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Vigil Shooting: Man Admits Opening Fire On Long Island Mourners, Assaulting Jail Guard Vigil Shooting: Man Admits Opening Fire On Long Island Mourners, Assaulting Jail Guard
Vigil Shooting: Man Admits Opening Fire On Long Island Mourners, Assaulting Jail Guard A Long Island man is facing over a decade behind bars for opening fire on several mourners at a candlelight vigil, injuring two people, and later attacking a jail guard. Steven Reid, age 27, of Calverton, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, April 19. Prosecutors said more than 100 people were gathered at a vigil in Bellport on Thursday, July 6, 2023, to honor a community member who had died in a motorcycle crash. Earlier Report: Jailhouse Attack: Attempted Murder Defendant Injures Officer At Long Island Jail, Police Say At the e…
New Details Released About Pair Nabbed In PA For Brutal Killing Of NY Mom New Details Released About Pair Nabbed In PA For Brutal Killing Of NY Mom
New Details Released About Pair Nabbed In PA For Brutal Killing Of NY Mom Details have been released about the duo arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the brutal killing of a New York mom, US Marshal Service told Daily Voice on Monday, March 25.  Nadia Vitels was violently attacked in a NYC apartment, stuffed into a duffle bag, and shoved into a small closet by squatters, according to the NYPD.  The US Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force of the Middle District of Pennsylvania believes those squatters are, Halley Tejada, age 19, and Kensly Alston, age 16, who crashed her Lexus in the 5000 block of Jonestown Road in Lower Paxt…
Ex-Con Who Stabbed Long Island Nurse To Death Gets Decades In Prison Ex-Con Who Stabbed Long Island Nurse To Death Gets Decades In Prison
Ex-Con Who Stabbed Long Island Nurse To Death Gets Decades In Prison A convicted felon who stabbed his nurse ex-girlfriend to death on Long Island will spend decades more in prison. Wayne Chambers, age 51, was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Jan. 25 after a jury convicted him of murdering Sandra McIntosh. The 46-year-old Stony Brook University Hospital nurse and Medford resident was found with multiple stab wounds on the night of July 22, 2021 in a wooded area of Holtsville. Earlier Report: Ex-Con Guilty Of Murdering Stony Brook Nurse Sandra McIntosh According to prosecutors, Chambers picked McIntosh u…
Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Gets Prison After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Gets Prison After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home
Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Gets Prison After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home A 20-year-old man who was caught with thousands of dangerous fentanyl pills at a home on Long Island will spend years in prison.  Shanti Felton, of Virginia, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Jan. 16, after pleading guilty to drug and weapons charges. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including Suffolk County Police and the US Marshals Service, were tipped off that Felton was hiding out at a Bay Shore home in October 2022 in connection to a Virginia armed robbery. Earlier Report: Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Cops To Felonies After Fent…
Ex-Con Stabbed Long Island Nurse 25 Times, Left Her For Dead In Woods, Jury Finds Ex-Con Stabbed Long Island Nurse 25 Times, Left Her For Dead In Woods, Jury Finds
Ex-Con Stabbed Long Island Nurse 25 Times, Left Her For Dead In Woods, Jury Finds Sandra McIntosh died at the same hospital where she spent her days caring for others. The Stony Brook University Hospital nurse and Medford resident was found with multiple stab wounds on the night of July 22, 2021 in a wooded area of Holtsville. On Thursday, Dec. 7, a Suffolk County jury found her ex-boyfriend, 51-year-old Wayne Chambers, guilty of her murder. According to prosecutors, Chambers picked McIntosh up in her car at around 7:45 p.m. that evening following her nursing shift at the hospital. The two had previously dated for six years but were broken up at the time. Nearly 20 m…
'Enraged' Customer Admits Slashing, Disfiguring Bouncer At Long Island Bar 'Enraged' Customer Admits Slashing, Disfiguring Bouncer At Long Island Bar
'Enraged' Customer Admits Slashing, Disfiguring Bouncer At Long Island Bar A bouncer at a Long Island bar is permanently disfigured after an angry customer slashed his face after being denied entry. Darieo St. Leger, age 34, of Islip Terrace, pleaded guilty to one count of assault in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Nov. 28. According to prosecutors, it was around 12:40 a.m. on Oct. 23, 2022, when St. Leger and the bouncer began arguing outside the Ivy Kitchen and Bar in Huntington after the bouncer refused to let him inside. He admitted that he slashed the bouncer across his face, from ear to mouth, with a sharp object before fleeing the scene. The bounce…
Child Rapist Who Fled Country Decades Ago Extradited To Long Island For Prosecution, DA Says Child Rapist Who Fled Country Decades Ago Extradited To Long Island For Prosecution, DA Says
Child Rapist Who Fled Country Decades Ago Extradited To Long Island For Prosecution, DA Says Two decades after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly repeatedly raping his underage stepdaughter on Long Island, a Salvadoran man is back on US soil to face prosecution. The 47-year-old defendant, who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect the victim’s identity, arrived in New York on an extradition flight from El Salvador on Wednesday, Nov. 1. It came 20 years after a Suffolk County grand jury indicted him on multiple sex crimes in September 2003. According to investigators, in March 2002, the man locked his then 14-year-old stepdaughter in a room and forcibly raped her whil…
