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Patterson, NJ
Dix Hills-Melville, NY
Police & Fire
Edward Johnson, 31, ID'd As Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Commack Road In Dix Hills
A Long Island man killed in a wrong-way crash involving a tractor-trailer has been identified, Suffolk County Police announced on Friday, May 23. Edward Johnson, 31, of Deer Park, was driving a 2005 Mazda northbound on Commack Road in Dix Hills when the vehicle crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a tractor-trailer near Euclid Avenue around 9:05 a.m., detectives said. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor-trailer driver, a 60-year-old man from Patterson, New Jersey, was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was treated and released. Of…
Dix Hills-Melville, NY
News
Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Dix Hills
A driver was killed when his car veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer on Long Island. The crash happened just after 9 a.m. Friday, May 23, on Commack Road north of Euclid Avenue, according to Suffolk County Police. A man was driving a Mazda northbound on Commack Road when the vehicle crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a tractor-trailer head-on, police said. The Mazda driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor trailer driver, a 60-year-old man from Patterson, New Jersey, was transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, whe…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Parolee With Ankle Monitor Broke Into Vehicles At Park: Essex County Sheriff
Two people were arrested and charged with breaking into vehicles at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield on Monday, April 14, authorities said. Officers were alerted to a report of a parolee with an ankle monitor, later identified as Felix Martinez, a 40-year-old Paterson resident, near Brookdale Park, after he had been involved in several investigations about break-ins at the park, the Essex County Sheriff's Office said. Following each of the burglaries, victims have been alerted that their stolen credit cards have been used in nearby Staples and Walgreen’s , authorities said. Police received a …
Fairfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Pilot, Student Survive Plane Crash At Essex County Airport
A plane crashed at the Essex County Airport this weekend after its landing gear malfunctioned and failed to deploy, authorities said. The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, when a Piper Seminole P-44 crash-landed on its belly. The pilot, a 31-year-old man from Paterson, and a 32-year-old Elizabeth student survived without injury, Fairfield police said. “The circumstances surrounding this crash could have been much worse, and these gentlemen are very lucky,” said Public Information Officer Stacy Chiarolanza. The airport was closed Sunday afternoon as auth…
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Lee By SUV Driven By Union City Motorist
A 33-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed in Fort Lee by an SUV driven by a Union City motorist, authorities said. Mark Williams of Paterson was struck by the southbound 2016 Porsche Cayenne on Lemoine Avenue at Washington Avenue, just north of the George Washington Bridge, around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. Responding officers immediately began CPR on the unresponsive victim, who was taken to Holy Name Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead soon after, the captain said. The female driver, also 33 years old, stopped immediately and remained at …
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Savvy Long Island Couple Reports Scammers To Police, Two Under Arrest
A savvy couple was able to thwart a pair of scammers after they called claiming the Long Island couple's granddaughter had been arrested. The incident took place around noon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, when the North Sea would-be victims received the call from an individual claiming their granddaughter had been arrested and was being held in New York City, said Lt. Susan Ralph of the Southampton Police. The scammer requested $15,000 for bail and said they would send a courier to retrieve the cash from the local couple, Ralph said. After conversing with his wife, the coup…
Darien, CT
Police & Fire
Stolen Mail Suspect From Stamford Faces Child Porn Charge, Darien Police Say
A man busted in Fairfield County with more than 60 pieces of stolen mail earlier this year is facing new charges after being busted with child pornography, police in Darien said. Carlos Artiles, 28, of Patterson, New Jersey, who was a suspect in the theft of mail from mailboxes in January, which allowed investigators to apply for a search warrant to check the contents of his cellphone. According to police, while searching his phone, detectives located a 30-second video of what appeared to be a minor involved in a sexual act. Investigators noted that it was determined that Artiles received t…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Police, DA On Long Island Seek Information On Alleged Pool Hall Murderer
Have you seen him? Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart, and local police are once again seeking the public’s assistance as they continue attempts to track down a man who allegedly killed another at a Long Island pool hall a year ago. The Suffolk County Police Department issued an alert and video on Monday, July 22, seeking information on the whereabouts of Alejandro Vargas-Diaz, who allegedly killed Albert Luis Rodriguez-Lopez a year ago. According to police, Rodriguez-Lopez was at Billiards DBM in Port Jefferson on July 22, last year …
Darien, CT
Police & Fire
Police On Heightened Alert After Trio Caught With 61 Articles Of Unopened Mail In Darien
Following a rash of mail thefts in the area, police “on heightened alert” arrested three men from out of state who were found to be in possession of dozens of pieces of stolen mail in Darien. An officer on patrol near the Darien Post Office on Corbin Drive at approximately 3 a.m. stopped a black Toyota Corolla with New Jersey license plates driving slowly in front of the building. As the car approached the marked police cruiser, the driver proceeded to suddenly stop and put its blinker on. According to police, “given the large number of recent mail thefts, the suspicious operation of the ve…
