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2 Long Island Residents Among 16 Gambino Members Nabbed In US-Italian Takedown: Feds 2 Long Island Residents Among 16 Gambino Members Nabbed In US-Italian Takedown: Feds
2 Long Island Residents Among 16 Gambino Members Nabbed In Us-italian Takedown: Feds A total of 16 people in the United States and Italy have been charged after a two-year investigation that targeted members of New York's notorious Gambino crime family and some of its Sicilian associates. A 16-count indictment was unsealed on Wednesday, Nov. 8 in federal court in Brooklyn detailing the alleged involvement of the 10 Americans -- eight New Yorkers and two New Jersey residents -- in an attempt to dominate the New York carting and demolition industries. The 10 Americans have been charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation, and union-related crimes comm…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Deaf Woman Reported Missing On Long Island Deaf Woman Reported Missing On Long Island
Deaf Woman Reported Missing On Long Island Police are asking for help in locating a vulnerable adult who was reported missing on Long Island. Samantha Primus, age 46, was last seen in Elmont at around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, on Savoy Avenue, according to authorities. Primus is developmentally disabled, deaf, and non-verbal, and may be in need of medical attention, officials said. She is described as being around 5-foot-3, weighing 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. (See photo above.) She was last seen wearing a pink hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a pink knit hat. Primus uses limited sign langua…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Nabbed With Loaded Weapon, Drugs During Long Island Traffic Stop, Police Say Man Nabbed With Loaded Weapon, Drugs During Long Island Traffic Stop, Police Say
Man Nabbed With Loaded Weapon, Drugs During Long Island Traffic Stop, Police Say A man was apprehended with a loaded firearm and drugs during a routine traffic stop on Long Island. The incident took place in Elmont around 11:35 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11. According to Nassau County Police detectives, officers on patrol conducted a traffic stop at Hempstead Turnpike and Belmont Park Road when they spotted a green-colored Dodge Neon traveling westbound with a defective headlight and no registration plate. During a search of the vehicle, officers found a black-colored Tauras Armas loaded firearm and two substances believed to be methylenedioxymethamphetamine&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Duo Charged After Loaded Handgun, Fraudulent IDs Found During Probation Check On Long Island Duo Charged After Loaded Handgun, Fraudulent IDs Found During Probation Check On Long Island
Duo Charged After Loaded Handgun, Fraudulent IDs Found During Probation Check On Long Island Two men are facing firearms charges after police said they found a loaded handgun and fraudulent IDs during a probation check at a Long Island home. The incident happened in Elmont at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Police said officers helped members of the Nassau County Probation Department conduct a probation check at a home on Meacham Avenue, and recovered the following: A loaded Glock 43X handgun A fraudulent Texas driver’s license A fraudulent United States of America passport  A fraudulent HSBC credit card Marvens Chery, age 2…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Suspect Nabbed After Man's Leg Severed In Hit-Run LI Crash, Police Say Suspect Nabbed After Man's Leg Severed In Hit-Run LI Crash, Police Say
Suspect Nabbed After Man's Leg Severed In Hit-Run LI Crash, Police Say A driver has been accused of leaving the scene of a crash that left a man critically injured on Long Island. The crash happened around 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 in Elmont. A 65-year-old man, while attempting to cross Linden Boulevard at 237th Street, was struck by a 2015 Hino flatbed tow truck traveling eastbound that fled the scene, Nassau County Police said.  The man suffered a serious injury to his left leg which was severed below his knee, police said.  Responding officers immediately rendered life-saving aid by applying tourniquets to control the bleeding, police said. …

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by Joe Lombardi