Drive-By Shooting Injures 28-Year-Old Woman At Long Island Home Drive-By Shooting Injures 28-Year-Old Woman At Long Island Home
Drive-By Shooting Injures 28-Year-Old Woman At Long Island Home A woman is recovering after being shot in a drive-by shooting at a Long Island home. The incident happened at around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Mastic Beach at a residence on Woodside Drive near Gooseberry Road. Suffolk County Police said multiple shots were fired into the home, striking a 28-year-old woman in the arm. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Nobody else inside the home was injured. Detectives believe the house was targeted, police said. No suspects had been named as of Friday afternoon, April 12. Anyone with information is asked to c…
Northern State Parkway In Westbury To Close: Here's When, Where Northern State Parkway In Westbury To Close: Here's When, Where
Northern State Parkway In Westbury To Close: Here's When Transportation officials announced a new set of closures on the Northern State Parkway on Long Island that will last for weeks. Beginning on Monday, April 15, and lasting for around seven weeks, the eastbound Northern State Parkway will be closed between the Meadowbrook State Parkway and the Wantagh State Parkway in Westbury, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. The closures will occur overnight, with one eastbound lane closing at 9 p.m. and the rest of the eastbound lanes closing at 10 p.m. NYSDOT said lanes will open back up at 5 a.m. During the planned closur…
Man Threatens To Shoot, Blow Up Long Island High School, Police Say Man Threatens To Shoot, Blow Up Long Island High School, Police Say
Man Threatens To Shoot, Blow Up Long Island High School, Police Say A Long Island resident has been accused of threatening to cause mass harm at a local school. The man called the Half Hollow Hills East High School, located in Dix Hills, on Tuesday, April 9, and threatened to shoot and blow up the school, Suffolk County Police said. Second Precinct Crime Section officers arrested the man near his residence in Patchogue at approximately 3:40 p.m. Thursday, April 11. Christopher Ryan, age 42, was charged with making a threat of mass harm, a Class B Misdemeanor.  He was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Centra…
Woman Leaves 2 Young Children In Car In Valley Stream: Police Woman Leaves 2 Young Children In Car In Valley Stream: Police
Woman Leaves 2 Young Children In Car In Valley Stream: Police A Queens woman was arrested after she allegedly left her two children, both under the age of 4, in a car in a Long Island parking lot. The incident happened in Valley Stream on Wednesday, April 10, according to Nassau County Police. Just before noon on that day, Sandra McLamb, age 33 of Queens Village, parked in the HomeGoods parking lot, located at 750 West Sunrise Highway. She left her 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter behind while she went inside the store, police said. A witness called the authorities after reportedly seeing McLamb’s children crying in the car alone. Once the…
'Had Fun Last Night': Ex-Chief, Captain Raped Medic At Wantagh Fire House, Lawsuit Claims 'Had Fun Last Night': Ex-Chief, Captain Raped Medic At Wantagh Fire House, Lawsuit Claims
Medic Sues Wantagh Fire Department Claiming Sexual Assault A former volunteer medic is suing an ex-Long Island fire department chief and captain, claiming they intentionally got her drunk and then raped her. In her lawsuit filed in Nassau County Supreme Court, Amanda Gross alleges that ex-Wantagh Fire Department Chief Kenneth Kelly and Captain Josef Seier sexually assaulted her at a firehouse on Alken Avenue following a birthday party for Seier in January 2022. During the party, Kelly and Seier encouraged Gross to consume multiple alcoholic beverages in an attempt to get her drunk so they could “take advantage of her impaired state and sexuall…
Netflix Casting Suburban Mom-Type, Tall Man For NYC Documentary, Pays $3.3K Netflix Casting Suburban Mom-Type, Tall Man For NYC Documentary, Pays $3.3K
Netflix Casting Suburban Mom-Type, Tall Man For NYC Documentary, Pays $3.3K Netflix is seeking to fill two roles for an upcoming documentary. The popular streaming service is looking for a 20-something-year-old man who is more than 6 feet tall with brown hair, and a suburban New England-type woman in her 50s with dirty blonde or light brown hair. The documentary will shoot four days in New York City and one day in Cape Cod. The gig pays an estimated $3,300 for six days of work, according to the casting call. Click here to apply.