New Details: Burglar Sexually Assaults Women During Break-Ins At Long Island Homes, DA Says New Details: Burglar Sexually Assaults Women During Break-Ins At Long Island Homes, DA Says
New Details: Burglar Sexually Assaults Women During Break-Ins At Long Island Homes, DA Says Prosecutors have released new details in a pair of violent home break-ins targeting elderly women on Long Island. Derrick Clancy, age 42, was formally charged in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in connection with the alleged burglaries and assaults at two homes in Mastic Beach. According to investigators, Clancy got into the first home early on Tuesday, Oct. 10, by cutting a hole in a window screen and crawling through. He then physically and sexually assaulted a woman who is over 70 years old while repeatedly claiming to have a knife, prosecutors said. Earlier Report: S…
21-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot, Stab, Rape Jewish Students On Campus At Cornell 21-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot, Stab, Rape Jewish Students On Campus At Cornell
21-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot, Stab, Rape Jewish Students On Campus At Cornell A student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has been accused of threatening to shoot, stab, and rape Jewish students at the Ivy League school. Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior originally from Pittsford, New York, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 31 on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, according to prosecutors in the Northern District of New York. Dai allegedly posted threatening messages to the Cornell section of an online discussion site, including posts calling for the deaths of Jewish peopl…
Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Cops To Felonies After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Cops To Felonies After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home
Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Cops To Felonies After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home A 20-year-old man is facing a decade behind bars after being caught with thousands of dangerous fentanyl pills at a home on Long Island.  Shanti Felton, of Virginia, pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Oct. 30. His plea came a year after multiple law enforcement agencies, including Suffolk County Police and the US Marshals Service, got a tip that Felton was hiding out at a Bay Shore home in connection to a Virginia armed robbery in May 2021. Officers watched as he attempted to flee through a basement window armed with a fully automatic and loa…
Fugitive Accused Of Murdering Judge Over Custody Ruling Has Ties To Long Island, Police Say Fugitive Accused Of Murdering Judge Over Custody Ruling Has Ties To Long Island, Police Say
Fugitive Accused Of Murdering Judge Over Custody Ruling Has Ties To Long Island, Police Say A wanted fugitive suspected of gunning down a Maryland judge in his own driveway has ties to New York. Pedro Manuel Argote, age 49, is the primary suspect in the killing of Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, who was shot multiple times outside his Hagerstown, Maryland home on Thursday night, Oct. 19. Wilkinson was rushed to a hospital where he later died, according to Washington County Sheriff’s officials. Earlier Report: Suspected Judge Killer's Mercedes Found In Williamsport, Sheriff Says (DEVELOPING) On Friday, Oct. 20, investigators announced that Argote was th…
Gunman In Candlelight Vigil Shooting On Long Island Charged With Attempted Murder: DA Gunman In Candlelight Vigil Shooting On Long Island Charged With Attempted Murder: DA
Gunman In Candlelight Vigil Shooting On Long Island Charged With Attempted Murder: DA An alleged gunman accused of opening fire on a crowd of mourners at a candlelight vigil on Long Island, injuring two victims, has been charged with attempted murder. Steven Reid, age 27, of Calverton, was arraigned on eight felony charges in Suffolk Court on Friday, Oct. 6, in connection to the attack. Prosecutors said more than 100 people were gathered at a vigil in Bellport on Thursday, July 6, 2023 to honor a community member who had died in a motorcycle crash. At the end of the vigil, Reid got into a physical fight with another man who attended the event. At some point, Reid pulled ou…
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt.  The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
Long Island Man Sentenced For Beating Nephews With Metal Pipe, Causing 1 Victim To Lose Leg Long Island Man Sentenced For Beating Nephews With Metal Pipe, Causing 1 Victim To Lose Leg
Long Island Man Sentenced For Beating Nephews With Metal Pipe, Causing 1 Victim To Lose Leg A Long Island man was sentenced for beating his two nephews with a metal pipe in 2018 in an attack that caused one of the victims to lose a limb. Carlos Ortega, age 42, of Central Islip, was sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of post-release supervision for first-degree assault, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced on Monday, Nov. 21. The attack happened on Aug. 5, 2018, when the victims went to Ortega's home to pick up their grandparents, who were visiting from Guatemala, to take them out to dinner, the DA's Office said. Ortega saw the victims par…
Long Island Man Admits To Beating Nephews So Severely That Victim's Leg Was Amputated Long Island Man Admits To Beating Nephews So Severely That Victim's Leg Was Amputated
