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Woman Who Claimed She Was Drunk, Late For Work Sentenced For Fatal Long Island Crash Woman Who Claimed She Was Drunk, Late For Work Sentenced For Fatal Long Island Crash
Woman Who Claimed She Was Drunk, Late For Work Sentenced For Fatal Long Island Crash A Long Island woman who was going 96 miles an hour while three times over the legal limit for alcohol at the time of a fatal crash could now spend almost 20 years behind bars. Thirty-three-year-old Jinaraya Khan of Baldwin received her sentence of up to 18 years in prison for the fatal crash on Wednesday, March 27, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Original Story - Drunk, Late For Work: Woman Pleads Guilty In 96MPH Fatal Baldwin Crash At approximately 5:15 a.m. on May 3, 2022, Khan was driving northbound on Grand Avenue in Baldwin with a blood alcohol content of 0.25 …

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by Sophie Grieser
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Drunk, Late For Work: Woman Pleads Guilty In 96MPH Fatal Long Island Crash Drunk, Late For Work: Woman Pleads Guilty In 96MPH Fatal Long Island Crash
Drunk, Late For Work: Woman Pleads Guilty In 96MPH Fatal Long Island Crash A Long Island woman who was driving more than three times the legal limit for alcohol and going 96 miles per hour, claiming she was late for work, has pleaded guilty for her role in the fatal crash, officials announced.  Jinaraya Khan, age 33 of Baldwin, entered her plea on Monday, Dec. 18, for the crash, which occurred in May 2022, according to the Nassau County District Attorney. Earlier Report: Woman Charged With DWI In Connection To Fatal Baldwin Crash Khan was driving northbound on Grand Avenue with a blood alcohol content of 0.25 percent — more than three times the legal…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Man Stabs, Bites Off Roommate's Ear During Long Island Incident: Police Man Stabs, Bites Off Roommate's Ear During Long Island Incident: Police
Man Stabs, Bites Off Roommate's Ear During Long Island Incident: Police A Long Island man has been arrested after a particularly gruesome fight broke out between him and his 53-year-old roommate, police said. It happened on Thursday, Nov. 2 in Baldwin, according to Nassau County Police. At approximately 6 a.m., 35-year-old Marcus O’Brien got into a verbal fight with his 53-year-old roommate in their Grand Avenue home. However, the fight soon turned physical. According to police, O’Brien punched his roommate several times, left the room, and came back with a large kitchen knife. He then proceeded to stab the 53-year-old multiple times in the left shoulde…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Recognize 'Em? Duo Broke Into Long Island Convenience Store, Fled, Police Say Recognize 'Em? Duo Broke Into Long Island Convenience Store, Fled, Police Say
Recognize 'Em? Duo Broke Into Long Island Convenience Store, Fled, Police Say A pair of two would-be burglars broke the glass door to a Long Island convenience store and got away, according to the officers looking for them. It happened just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Baldwin, according to Nassau County Police. The duo arrived on bicycles at the Qwik Pick convenience store, located at 2169 Grand Avenue. They originally attempted to get in through the front door; when they realized the door was locked, the pair threw a hard object through the glass and broke it. Nassau County Police are searching for a pair of would-be burglars who broke the glass d…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Duo Burgles Local Long Island Restaurant, Search On: Police Duo Burgles Local Long Island Restaurant, Search On: Police
Duo Burgles Local Long Island Restaurant, Search On: Police Police say they are searching for a pair of men who they say broke into a Long Island restaurant and stole cash. It happened in Baldwin on Thursday, June 20 at 3:20 a.m., according to the Nassau County Police. An employee of Royal Roti Shop, located at 1747 Grand Avenue, called the police to report the break-in. When officers arrived, they noted that the door had been pried open using a crowbar, which caused hundreds of dollars of damage. Once the two suspects were inside the eatery, they allegedly dragged an ATM to the front of the store and destroyed it so they could grab cash. Ad…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Driver Flees Cops, Crashes Into Second Car During Traffic Stop On Long Island, Police Say Driver Flees Cops, Crashes Into Second Car During Traffic Stop On Long Island, Police Say
Driver Flees Cops, Crashes Into Second Car During Traffic Stop On Long Island, Police Say A 26-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly crashing into another car while fleeing a traffic stop on Long Island, authorities said. Tyshawn Cullum, of Uniondale, was arrested following the crash, which occurred at around 6 :15 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, in Baldwin, according to Nassau County Police. Officer had initially attempted to stop Cullum’s 2015 Toyota in Hempstead, near West Marshall Street and Virginia Avenue, but he refused to stop and fled the scene, police said. While police were canvassing the area, they got word of a two-car crash over a mile away in Baldwin, at the i…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Police Seek Long Island Convenience Store Robber Who Claimed To Have Gun Police Seek Long Island Convenience Store Robber Who Claimed To Have Gun
