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Armed Man Carjacks Long Island Woman, Rams Police Cruiser, Cops Say Armed Man Carjacks Long Island Woman, Rams Police Cruiser, Cops Say
Armed Man Carjacks Long Island Woman, Rams Police Cruiser, Cops Say A 21-year-old homeless man was nabbed after allegedly carjacking a Long Island woman at gunpoint and ramming a police vehicle before running away on foot. The incident took place in Wheatley Heights, a hamlet of Babylon around 11 p.m., Tuesday, March 14. Suffolk County Police detectives said Kwaisi McCorvey, homeless, approached a 2016 Hyundai Tuscan that had just pulled into a driveway on Main Avenue, near Sunset Avenue.  He pointed a handgun at the driver and told her to get out of the vehicle. McCorvey then got in the Hyundai and drove away, police said. Patrol officers …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Nassau County Woman Charged With DWI After Fatal Crash Nassau County Woman Charged With DWI After Fatal Crash
Nassau County Woman Charged With DWI After Fatal Crash A woman has been charged with driving while intoxicated following a single-vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian on Long Island overnight. Shawnet Earle, age 30, of Hempstead, was driving a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander in Wheatley Heights eastbound on Main Avenue at North 26th Street, when the vehicle struck a female pedestrian walking along Main Avenue at approximately 12:10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, Suffolk County Police said. The victim, Blanche Pope, age 60, of Wheatley Heights, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examin…

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by Joe Lombardi