Long Island Man Admits To Beating Nephews So Severely That Victim's Leg Was Amputated A Long Island man has admitted to beating his nephews so severely that one victim’s leg had to be amputated. Carlos Ortega, age 42, of Central Islip, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault in Suffolk County court Monday, Sept. 26. His plea came more than four years after the violent attack occurred in August 2018, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said. That’s when the two victims went to Ortega’s Central Islip home to pick up their grandparents, Ortega’s parents, who were visiting from Guatemala, to take them out to dinner. After arriving home and seeing his nephews, Ortega r…
Feds, Local Agencies Bust 116 Fugitives During 'Long Island Wave' Warrant Operation Feds, Local Agencies Bust 116 Fugitives During 'Long Island Wave' Warrant Operation
Feds, Local Agencies Bust 116 Fugitives During 'Long Island Wave' Warrant Operation A joint law enforcement investigation involving local and federal agencies led to the arrests of more than 100 fugitives on Long Island, officials said. “Long Island Wave,” a two-week warrant operation led by the US Marshals Service, resulted in a total of 116 arrests as law enforcement investigators sought to “disrupt gang activity in Nassau and Suffolk counties.” Police said that the arrests included 69 gang members who are facing charges that include homicide, attempted murder, robbery, and weapon possession. According to officials, the operation involved locating and arresting gang me…
Teen Charged In Shooting At Long Island Home, Police Say Teen Charged In Shooting At Long Island Home, Police Say
Teen Charged In Shooting At Long Island Home, Police Say A teen has been apprehended as part of an ongoing investigation into shots fired on the property of a Long Island residence. Suffolk County resident Adrian Johnson, age 18, of Riverhead was arrested on Monday, Nov. 29 by the Riverhead Police in conjunction with the US Marshals Service for the October incident. According to police, another man has already been arrested in connection with the incident in which shots were fired at a home on Sounds Avenue in Calverton. In addition to Johnson, Demario Weston Jr., age 19, of Riverhead, has been charged and is being held at the Suffolk Count…
Long Island Man Attacked Victim With Machete, Struck Him With Vehicle, Police Say Long Island Man Attacked Victim With Machete, Struck Him With Vehicle, Police Say
Long Island Man Attacked Victim With Machete, Struck Him With Vehicle, Police Say A Long Island man is behind bars for alleged attempted murder after he assaulted another man with a machete and struck him with a vehicle, authorities say. Rosali Marquez, age 38, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 28, by Suffolk County Police, with assistance from the US Marshals Service, for attacking the man last month in Brentwood. According to police, Marquez was driving in a vehicle with an acquaintance in Brentwood on Friday, Sept. 10 when the men got into a fight and Marquez stopped the vehicle on Grove Street at approximately 9:40 p.m.  The two exited the vehicle and Marquez atta…
Suspect From Out Of State Nabbed For 2016 MS-13 Long Island Murder Suspect From Out Of State Nabbed For 2016 MS-13 Long Island Murder
Suspect From Out Of State Nabbed For 2016 MS-13 Long Island Murder Police nabbed an out-of-state-wanted man wanted for the 2016 MS-13 murder of a Long Island man found in a park. Carlos A. Lopez-Campos was arrested on Monday, Oct. 19, for the murder of Estiven Abrego Gomez, who was killed on August 20, 2016, in Greenlawn Park when he was 18 years old. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations, United States Immigration, and Customs Enforcement agents from the New York and Maryland offices, took Lopez-Campos into custody in Owings Mills, Maryland on Monday, Oct. 19. G…
Man Accused Of Strangling Woman On Highway Nabbed On Long Island Man Accused Of Strangling Woman On Highway Nabbed On Long Island
Man Accused Of Strangling Woman On Highway Nabbed On Long Island A 32-year-old driver accused of strangling a woman on a highway in New Jersey was arrested nearly three weeks after the incident on Long Island, authorities said. Ian Mosley, of New York City, was driving on Route 78 in Union County when he assaulted the victim after a disagreement on July 28 around 6:50 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. The woman called 9-1-1 and troopers from Troop B in Somerville found her at milepost 51, inside a car with injuries to her neck, face and arms, State Police said. Mosley was captured in a Bay Shore home on Thursday, Aug. 13 by State Police and the U.S. M…
Nassau County Man Sentenced For Murdering Romantic Rival Nassau County Man Sentenced For Murdering Romantic Rival
Nassau County Man Sentenced For Murdering Romantic Rival A Long Island man may spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a romantic rival in 2018. Uniondale resident Shavon Goins, 27, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being convicted of murder for a March 2018 stabbing that left his rival dead. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that at approximately 8:15 p.m. on March 23, 2018, Goins threatened to kill Ravino Bailey, 23, in front of a Dartmouth Street home in Hempstead. Singas said that Goins chased Bailey, who was a romantic rival, around a car and ultimately off the street. The following morning,…
Connecticut Man Indicted For Threat To Kill Trump, Bomb, Anthrax Hoaxes Connecticut Man Indicted For Threat To Kill Trump, Bomb, Anthrax Hoaxes
Connecticut Man Indicted For Threat To Kill Trump, Bomb, Anthrax Hoaxes A 51-year-old man has been indicted on 16 counts for numerous malicious incidents of intimidation that mentioned the use of explosives and bio-toxins, and for threatening to kill President Donald Trump, John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Saturday, May 11. A federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 16-count indictment on Friday, May 10, charging Gary Joseph Gravelle, also known as Roland Prejean, with threatening to kill, injure and intimidate people and explode property in Connecticut and elsewhere. As alleged in the indictment, in September 2…