Police Seek Long Island Convenience Store Robber Who Claimed To Have Gun Police are asking for help locating a man who robbed a Long Island convenience store while claiming to have a gun. The incident occurred at the 7/11 store on Grand Avenue in Baldwin at around 11:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, according to Nassau County police. Investigators said the suspect walked into the store with his hand under his shirt, gesturing that he had a gun. He then got into the cash register and stole and undisclosed amount of money before leaving on foot, police said. There were no reports of injuries following the robbery. Police described the suspect as an adult male who was w…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Suspect At Large After Attempted Armed Robbery At Long Island McDonald's Suspect At Large After Attempted Armed Robbery At Long Island McDonald's
Suspect At Large After Attempted Armed Robbery At Long Island McDonald's Police on Long Island are searching for an alleged armed robber riding a yellow bike who attempted to hold up the drive-thru employee at an area McDonald's. The incident took. place in Baldwin around 9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the McDonald's on Grand Avenue. According to Nassau County detectives, a 21-year-old employee was working the drive-through window at the McDonald's located at 1255 Grand Ave. when a man riding a yellow bike rode up to the window, pointed a black-colored gun at her, and demanded money from the cash register.   The victim shut the window and fled further i…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Driver In Critical Condition After Long Island Crash Driver In Critical Condition After Long Island Crash
Driver In Critical Condition After Long Island Crash A man was hospitalized in critical condition after officers responding to a crash on Long Island found him suffering from an unrelated medical condition.  Officers responded to a minor crash at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Merrick Road in Baldwin at about 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27, according to the Nassau County Police Department. One of the drivers was unconscious and not breathing, and officers began performing CPR, police said. NCPD said Nassau Police Medics and officers took the man to an area hospital for further treatment. It was determined that the man had suffer…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Killed In DWI Long Island Crash Identified Man Killed In DWI Long Island Crash Identified
Man Killed In DWI Long Island Crash Identified Police have identified a man who was killed in a suspected DWI crash on Long Island. Scott Freeman, age 66, of North Baldwin, died as a result of the crash that occurred early Tuesday, May 3, in Baldwin at the intersection of Grand Avenue and East Carl Avenue, Nassau County Police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a Nassau County Police Medic. The other driver, 31-year-old Jinaraya Khan, of Baldwin, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. She was arrested the following day and charged with DWI and second-degree vehicular manslaughter…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With DWI In Connection To Fatal Long Island Crash Woman Charged With DWI In Connection To Fatal Long Island Crash
Woman Charged With DWI In Connection To Fatal Long Island Crash A woman who police say was driving drunk has been charged in connection to a fatal two-vehicle Long Island crash. The crash happened around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 3 in Baldwin at the intersection of Grand Avenue and East Carl Avenue, Nassau County Police said.  As a result of the collision, one of the drivers, a 66-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:24 a.m. by a Nassau County Police Medic. The other driver,  a 31-year-old woman, was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. Original report: Man Killed In Crash At Intersection In Baldwin Lat…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Suspects Nabbed For String Of Long Island Bank Robberies Suspects Nabbed For String Of Long Island Bank Robberies
Suspects Nabbed For String Of Long Island Bank Robberies Two men are facing charges for their roles in a rash of armed bank robberies on Long Island following a months-long investigation, police announced. In Nassau County, Freeport resident Curtis Williams, age 35, and Uniondale resident Demetri Miller, age 58, were both charged following an investigation into multiple armed robberies at three bank branches earlier this month. The investigation began in November 2021 after an armed suspect - later identified as Miller - entered the Sterling National Bank on Merrick Road in Merrick and approached a teller demanding money before fleeing with an un…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police Searching For Man Who Robbed Long Island Bank At Gunpoint Police Searching For Man Who Robbed Long Island Bank At Gunpoint
Police Searching For Man Who Robbed Long Island Bank At Gunpoint An investigation is underway after a man robbed a Long Island bank at gunpoint.  The robbery happened at the Capital One Bank, located at 2303 Grand Ave. in Baldwin, at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Police said the man approached the teller demanding money, and gave the teller a demand note. NCPD said the man then displayed a handgun. The teller complied and the suspect ran away with an undetermined amount of money, police said. He was last seen traveling south on Grand Avenue, authorities said.  At the time of the robbery, …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Person Struck, Killed By LIRR Train Person Struck, Killed By LIRR Train
