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Teen Enters Plea In Collision That Killed Beloved Long Beach HS Athlete Teen Enters Plea In Collision That Killed Beloved Long Beach HS Athlete
Teen Enters Plea In Collision That Killed Beloved Long Beach HS Athlete A Long Island teenager has been indicted for allegedly running a stop sign, striking another teenager with his SUV, and causing his death, authorities said. Valley Stream resident Mactyme Michel, aged 19, was indicted on Monday, July 10 for his role in a January 2023 incident that killed a high school senior in Long Beach, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. On January 12, 2023, Michel was driving a 2012 Honda Pilot northwest on Cantiague Lane in Westbury. Earlier Report: Long Beach HS Senior Killed In Crash Remembered As 'Wonderful Student, Talented Athlete' At approx…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Neighbor Charged After Fatal House Fire In Hempstead Neighbor Charged After Fatal House Fire In Hempstead
Neighbor Charged After Fatal House Fire In Hempstead A neighbor has been charged after a fatal house fire on Long Island. The blaze broke out around 6:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26 in Hempstead. Emergency responders raced to the scene at 103 Front St.  Upon arrival, they observed the house to be fully engulfed in flames due to a fire that started in a second-floor bedroom, Nassau County Police said.  The Hempstead Fire Department along with South Hempstead, West Hempstead, Uniondale, and Roosevelt Fire Departments responded and extinguished the flames.  A female victim was pronounced dead on scene. Neither her age nor identity ha…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Judge Rejects Plea Deal In NY Limo Crash That Killed 20, Case Moves To Trial Judge Rejects Plea Deal In NY Limo Crash That Killed 20, Case Moves To Trial
Judge Rejects Plea Deal In NY Limo Crash That Killed 20, Case Moves To Trial A New York judge has rejected a plea deal for the owner of a limo company involved in a deadly 2018 crash that killed 20 people, setting the stage for a jury trial. In a shocking development Wednesday, Aug. 31, Schoharie County Judge Peter Lynch said Nauman Hussain should spend between 16 months and four years in prison, a revelation that garnered applause from victims’ families in the courtroom. Earlier Report: Upstate NY Limousine Crash That Killed 20 Nation's Deadliest In Nearly A Decade The plea agreement had called for Hussain, the son of Prestige Limousine's owner Shahed Hussain, to…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver In Crash Killing LI Mom, Daughter Was Speeding With Kids In Car, Police Say Drunk Driver In Crash Killing LI Mom, Daughter Was Speeding With Kids In Car, Police Say
Drunk Driver In Crash Killing LI Mom, Daughter Was Speeding With Kids In Car, Police Say A Long Island community is mourning the loss of a mother and her daughter who were killed in a crash near John F. Kennedy International Airport. The victims, 31-year-old Diana Granobles and her 10-year-old daughter Isabella Granobles of Copiague, were killed when an alleged drunk driver was driving at a high rate of speed and slammed into their vehicle on Saturday, July 24. According to the New York City Police, Tyrone Absolam, age 42, was driving with two kids when he t-boned the Granobles's car. When police arrived on the scene, they found the mother and daughter unconscious an…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Who Ran Over, Killed Long Island Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Sentenced Woman Who Ran Over, Killed Long Island Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Sentenced
Woman Who Ran Over, Killed Long Island Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Sentenced A Long Island woman who drove over and killed an anti-gang activist whose daughter was murdered by an MS-13 member will spend time behind bars after she was found guilty of homicide. Patchogue resident Anne Marie Drago was convicted in Central Islip court last year to criminally negligent homicide, petit larceny, and criminal mischief for her role in the death of Evelyn Rodriguez in September 2018. This week, a judge in Suffolk County sentenced Drago to nine months in jail after prosecutors requested a sentence of between one and three years in prison. At the time she was struck and killed…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Man Charged In Deadly Dispute Over Not Wearing Mask At NY Restaurant/Bar COVID-19: Man Charged In Deadly Dispute Over Not Wearing Mask At NY Restaurant/Bar
