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Wedding Brawl: Man Bites Cop Trying To Break Up Fight At Long Island Venue, Police Say Wedding Brawl: Man Bites Cop Trying To Break Up Fight At Long Island Venue, Police Say
Wedding Brawl: Man Bites Cop Trying To Break Up Fight At Long Island Venue, Police Say A 22-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly biting a police officer during a fight at a wedding venue on Long Island. Suffolk County Police were called at around 7:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4, for a fight in Saint James, at the Flowerfield Celebrations venue on Mills Pond Road. Officers arrived to find several skirmishes that had broken out among the over 100 wedding guests. The brawl prompted several agencies to respond, including the Second, Fifth, and Sixth Precincts, as well as Smithtown Park Rangers and Head of the Harbor Police. As officers were trying to break up the fight, Jus…
Long IslandMan Accused Of Driving Drunk With 11-Month-Old Daughter In Car After Crash Long IslandMan Accused Of Driving Drunk With 11-Month-Old Daughter In Car After Crash
Long IslandMan Accused Of Driving Drunk With 11-Month-Old Daughter In Car After Crash A man has been charged with driving drunk with his infant child in the car after a crash at a Long Island intersection. The crash happened Saturday, Jan. 21 at 6:40 p.m. in East Northport when a 2021 Hyundai struck the rear of a 2020 Mazda on Elwood Road, at the intersection of Pulaski Road, Suffolk County Police said. It was determined that the driver of the Hyundai was intoxicated and his 11-month-old daughter was a passenger in the vehicle, police said. The baby was transported by the Northport Fire Department to Huntington Hospital for evaluation. The driver of the…
Long Island School Principal Target Of Racist Harassment, Officials Say Long Island School Principal Target Of Racist Harassment, Officials Say
Long Island School Principal Target Of Racist Harassment, Officials Say A Long Island school principal has been the subject of harassment “with a racial tone,” prompting a police investigation, officials announced. Syosset Central School District Superintendent Tom Rogers sent a letter to the community advising that Grove Elementary School Principal Mi Jung An has been the recipient of anonymous letters and that small handmade signs were placed near the school on Colony Lane, though it is unclear what was posted on them. “The district immediately reported each of these events to the Nassau Police and has been actively supporting their subsequent investigation,”…
Long Island Man Allegedly Driving Drunk Strikes, Kills Pedestrian Long Island Man Allegedly Driving Drunk Strikes, Kills Pedestrian
Long Island Man Allegedly Driving Drunk Strikes, Kills Pedestrian A man has been charged with driving while intoxicated following a crash that killed a pedestrian overnight on a Long Island roadway. Shane Decamp, age 48, of Coram, was operating a  2016 Mazda CX-5 southbound in Melville in front of 400 Broadhollow Road at approximately 9:35 p.m. Friday, July 9 when his vehicle struck a pedestrian who was attempting to cross the roadway from east to west, Suffolk County Police said. The pedestrian, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Suffolk…
Teen Suspect Nabbed In Knifepoint Robbery Of Woman On Residential Long Island Roadway Teen Suspect Nabbed In Knifepoint Robbery Of Woman On Residential Long Island Roadway
Teen Suspect Nabbed In Knifepoint Robbery Of Woman On Residential Long Island Roadway A teenage suspect has been nabbed for robbing a woman at knifepoint on a residential Long Island street. The incident happened in Huntington Station on Sunday, May 23 at approximately 3 a.m. The suspect, Jeffrey Germain, age 19, of Huntington Station, robbed the 42-year-old woman on the corner of 1st Avenue and East 10th Street in Huntington Station, according to Suffolk County Police. Germain stole a cell phone and wallet from the woman, who was not injured, said police. Following the incident, officers located Germain a short distance away and arrested him, police said. …
Suspect Nabbed After Man Stabbed Outside Long Island 7-Eleven Suspect Nabbed After Man Stabbed Outside Long Island 7-Eleven
Suspect Nabbed After Man Stabbed Outside Long Island 7-Eleven A suspect has been apprehended after a man was stabbed in the head in the parking lot of a Long Island convenience store. It happened around 9 p.m. Sunday, April 25 in Greenlawn. A man was sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle in the parking lot of 7-Eleven, located at 247 Broadway when he was approached by three men, Suffolk County Police said. One of the men, Raheem Miller, age 41, stabbed the victim in the head, according to police. Miller and the other two men fled before police officers arrived at the scene. The victim, a 44-year-old Huntington Station man, was trans…
COVID-19: Suffolk County PD Lieutenant Becomes First Department Member To Die From Virus COVID-19: Suffolk County PD Lieutenant Becomes First Department Member To Die From Virus
