 27, and Anthony G. Gadaleta, 25, were charged with third-degree assault for the attack around 1 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, the East Hampton Police Department announced Monday, Sept. 7. Both men punched an unidentified victim in the face at Bounce Beach, causing “a dental avulsion, tooth fracture, and multiple small lacerations about the face,” East Hampton police said. Caggiano, of Selden, and Gadaleta, of Holtsville, were both arrested Thursday, …
Heroic Long Island Firefighters Save Dog From Smoking Wantagh Home Heroic Long Island Firefighters Save Dog From Smoking Wantagh Home
Heroic Long Island Firefighters Save Dog From Smoking Wantagh Home A house fire broke out on Long Island on Friday afternoon, Sept. 11, sparking a large emergency response. The fire occurred before 11 a.m. at a home on Ercell Drive in Wantagh, according to John F. Scalesi Jr., a member of the Nassau County Police Department commissioners’ council. Smoke was seen coming from the home’s upper floor, and a second-story window was smashed, according to photos shared by Scalesi. The Wantagh Fire Department was one of five departments that responded, Scalesi said. A dog was rescued from the home, according to Scalesi. He did not provide an update on the dog’s c…
Crack-Addicted Cohoes CFO Sentenced For $4 Million Theft: Authorities Crack-Addicted Cohoes CFO Sentenced For $4 Million Theft: Authorities
Crack-Addicted Cohoes CFO Sentenced For $4 Million Theft: Authorities A New York CFO who was consumed by his crack addiction and stole $4 million from his company was sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 9. Kevin Stevens, 62, of Cohoes, got four to 12 years in prison for the massive fraud, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. It was the largest grand larceny case in county history, according to the prosecutors. Stevens was the chief financial officer at A.E. Rosen Electrical Co. in January 2017 when he began using the company’s fuel and fleet cards to buy various gift cards, then trading the gift cards for crack, investigators said. As his addiction spir…
Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It
Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It Billy Joel has shared details of his brain surgery process as he works to battle the disorder that forced him to cancel numerous shows. The 77-year-old “Piano Man” said Wednesday, Sept. 9 on his SiriusXM channel that he initially didn’t want to have the surgery to implant a brain shunt but eventually changed his mind. “I said, ‘Well what does that entail?’” Joel explained. “Well, we drill a hole through your skull and we stick a shunt inside your brain. I said, ‘Nah, I think I’ll pass on that.’” But after learning more about the procedure and the shunt — a clear tube that drains fluid on t…
Six Pounds Of Weed Discovered In Albany Traffic Stop: State Troopers Six Pounds Of Weed Discovered In Albany Traffic Stop: State Troopers
Six Pounds Of Weed Discovered In Albany Traffic Stop: State Troopers A Capital Region man hauling six pounds of weed on a New York highway was busted following a traffic stop, police said. Ashraf Abdallah, 38, of Albany, was pulled over for vehicle and traffic violations on Friday, Aug. 28 around 8:30 p.m. on Interstate 87 northbound, New York State Police said. After the stop, investigators found nearly six pounds of marijuana inside Abdallah’s 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee, authorities said. Abdallah was booked for felony second-degree cannabis possession and the traffic violations, state troopers said. He was released on appearance tickets and is due back in …
Rockville Centre Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate Rockville Centre Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate
Rockville Centre Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate A Long Island man convicted of killing a small dog with one swift kick had his final sentence handed down Thursday, Sept. 10. Peter Galantino, 64, of Rockville Centre, got an extra year of probation on top of his prior sentence of 14 days in jail and two years of probation, Newsday reported. Galantino’s attack on a four-pound Yorkie named Mocha turned into a six-year legal saga complete with at least one protest by local animal rights group Humane Long Island. On March 14, 2020 — one of the earliest days of the COVID pandemic — Galantino was walking his dog on Long Island, when two other d…
Drunk-Driving Schenectady Teenager Arrested Following Crash: Police Drunk-Driving Schenectady Teenager Arrested Following Crash: Police
Drunk-Driving Schenectady Teenager Arrested Following Crash: Police A New York teenager was arrested for crashing a car with a 0.15% BAC, police said Wednesday, Sept. 9. Colby W. Shaw, 18, of Schenectady, was found behind the wheel of a 2022 Nissan Pathfinder that had crashed into a utility pole on Outlet Road in Ballston around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said. Officers responded to the wreck and measured Shaw’s BAC at 0.15%, cops said. One passenger in the vehicle suffered “injuries of an unknown nature” and was rushed to Saratoga Hospital in an ambulance, according to the sheriff’s office. Shaw and two other passenge…
Great Neck Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over Great Neck Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over
Great Neck Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over A Long Island man held in Iran has been released from a notorious prison but remains trapped in the Middle Eastern country. Kamran Hekmati, 62, of Great Neck Estates, had been locked up in the infamous Evin Prison outside Tehran since July 2025, according to human rights organizations and his family. But Hekmati was released in early September, sources told Radio Free Europe on Tuesday, Sept. 8. However, he remained under a travel ban and therefore unable to leave Iran. The U.S. State Department designated Hekmati as wrongfully detained in March 2026. He was visiting Iran for a family matt…
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