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Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly

Valley Stream Man Indicted For Using Forged Prescriptions To Acquire Opioids Valley Stream Man Indicted For Using Forged Prescriptions To Acquire Opioids
Valley Stream Man Indicted For Using Forged Prescriptions To Acquire Opioids A Long Island man has been indicted for allegedly using forged prescriptions to acquire opioids. James Cosentino, age 29, of Valley Stream, was indicted on Thursday, July 7 for allegedly using doctors’ prescription pads to illegally obtain oxycodone and morphine from several pharmacies in Nassau County in 2021 and 2022. According to Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, Cosentino was charged with: Eight counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument 16 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance He is due back in court on Wednesday, Aug. 3. If convicted of th…
Syosset Man Pleads Guilty For DWI Crash That Injured Man, 3-Year-Old Girl Syosset Man Pleads Guilty For DWI Crash That Injured Man, 3-Year-Old Girl
Syosset Man Pleads Guilty For DWI Crash That Injured Man, 3-Year-Old Girl A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to driving drunk onto a residential sidewalk and striking a man and his 3-year-old niece in daylight in May 2021. Varun Datt, age 37, of Syosset, pleaded guilty on Thursday, April 14, and faces a maximum of three to nine years in prison, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly.  “With empty alcohol bottles scattered about his vehicle –and another full bottle in his sweatshirt –this defendant jumped a curb in broad daylight while highly intoxicated, terrorizing a residential area and striking a man and 3-year-old child,” Donnelly s…
Nassau Man Sentenced For Bludgeoning Attack Killing Mother, Sister, Family Friend Nassau Man Sentenced For Bludgeoning Attack Killing Mother, Sister, Family Friend
Nassau Man Sentenced For Bludgeoning Attack Killing Mother, Sister, Family Friend A Long Island has been sentenced for a bludgeoning that left his mother, sister, and a family friend dead, and injured another woman in the home. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said Bobby Vanderhall, age 39, of Hempstead, was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison on Friday, Feb. 18 for the August 2017 killings. According to the indictment, around 1 a.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2017, Vanderhall forcibly entered his family home in Hempstead with a hammer and screwdriver.  Once inside, Vanderhall used the hammer to bludgeon his mother, Lynn, his sister, Melissa, and h…