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28-Year-Old Kills Grandmother At Her Long Island Home, Police Say 28-Year-Old Kills Grandmother At Her Long Island Home, Police Say
28-Year-Old Kills Grandmother At Her Long Island Home, Police Say A man has been apprehended after police say he killed his grandmother at her Long Island home. A 911 call at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 reported a stabbing at the residence in Amityville on Watkins Terrace. Miraccia Leopold. Leopold, age 81, was transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip where she was pronounced dead, Suffolk County Police said. Dwight Clermont, age 28, who is homeless, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. He will be held overnight at the Suffolk County PD Third Precinct and will be arraigned on Sunday, Nov. 12…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Suspect Nabbed In Robbery Of Bank In Huntington Station Suspect Nabbed In Robbery Of Bank In Huntington Station
Suspect Nabbed In Robbery Of Bank In Huntington Station A suspect has been apprehended about a week after a bank robbery on Long Island. The robbery happened Thursday, July 13 at about 2:30 p.m. in Huntington Station. That's when the suspect entered New York Community Bank/Roslyn Bank, located at 693 E. Jericho Turnpike, and passed a note threatening violence and demanding money.  The teller complied and the suspect fled on foot with proceeds. Early in the afternoon on Friday, July 21, following an investigation by Major Case Unit detectives, Steven J. Reyes, age 35, of Huntington, was arrested and charg…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Long Island Man Accused Of Driving Drunk After Crash Between SUV, Pickup Truck Long Island Man Accused Of Driving Drunk After Crash Between SUV, Pickup Truck
Long Island Man Accused Of Driving Drunk After Crash Between SUV, Pickup Truck A Long Island man is accused of driving drunk following a two-vehicle crash. The man was driving a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer in West Islip eastbound on Sunrise Highway, at Hubbards Path, when the vehicle struck a 2019 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck at approximately 8:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19. The Chevrolet overturned and came to rest on top of the guardrail, according to police. The Mercury struck the guardrail and the center median. Highway Patrol officers arrived at the scene and determined the driver of the Mountaineer, Madison Cedeno, age 41, of Dix Hills, was intoxicated.  …

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by Joe Lombardi
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LI Man Faked Kidnapping To Gain Favor With Estranged Spouse, Police Say LI Man Faked Kidnapping To Gain Favor With Estranged Spouse, Police Say
LI Man Faked Kidnapping To Gain Favor With Estranged Spouse, Police Say A Long Island man has been charged after he filed a false police report claiming he was kidnapped, authorities said. Luis R. Umanzor, age 49, said he was abducted by three unknown men in the parking lot outside 1700 Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia on Thursday, June 16 at approximately 6 a.m., Suffolk County Police said.  Umanzor, of Brentwood, said the men put a bag over his head, forced him into a car, and kept him at an unspecified location against his will for several hours before dropping him off at a local hospital. Umanzor filed a police report with Suffolk Coun…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Drunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser, Causing Hours-Long LIE Closure Drunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser, Causing Hours-Long LIE Closure
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser, Causing Hours-Long LIE Closure A chain-reaction crash involving an allegedly drunk driver caused the hours-long closure of a stretch of the Long Island Expressway. It happened around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 in Hauppauge. Tracy Smith, age 30, of Huntington Station, was driving a 2021 Volkswagen on the westbound side of the expressway, a half-mile west of exit 55, when his vehicle veered off the road and struck a Highway Patrol Bureau cruiser, with its lights activated, that was parked on the shoulder behind another vehicle, Suffolk County Police said. The Volkswagen then struck a 2008 Ford, which was in the main t…

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by Joe Lombardi