Covid-19: Man Charged In Deadly Dispute Over Not Wearing Mask At NY Restaurant/Bar A New York man has been charged with homicide after a dispute with a fellow patron at a restaurant/bar over not wearing a face mask. It's believed to be the first time such a dispute resulted in a fatality amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The incident, which happened on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Pamp's Red Zone Bar and Grill in West Seneca, a suburb of Buffalo, left an 80-year-old man dead after the victim reportedly questioned another customer over failing to wear a face mask. Donald Lewinski, 65, of West Seneca is accused of shoving and knocking Rocco E. Sapien…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Nassau County Man Killed After Car Crashes Into Tree 21-Year-Old Nassau County Man Killed After Car Crashes Into Tree
21-Year-Old Nassau County Man Killed After Car Crashes Into Tree A 21-year-old Long Island man was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in struck a tree in the Hudson Valley. New York State Police troopers are investigating the single-vehicle crash that happened Orange County at approximately 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25 on a stretch of Route 6 in the Town of Highlands. Police said that the driver, Manhattan resident Ebraheem Chowdhury, 22, lost control entering entering the center island at Long Mountain Circle before sticking a tree. Nassau County resident Farhan Sadik, of Hempstead, who was a passenger in the backseat of the vehicle, was pronoun…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Who Ran Over, Killed LI Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Found Guilty Woman Who Ran Over, Killed LI Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Found Guilty
Woman Who Ran Over, Killed LI Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Found Guilty A Long Island woman who drove over and killed an anti-gang activist whose daughter was murdered by an MS-13 member was found guilty of homicide. Patchogue resident AnnMarie Drago was convicted in Central Islip court to criminally negligent homicide, petit larceny and criminal mischief for her role in the death of Evelyn Rodriguez in September 2018. At the time she was struck and killed, Rodriguez had been setting up a memorial for her 16-year-old daughter in Brentwood, who was killed by an alleged MS-13 member in 2016. It is further alleged that Drago stole items from the memorial and that …

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Mom Talks About Twins' Hot-Car Deaths With Dr. Phil Mom Talks About Twins' Hot-Car Deaths With Dr. Phil
Mom Talks About Twins' Hot-Car Deaths With Dr. Phil For the first time since her 1-year-old twins died in a hot car in July, the Hudson Valley mother of the infants tells her tragic story on national TV. Rockland resident Marissa Rodriguez, 37, of New City, will appear on the Dr. Phil show, at 3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, on WCBS-TV Channel 2. The program will air again at 8 p.m. on WLNY-TV 10/55. The twins, Phoneix and Luna, died after their father, Juan Rodriguez, drove to his job on July 26, at the Veterans Administration hospital in the Bronx, and forgot to drop the infants off at their daycare in Yonkers. Rodriguez, 39, and an Iraq War …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Report Says Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Report Says
Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Report Says The Hudson Valley father facing manslaughter charges in the hot-car deaths of year-old twins had earlier dropped off an older child but reportedly forgot to take infants to daycare en route to work in New York City. Juan Rodriguez, 39, of New City in Rockland County, had taken the 4-year-old son to a home in Westchester while on his way to work at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, according to WABC 7. But Rodriguez had forgotten the twins were in their rear-facing car seats in his Honda Accord when he started his shift as a licensed cli…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Charged In Deaths Of Twin Infants Left In Hot Car In NYC, Police Say Man Charged In Deaths Of Twin Infants Left In Hot Car In NYC, Police Say
Man Charged In Deaths Of Twin Infants Left In Hot Car In NYC, Police Say Click here for an updated story: Dad Charged In Hot-Car Deaths Was Supposed To Take Twins To Daycare, Reports Say A Hudson Valley man and father of infant twins he allegedly forgot inside a hot car while at work has been charged in their deaths, police said. Juan Rodriguez, 39, of New City in Rockland County, said that he accidentally left the 11-month-old boy and a girl in their rear-facing car seats in his Honda Accord after arriving at work at the James J. Peters VA Hospital in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx around 8 a.m. Friday, July 26, according to police.  Temp…

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by Joe Lombardi