Covid-19: Suffolk County PD Lieutenant Becomes First Department Member To Die From Virus The Suffolk County Police Department is mourning the loss of active duty member Lt. Robert Van Zeyl who died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The death is the first of an active-duty sworn member of the Suffolk County Police Department due to the COVID-19 virus and Van Zeyl, age 60, will be honored with a line of duty funeral, the department said. “It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of an exceptional member of our law enforcement family, Lieutenant Robert Van Zeyl,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said.  Van Zeyl tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Jan. 3, …
Off-Duty FDNY Employee, Good Samaritans Rescue Victim Of LI Crash In Burning Vehicle Off-Duty FDNY Employee, Good Samaritans Rescue Victim Of LI Crash In Burning Vehicle
Off-Duty Fdny Employee, Good Samaritans Rescue Victim Of LI Crash In Burning Vehicle An off-duty FDNY employee along with two Good Samaritans dragged a man from a burning vehicle following a single-vehicle crash in Nassau County. The crash took place around 2:53 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 5, in Woodbury, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, a 2012 Audi was traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway when the driver, 34, lost control of the vehicle.  The vehicle left the roadway and struck a cement barrier wall, which launched the vehicle into the cement overpass for the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway, police said. The impact of the collision caused t…
Long Island Man Charged With DWI After Crashing Car Into Cruiser, Police Say Long Island Man Charged With DWI After Crashing Car Into Cruiser, Police Say
Long Island Man Charged With DWI After Crashing Car Into Cruiser, Police Say A Long Island man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed his motor vehicle into the rear of a marked police car, authorities announced. An officer initiated a traffic stop of a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica in Huntington on eastbound Pulaski Road, near Frazer Drive, at approximately 12:20 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, Suffolk County Police said. The officer was inside the police car, which was stopped off the roadway with its lights and flashers activated, when an eastbound 2019 Honda Accord driven by William Macari, age 54, of Greenlawn, crashed into it from behind, accordi…
Long Island Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor Over Three-Year Span Long Island Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor Over Three-Year Span
Long Island Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor Over Three-Year Span A Long Island man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a minor over a three-year span. Suffolk County Police say that in addition to sexually abusing the female girl over the span of three years, the Huntington Station man also sent inappropriate messages to a second female child over the span of several months. An 11-year-old Huntington Station girl, with her family, reported to police on Friday, Oct. 9, she had received numerous inappropriate text messages from Thomas Costas, 50, between January and July of this year. On Saturday, Oct. 10, a second person came forward repo…
Long Island Man Drove Drunk With 12-Year-Old Son In Car, Police Say Long Island Man Drove Drunk With 12-Year-Old Son In Car, Police Say
Long Island Man Drove Drunk With 12-Year-Old Son In Car, Police Say A Long Island man drove drunk with his young son the car overnight, according to police.  A 911 caller reported seeing a 2001 Honda Accord driving erratically in Commack southbound on Larkfield Road at approximately 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, Suffolk County Police said. A Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team (SAFE-T) officer located the vehicle minutes later and initiated a traffic stop, police said. When the officer approached the vehicle, he determined the driver was intoxicated and that there was a 12-year-old boy in the backseat, according to police.  The…
Man Accused Of Exposing Himself To Woman At Long Island Park Man Accused Of Exposing Himself To Woman At Long Island Park
Man Accused Of Exposing Himself To Woman At Long Island Park A man has been accused of exposing himself to a woman at a Long Island park. The incident happened on  Tuesday, Aug. 25 at approximately 11:20 a.m. in East Northport, Suffolk County Police said. The woman was walking on a trail at Caravan Park at approximately 11:20 a.m. when Oscar Alberto, 31, of East Patchogue, approached her from the opposite direction and exposed himself and committed a lewd act.  The woman called 911 and Second Precinct officers located Alberto in his vehicle, a gray 2007 Chevrolet Aveo, parked on Caravan Drive. Alberto was charged with public lewdness…
Man Accused Of Setting Fire To Long Island Hotel Man Accused Of Setting Fire To Long Island Hotel
Man Accused Of Setting Fire To Long Island Hotel A man has been charged with arson after police say he set fire to a Long Island hotel.  Suffolk County Police say Raymond Pond, 50, started the fire inside the Rodeway Inn in Huntington Station, located at 270 West Jericho Turnpike, at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4. Second Precinct officers responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.  Several people were on the premises at the time of the fire. There were no injuries. Following an investigation, Canine Section officers located Pond over one mile away from the hotel at approximately 7:30 p.m. …