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Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes
Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes It’s not your imagination; there are a lot more signs dotting Long Island highways these days. State transportation workers have wrapped up installing more than 3,600 new “Wrong-Way” and “Do Not Enter” signs at hundreds of parkway, expressway, and highway ramps in Nassau and Suffolk counties The highly-reflective signs, along with hundreds more pavement markings and reflectors, are meant to prevent wrong-way drivers from going where they shouldn’t and stop trucks and other over-height vehicles from striking overpasses. “Wrong-way drivers and over-height vehicles pose obvious safety hazard…

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by Michael Mashburn
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20-Year-Old Arrested After Found Driving Stolen Car On LI, Police Say 20-Year-Old Arrested After Found Driving Stolen Car On LI, Police Say
20-Year-Old Arrested After Found Driving Stolen Car On LI, Police Say A 20-year-old man was arrested after police said he was found driving a stolen vehicle on Long Island. The incident happened in Merrick at 12:10 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officers received a report about a vehicle that was stolen from a home on Rosebud Avenue, police said.  NCPD said police located a vehicle matching the stolen vehicle's description and pulled the vehicle over on the northbound Meadowbrook Parkway near Sunrise Highway. After an investigation, Ivan Guitierrez-Alcantar was arrested without incident, NCPD reported. Polic…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man Struck By SUV While Walking On Long Island Road Man Struck By SUV While Walking On Long Island Road
Man Struck By SUV While Walking On Long Island Road A 57-year-old man is in critical condition after he was hit by an SUV while walking on a Long Island road. The crash happened in East Garden City at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Investigators said a man was walking on Stewart Avenue near the entrance to Meadowbrook Parkway and was struck by a silver Ford SUV that was traveling east, NCPD reported. Police said the Ford was driven by a 23-year-old man who stayed at the scene. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police reported. The investigation into …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Human Remains Found Near Long Island Parkway Human Remains Found Near Long Island Parkway
Human Remains Found Near Long Island Parkway An investigation is underway after human remains were found near a busy Long Island roadway. Nassau County Police say the discovery was made around 9 a.m.on Tuesday, July 20 on the Meadowbrook Parkway in Uniondale. According to detectives, the skeletal remains of a human body were located in a wooded area on the west side of the parkway.  The investigation is ongoing. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Joe Lombardi
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Five Alleged MS-13 Members Face Conspiracy Charges For 2017 Long Island Homicide Five Alleged MS-13 Members Face Conspiracy Charges For 2017 Long Island Homicide
Five Alleged MS-13 Members Face Conspiracy Charges For 2017 Long Island Homicide Five more alleged members of the MS-13 street gang on Long Island are facing charges for their roles in a 2017 murder, the District Attorney announced. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced that five alleged MS-13 members have been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges of conspiracy for the August 2017 machete murder of Carlos Rivas-Majano, whose body was found in a wooded area along the Meadowbrook Parkway a year later. Related story - MS-13 Member Sentenced For Murders Of Teen, 22-Year-Old The latest charged with a felony count of second-degree conspiracy: …

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by Zak Failla
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Thousands Of LIers Protest Throughout Weekend With Limited Number Of Arrests Thousands Of LIers Protest Throughout Weekend With Limited Number Of Arrests
Thousands Of LIers Protest Throughout Weekend With Limited Number Of Arrests Thousands of Long Islanders continued peaceful protests of the police-related death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, though some were arrested during demonstrations over the weekend. Sign-wielding protesters marched along streets in Suffolk and Nassau County over the weekend, chanting rallying cries as the two-week anniversary of Floyd’s death approached on Monday, June 8. Most of the protests remained peaceful, though nearly a dozen protesters were arrested on Saturday, June 6, when two Nassau County Police Department officers suffered injured attempting to suppress them. In Merrick, Nass…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Woman Indicted For Meadowbrook Parkway Crash That Killed Woman, Injured Her Son Long Island Woman Indicted For Meadowbrook Parkway Crash That Killed Woman, Injured Her Son
Long Island Woman Indicted For Meadowbrook Parkway Crash That Killed Woman, Injured Her Son A Long Island woman is facing decades behind bars for her role in a high-speed crash on the Meadowbrook Parkway that killed a 39-year-old woman and injured her 8-year-old son. Freeport resident Nicole Pollock, 26, was arraigned on Wednesday, March 4, on a 13-count grand jury indictment for her role in the fatal crash last month, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. Pollock was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the crash. Singas said that shortly after midnight on Sunday, Feb. 2, Lisette Quintanilla was driving north on the Meadowbrook Parkway near exit M7 in Hempstead al…

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by Zak Failla
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Reward Offered For Leads In Long Island Murder Reward Offered For Leads In Long Island Murder
Reward Offered For Leads In Long Island Murder Crime Stoppers and the New York State Police are offering up to $5,000 for help finding the person, or people, responsible for a recent shooting death on Long Island. The murder of James Graham, 37, took place on Saturday, Dec. 14, in Freeport during the early morning hours, said the Nassau County Police. Graham, who had been shot and killed, was discovered in the tree line of the Babylon Turnpike exit of the Meadowbrook Parkway, police said. He had ties to Nassau County and Jamaica, Queens. Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who can identify the person or people involved or who mi…

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by Kathy Reakes