A popular longterm police detective in the Hudson Valley died unexpectedly after nearly 50 years serving the community.This week, the Town of Fishkill Police Department announced that detective Ted “Teddy” Alston died unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 17 from a medical captain.Alston was a retied detective in the City of Poughkeepsie police department following 35 years of service and then ...

An alleged stalker who was arrested earlier this year for hacking a Putnam County woman’s online gaming account was arrested again for violating the restraining order against him, the Sheriff’s Office announced.New Hampshire resident Rattana Phimmavongsa was arrested for stalking on Saturday, Jan. 18, after allegedly harassing a Southeast woman, Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley ...

Know him? An alert has been issued by police investigators on Long Island as they attempt to locate a man who stole from Walmart in Commack late in December.Suffolk County Police said that a suspect entered Walmart on Crooked Hill Road at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26, stealing food and toys. No other information has been released by investigators on the suspect.Anyone ...

A health care provider in Fairfield County will spend time in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury in Connecticut of a million-dollar fraud scheme.Kwasi Gyambibi, of Stamford, was found guilty of two counts of health care fraud-related to fraudulent prescriptions for compound drugs that were submitted to Advantage Pharmacy in March 2015 to the tune of $1.5 million in ...

Sy Sperling, founder of Hair Club for Men, former Long Island businessman, and philanthropist, who single-handedly launched a multi-billion dollar hair loss industry with his award-winning slogan, “I'm not only the Hair Club president but I'm also a client,” died on Wednesday, Feb. 19 after a lengthy illness in Boca Raton, Florida.Sperling retired in 2000 after he sold Hair Club to a ...

Police said they seized 16 pounds of marijuana, plus packaging materials and cash during an arrest in a Fairfield County motel room.In October last year, the Fairfield Police Department launched an investigation into allegations of drug sales in the area. The investigation determined that the suspect, Tahj Wiley, 24, of Fairfield, was allegedly a part of a criminal organization ...

Know him? An alert has been issued for a man who allegedly stole food from a Long Island grocery store.Police said that a man stole approximately $270 worth of shellfish from Best Market on Larkfield Road at approximately noon on Thursday, Jan. 2. In surveillance photos, the man can be seen wearing a hood, glasses and gray hat while carrying out the stolen items.A reward has been issued ...

Donations have been rolling in and the reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who killed a German Shepard and left it on the side of a Hudson Valley road has been increased.New York State Police in Columbia County launched an investigation on Thursday, Feb. 6 into the death of Duke, a german shepherd that was found shot on Sunday, Feb. 2 on Silvernails Road in ...

A masked man allegedly broke into a Long Island gas station, police said.The Nassau County Police Department issued an alert this week following a burglary at BP Gas Station on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola on Tuesday, Feb. 18.According to police, an employee arrived into work on Wednesday, Feb. 19 and noticed that several cigars had been removed from the boxes.A review of the ...

Know him? An alert has been issued by police on Long Island who allegedly stole merchandise from an area Walmart.Suffolk County Police investigators are attempting to locate a man who allegedly walked into Walmart on Middle Country Road in Middle Island at approximately 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 6, and walked out with boots and paper towels without paying.In total, the stolen items had an ...