Person Struck, Killed By Lirr Train A 19-year-old Long Island resident was struck and killed by an LIRR train. Nicolai Farguharson, of Baldwin, was killed around 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 30 after being struck by an MTA train in Baldwin near Grand Avenue and Sunrise Highway, the MTA said. Following the incident, the LIRR Babylon Branch was suspended as a result for a period of time.  An investigation is underway by the MTA police. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores
Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores Two teens on Long Island are facing a host of charges after forcibly stealing Apple products from several T-Mobile stores and threatening violence when employees sought to intervene, police said. In Nassau County, police Robbery Squad detectives said that Lanizja Myers, of Rosedale, and Brooklyn resident Elyanni Sesay, both 19, entered the T-Mobile locations and forcibly removed Apple iPhones and Apple Watches. Investigators said that in the instances when a store employee would attempt to stop them, the two teens threatened that they had a weapon and displayed a taser and pepper spray. Po…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island
Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island A 24-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a minivan while doing a “wheelie" on a dirt bike in a two-vehicle Long Island crash, police said. Detectives from the Nassau County Police Department said that at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, the man was driving an unregistered dirt bike north on Grand Avenue in Baldwin when he crashed into a 2011 Toyota minivan. As a result of the collision, the driver of the dirt bike suffered “severe trauma injuries” and was transported to an area hospital for treatment, police said.  The operator of the minivan was not…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way On Sunrise Highway Slams Into Ambulance, Police Say Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way On Sunrise Highway Slams Into Ambulance, Police Say
Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way On Sunrise Highway Slams Into Ambulance, Police Say A Nassau County man was arrested for DWI after hitting an ambulance while driving in the wrong direction on the Sunrise Highway (Route 27). Joaquin Cabrera, 57, of Baldwin, was arrested following the crash around 2:24 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 13, in Baldwin, said the Nassau County Police. The Nassau County Police Department Ambulance was traveling eastbound on Sunrise Highway near the intersection of Grand Avenue while responding to an aided call with its emergency lights activated. The ambulance was then hit by a 2006 Hummer being driven by Cabrera eastbound in the westbound lane of the highway…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Baldwin Will Get $10 Million In State Funding For Downtown Revitalization Baldwin Will Get $10 Million In State Funding For Downtown Revitalization
Baldwin Will Get $10 Million In State Funding For Downtown Revitalization Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Baldwin was the Long Island winner of the fourth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. As a result, Baldwin will get $10 million in state funding for downtown revitalization. As in the first three rounds of the initiative, one municipality from each of the state’s 10 regional economic development regions is selected as a $10 million winner, marking another overall state goal to target $100 million in funding and investments to help communities transform their downtowns. “With this competition, we are challenging local governments to come up with …

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by Donna Christopher
Police & Fire
Police: Man Screams At Kids Before Trying To Smash Day Care Center Window Police: Man Screams At Kids Before Trying To Smash Day Care Center Window
Police: Man Screams At Kids Before Trying To Smash Day Care Center Window A man allegedly screamed at children and staff then tried to break a window at a daycare center in Baldwin. The man, who is homeless and identified as Kevin Johnson, 40, screamed obscenities at the kids and teachers outside of Learn and Play Day Care Center at 2163 Grand Ave. Tuesday, July 2 at 2 p.m., according to Nassau County Police. When teachers brought the children inside the center for their safety, he reportedly pulled the door and grabbed an orange construction cone and attempted to smash the front window to gain entry, police said. Johnson left on foot after a teacher called 911 …

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by Donna Christopher
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Struck, Killed By Vehicle While Crossing Busy Intersection Long Island Man Struck, Killed By Vehicle While Crossing Busy Intersection
Long Island Man Struck, Killed By Vehicle While Crossing Busy Intersection A 55-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle while he was attempting to cross a busy intersection, Nassau County Police said. That incident occurred on Friday, June 21 at about 9:50 p.m. in Baldwin. According to detectives, while attempting to cross Grand Avenue at Sunrise Highway, the man was hit by a 2015 Mazda that was traveling northbound.  As a result of the collision, the man suffered multiple trauma injuries and was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead by a staff physician, according to police. The driver, a 27-year-old man, remained …

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by Joe Lombardi