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Over 40 Animals Kept In 'Noxious' Conditions At Ronkonkoma Home, Woman Charged: SPCA Over 40 Animals Kept In 'Noxious' Conditions At Ronkonkoma Home, Woman Charged: SPCA
Over 40 Animals Kept In 'Noxious' Conditions In Ronkonkoma A Long Island woman was accused of animal cruelty after she was found to be keeping dozens of animals in her house in unlivable conditions. Seventy-nine-year-old Ronkonkoma woman Linda Hart was arrested at her home on Tuesday, April 2, according to the Suffolk County Police SPCA. Members of the SPCA and Suffolk County Police searched Hart’s home at about noon that day after receiving a complaint, only to discover that she was keeping 49 animals inside the residence. All of the dogs were kept in cages throughout the home, and many of the animals removed from the scene were covered in uri…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Auxiliary Police Captain Helps Rescue Four Dogs From Ronkonkoma House Fire Auxiliary Police Captain Helps Rescue Four Dogs From Ronkonkoma House Fire
Auxiliary Police Captain Helps Rescue Four Dogs From Ronkonkoma House Fire An auxiliary police captain helped rescue four dogs from a house fire on Long Island. Suffolk County Auxiliary Police Captain Jamorn Chindananta saw smoke coming from his neighbor's house on Baeck Street in Ronkonkoma at about 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.  SCPD said Chindananta spoke to a resident of the home in the garage, who told him her dogs were still in the house. Chindananta and the resident rescued the four dogs before the home became engulfed in flames, police said.  SCPD said Chindananta then notified resident…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Two Injured When Suffolk Woman Drives Into Neighbor's House, Police Say Two Injured When Suffolk Woman Drives Into Neighbor's House, Police Say
Two Injured When Suffolk Woman Drives Into Neighbor's House, Police Say Two people were injured including a 6-year-old girl when a Suffolk County woman drove into a house on Long Island. The incident took place around 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, March 23, in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County police said. According to police, Luisa Ariza was driving a 2006 Honda Odyssey out of her driveway on Seusing Blvd. when she traveled across the street and onto the front lawn of her neighbor’s property striking the house. Ariza, age 29, was transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  Her 6-year-old daught…

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by Kathy Reakes
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21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Suffolk County Crash 21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Suffolk County Crash
21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Suffolk County Crash One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash that happened overnight on Long Island. It happened on Friday, Feb. 26 at about 8 p.m. in Ronkonkoma. Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed the operator of a quad in Ronkonkoma last night. Lisa Delvecchio, age 25, of Whitman, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Cruz westbound on Marconi Avenue, when the vehicle was struck at the intersection of Lakeland Avenue by a northbound Honda 300EX quad, being operated by Brandon Niles, age 21, of Bohemia, Suf…

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by Joe Lombardi
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20 Displaced In Massive Suffolk County Apartment Fire 20 Displaced In Massive Suffolk County Apartment Fire
20 Displaced In Massive Suffolk County Apartment Fire Twenty people were displaced on Long Island, as several Suffolk County fire departments teamed to battle a blaze at an apartment complex early on Monday, Dec. 9, fire officials said. Fire crews responded to the Fairfield Sunrise Gardens complex on Greenbriar Drive in Bohemia shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Monday, where a fire damaged a total of 12 apartments, leaving 20 without a roof over their heads, according to the Red Cross. Firefighters from Bohemia, Bayport, Blue Point, East Islip, Holbrook, Islip Terrace, Lakeland, Sayville, and West Sayville took approximately an hour to knock down the…

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by Zak Failla
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Husband Kills Wife In Suffolk County Murder-Suicide, Police Say Husband Kills Wife In Suffolk County Murder-Suicide, Police Say
Husband Kills Wife In Suffolk County Murder-Suicide, Police Say An elderly couple is dead after a murder-suicide on Long Island. It happened around 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County Police said. Valentin Hernandez called 911 at approximately 10:10 a.m. and said he shot his wife in their home, located on Breeze Avenue, according to police. When Fourth Precinct officers arrived, they found both Hernandez, and his wife, Dorothea, with gunshot wounds, after Valentin Hernandez apparently turned the gun on himself after calling 911. The couple, both 90, was pronounced dead at the scene by a member of the Lakeland Fire Department.

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by Joe Lombardi