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Donut Pass Go: Dunkin' Burglar Gets Prison For Repeated Break-Ins At Suffolk County Businesses Donut Pass Go: Dunkin' Burglar Gets Prison For Repeated Break-Ins At Suffolk County Businesses
Donut Pass Go: Dunkin' Burglar Gets Prison For Repeated Break-Ins At Suffolk County Businesses An admitted burglar will spend years in prison for breaking into multiple Dunkin’ Donuts on Long Island and stealing money. Christopher Volpe, age 44, of Patchogue, was sentenced to four to nine years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Oct. 19, for his role in several Dunkin’ burglaries around the county. According to prosecutors, Volpe and two others broke into five businesses between December 2022 and January 2023. Altogether, they made off with over $6,500. Investigators later recovered nearly $4,500 of the stolen money. Detectives arrested the trio immediately following …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Mom Was Driving Drunk At Time Of Southern State Parkway Crash That Broke Son's Leg, Police Say Mom Was Driving Drunk At Time Of Southern State Parkway Crash That Broke Son's Leg, Police Say
Mom Was Driving Drunk At Time Of Southern State Parkway Crash That Broke Son's Leg, Police Say A 37-year-old Long Island mother was severely intoxicated when she caused a highway crash that left her toddler son with a broken leg and injured another driver, authorities said. State Police in Nassau County were called just after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, with reports of a crash on the Southern State Parkway in Hempstead. Investigators determined that Louewanda Benjamin, of Amityville, was driving eastbound near Hempstead Avenue when her Toyota Camry struck the back of a Chevrolet Equinox. The impact left her 3-year-old son with a broken leg and the driver of the Equinox with non-life…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Strikes Employee With Pistol, Robs Smoke Shops In North Patchogue, Shirley, Authorities Say Man Strikes Employee With Pistol, Robs Smoke Shops In North Patchogue, Shirley, Authorities Say
Man Strikes Employee With Pistol, Robs Smoke Shops In North Patchogue, Shirley, Authorities Say Police are searching for a man who robbed two Long Island smoke shops at gunpoint. A man struck an employee with a pistol at Nirvana Smoke Shop in North Patchogue and pushed two others to the ground at about 10 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 26, Suffolk County Crime Stoppers reported on Wednesday, Jan. 4.  He left the store, located at 382 Medford Ave., with cash, Crime Stoppers said. About 20 minutes later, he pointed a gun at employees at Lucky Smoke Shop and Beer, located at 20 Floyd Road in Shirley, and stole cash, according to the report. He is described as being about 5-fo…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Police Renew Call For Information In Coram Hit-Run Crash That Killed 13-Year-Old Boy Police Renew Call For Information In Coram Hit-Run Crash That Killed 13-Year-Old Boy
Police Renew Call For Information In Coram Hit-Run Crash That Killed 13-Year-Old Boy Police are offering thousands of dollars for information that leads to the arrest of a driver who fatally struck a 13-year-old boy and injured his sister on Long Island earlier this year. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, the Suffolk County Police Department renewed a call for information about the hit-and-run crash that happened in Coram in October. SCPD reported that on Wednesday, Oct. 12, Tyler Phillips, age 13, was walking in a bike lane on Granny Road with his 13-year-old sister near the Middle Island Road intersection when they were struck by a westbound vehicle that fled the scene.  …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Reward Now Offered For Info On Hit-Run Crash That Killed 13-Year-Old Tyler Phillips In Coram Reward Now Offered For Info On Hit-Run Crash That Killed 13-Year-Old Tyler Phillips In Coram
Reward Now Offered For Info On Hit-Run Crash That Killed 13-Year-Old Tyler Phillips In Coram Police are offering a reward for information in connection with the fatal hit-and-run of a 13-year-old Long Island boy. The crash took place in Coram on Wednesday, Oct. 12 around 7:30 p.m. on Granny Road. According to Suffolk County Police Department detectives, a vehicle traveling westbound on Granny Road struck two 13-year-old siblings who were walking in a bike lane. One of the teens, Tyler Phillips, died of his injuries on Saturday, Oct. 15. His sister, Krystal Randolph, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Earlier report: Teenage Boy Dies From Injuries In Hit-Run …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania
Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania Three people died and a Northern Westchester man was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a head-on motor-vehicle collision in Pennsylvania. The crash happened in Haycock Township, located in Bucks County, around 11:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said. Initial reports say the two vehicles involved, each carrying two people, caught fire after crashing. The driver of a Chevrolet Equinox, a 26-year-old man from Ossining, was airlifted with serious injuries. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Rockaway, New Jersey, died. The two occupants of the Lexus ES 330 b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman, 2-Year-Old Son Critically Injured In Three-Vehicle Long Island Crash Woman, 2-Year-Old Son Critically Injured In Three-Vehicle Long Island Crash
Woman, 2-Year-Old Son Critically Injured In Three-Vehicle Long Island Crash A woman and her 2-year-old son were critically injured in a three-vehicle Long Island crash. It happened just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 in Mineola. While traveling east on Old Country Road near Wisteria Avenue, a 29-year-old female operator, driving a 2019 Nissan Sentra, was involved in the collision with a 2019 Jeep Cherokee Latitude traveling west, operated by a 28-year-old woman, Nassau County Police said.  A Chevrolet Equinox, operated by a 41-year-old male, also traveling west with three female occupants, ages, 35, 6 and 3, was then struck as a result of this collision, acco…

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by Joe Lombardi