Tacos With Side Of Cocaine? Long Island Restaurant Permitted Illegal Drug Sales, Police Say Tacos With Side Of Cocaine? Long Island Restaurant Permitted Illegal Drug Sales, Police Say
Tacos With Side Of Cocaine? Long Island Restaurant Permitted Illegal Drug Sales, Police Say A manager and two others are facing charges following an investigation into illegal drug sales at a Long Island restaurant. The Riverhead Town Police Department, together with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s East End Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at the La Perla Restaurant and Bar on East Main Street on Thursday, Feb. 29. It followed a six-month investigation by undercover detectives sparked by community complaints of illegal drug activity inside the business, police said. Investigators determined that not only was cocaine regularly being sold at the restaurant, but a …
Burlgar At Large Following $8K Syosset Theft Burlgar At Large Following $8K Syosset Theft
Burlgar At Large Following $8K Syosset Theft Police are searching for the person who broke into a local Long Island restaurant and made off with thousands of dollars. It happened in Syosset on Sunday, April 7, according to Nassau County Police. At approximately 3:40 a.m. that morning, a burglar forced their way through the back door of Italian-American restaurant Café Testarossa, located at 499 Jericho Turnpike. Once inside, authorities said the thief stole a total of $8,000 cash from the register before fleeing the scene. There are no descriptions of the subject and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone who may have information…
Garden City Attorney Embezzles $700K From Client's Escrow Funds: DA Garden City Attorney Embezzles $700K From Client's Escrow Funds: DA
Garden City Attorney Embezzles $700K From Client's Escrow Funds: DA A Long Island attorney who specialized in real estate is said to have deceived multiple clients, stealing their property sale proceeds to the tune of over $700,000, according to officials. Daniel Boldi, age 49, of Garden City, faced his arraignment on Wednesday, April 10. The Nassau County District Attorney alleged that Boldi, who owned and operated the Boldi Law Group, PC, used his expertise in real estate transactions to embezzle his clients’ money on multiple occasions. In October 2023, the DA’s Office said, Boldi worked with a couple on the closing of the sale of their East Meadow h…
Long Island Man Masturbates In View Of Preschoolers, DA Says Long Island Man Masturbates In View Of Preschoolers, DA Says
Long Island Man Masturbates In View Of Preschoolers, DA Says A Long Island man accused of exposing himself and masturbating in front of preschool children will avoid jail while his case proceeds. Lawrence Gartner, age 68, of Patchogue, was arraigned on public lewdness charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, April 8. Prosecutors allege that Gartner exposed his genitals and masturbated in front of his apartment window as children were being dismissed from a preschool directly across the street on Monday, March 18. Kids who attend the school range in age from 3 to 5 years old. Suffolk County Police arrested Gartner the following day, but the judge…
Alleged IHOP Oil Thief Arrested In Oceanside, Police Say Alleged IHOP Oil Thief Arrested In Oceanside, Police Say
Alleged IHOP Oil Thief Arrested In Oceanside, Police Say A Queens man was nabbed for attempting to steal used cooking oil from two Long Island businesses, authorities said. The Oceanside incident occurred on Wednesday, April 10, according to Nassau County Police. It was just before 3:30 a.m. at the IHOP located at 2971 Long Beach Road when authorities allegedly caught 27-year-old Jahquay Rowe attempting to take the restaurant’s cooking oil. Rowe, who is from Flushing, Queens, reportedly had parked a box truck right next to the eatery’s cooking oil containers and was arrested. Nassau County Police said Rowe is also behind a similar crime tha…
Lead Found In Lunchables: Consumer Reports Urges USDA To Remove Product From School Programs Lead Found In Lunchables: Consumer Reports Urges USDA To Remove Product From School Programs
Lead Found In Lunchables: Consumer Reports Urges USDA To Remove Product From School Programs Tests performed by the nonprofit Consumer Reports allegedly found high levels of lead and phthalates in the popular snack boxes by Lunchables, leading the organization to call on the government to remove the lunches from the National School Lunch Program. Consumer Reports (CR) issued the call to the US Department of Agriculture to remove Lunchable meals from the national program following a report released on Tuesday, April 9. As part of the report, the organization tested store-bought Lunchable food kits and compared the nutritional profiles of these meals to the two school-only Lunchab…