An electrician with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has pleaded guilty to using a stash house on Long Island to produce ecstasy and grown marijuana.Joseph Guida, 45, of Elmhurst, entered his plea on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip. According to court filings, Guida used a house in Mastic for more than five years to ...

A third Fairfield County municipality has reported mosquitoes collected have tested positive for the eastern equine encephalitis or EEE.Despite the cooler temperatures, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) reported that mosquitoes collected from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, in Darien were positive for the deadly virus. EEE-infected mosquitoes had previously been found ...

Fans of Jay Leno who have been missing him on late-night TV will have a chance to catch his new act in person when he makes an appearance at the Ulster Performing Arts Center.The comedian and New Rochelle native is scheduled to appear on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Broadway Theater at Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston during a show presented by the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in ...

One person was injured after a car hit a Big Y supermarket in Fairfield County.The incident took place in Stratford around 11:56 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, when Stratford Police responded to the store on Hawley Lane to investigate a car that struck the building, said Stratford Police Capt. Frank Eannotti.When officers arrived on the scene, they found a car had driven through the ...

An employee at Woodbury Common Shopping Outlet in New York was killed after he was hit by a truck as he was attempting to guide it into a loading area.Habram Castillo, 40 of New York City, was fatally pinned by the vehicle delivering goods to the Tory Burch store on Tuesday, Oct. 15, News 12 reports.A paramedic who was reportedly shopping inside the store immediately began ...

An employee at Woodbury Common Shopping Outlet was killed after being hit by a truck.The incident took place Tuesday, Oct. 15, when the worker was attempting to guide a truck into a loading area and was accidentally pinned at the outlet in Woodbury, reported News 12.The worker, Habram Castillo, 40, of New York City, was crushed by a truck delivering goods to the Tory Burch store, the ...

An off-duty NYPD sergeant shot and killed himself at his Queens home, marking the 10th NYPD officer to do so this year."Tragically, last night we lost another member of our NYPD family to suicide," said NYPD Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. "We vow to keep fighting this fight, to do better on these and many other fronts, and to put a stop to this epidemic once and for all."The ...

Two Highland residents are behind bars after being popped for allegedly selling heroin laced with Fentanyl.Casey A. Kurtz, 27, and Kyla Knowlton-Romanelli, 30, were arrested Friday, Oct. 11, following a long-term investigation by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team into sales of heroin laced with Fentanyl in the Town of Lloyd, said the Ulster County Sheriff's ...

A construction worker is recovering from serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle while working in Westport.The incident took place around 9:13 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, when Westport officers responded to the area of 333 Post Road for a report of a car crash with injuries, said Westport Police Lt. Anthony Prezioso.Once on the scene, police and first responders found that the man had ...

This story has been updated.One man was shot and another beaten with a flashlight following an "altercation" while driving on Long Island.The incident, which police say they have not classified as road-rage, took place around 11:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the intersection of Bellmore and Magnolia roads, in Bellmore, Nassau County Police said.According to detectives, a 62-year-old man ...