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Patchogue Man Threatens To Shoot, Blow Up Half Hollow Hills East HS In Dix Hills, Police Say
A Long Island resident has been accused of threatening to cause mass harm at a local school.
The man called the Half Hollow Hills East High School, located in Dix Hills, on Tuesday, April 9, and threatened to shoot and blow up the school, Suffolk County Police said.
Second Precinct Crime Section officers arrested the man near his residence in Patchogue at approximately 3:40 p.m. Thursday, April 11.
Christopher Ryan, age 42, was charged with making a threat of mass harm, a Class B Misdemeanor.
He was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Centra…
Former NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Sentenced For Conviction On Corruption Charges
Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of the state’s most powerful politicians, will spend the better part of a decade behind bars after being convicted on corruption charges.
A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Silver, 76, to six-and-a-half years in prison on Monday, July 20 following his 2018 conviction. The former Democratic leader, who acknowledged his wrongdoing at his sentencing, was also ordered to pay a $1 million fine.
Silver, who at one point represented most of Manhattan, was found guilty of two counts of honest service wire fraud, two counts of hones…
Long Island Assisted Living Facility Worker Struck 92-Year-Old Woman In Face, Police Say
A woman employed as a health-care worker allegedly struck a 92-year-old victim in the face at a Long Island assisted living facility.
It happened around 4:50 a.m.on Monday, Feb. 10 in East Garden City.
According to detectives, Andrea B. Richards, 48, of St. Albans, Queens, while employed as a health care worker, struck the victim with her right hand causing the victim substantial pain and a black and blue discolored eye.
Richards was arrested without incident at her home at 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11.
She has been charged with:
second-degree assault,
endangerin…
New Update: LI Surgeon Found With Arsenal After Threatening Estranged Wife
Police in Westchester arrested a well-known surgeon who lives on Long Island with a weapons cache after he was overheard threatening his estranged wife, investigators said.
Great Neck resident Matthew Bonanno, 47, who practices in the upper East Side in Manhattan, was overheard threatening his wife, who lives in Tuckahoe, officials said.
Police were contacted by acquaintances on Monday, Aug. 12, who overheard the threats against Bonanno's estranged wife and her family, and when they intervened, he was found with an illegal Glock and an arsenal in his BMW.
Officers responded to Growle…
Long Island Man Threatens To Kill Victims, Fires Shots In Air, Police Say
A man from Massapequa is accused of threatening to kill two people and firing shots in the air.
The alleged victims told police that they had been involved in a verbal argument with John Thompson, 49, of 21 Oakley Ave., on Thursday, July 4 at 10:15 p.m., according to Nassau County Police.
The two said Thompson then said he was going to kill them before pulling out a black handgun and firing two rounds into the ground near the alleged victims, said police.
Thompson reportedly then went back in his apartment, the alleged victims told the officers.
When investigating, police reportedly…
