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Long Island Man Indicted For Possession Of Ghost Guns Long Island Man Indicted For Possession Of Ghost Guns
Long Island Man Indicted For Possession Of Ghost Guns A Long Island man who allegedly threatened to shoot his wife outside of a children’s hospital has been indicted for possessing so-called ghost guns. East Rockaway resident Thomas Saxton, age 34, was arraigned Wednesday, May 25, on multiple weapons charges, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. It came three months after police arrested him for allegedly pulling out a gun and threatening his wife as she held their two-year-old child at Cohen Children’s Hospital Center in Queens. Saxton reportedly told his wife that he would kill her in front of all the people there or…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Handyman Claims He Threw Away Forest Hills Mom's Sex Videos After Murder Handyman Claims He Threw Away Forest Hills Mom's Sex Videos After Murder
Handyman Claims He Threw Away Forest Hills Mom's Sex Videos After Murder A handyman who allegedly killed New York mom of two Orsolya Gaal said he did so because she gave him HIV during their two-year affair, the New York Post reported. David Bonola killed Gaal, age 51, of Forest Hills, Queens sometime after midnight on Saturday, April 16 in her Tudor-style home over the end of their sexual relationship that was on and off again for some two years, NYPD officials said. During his arraignment on Tuesday, May 10, the one-time family handyman also said he threw her laptop into the Hudson River because it had sex videos of the two of them on it, the Post reported. A…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Was Seen With Bandages On His Hands After Forest Hills Mom's Murder Suspect Was Seen With Bandages On His Hands After Forest Hills Mom's Murder
Suspect Was Seen With Bandages On His Hands After Forest Hills Mom's Murder A handyman who allegedly killed New York mother of two Orsolya Gaal slashed her throat before stabbing her to death and then was spotted hours later on surveillance video with bandages on his left hand. David Bonola killed Gaal, age 51, of Forest Hills, Queens sometime after midnight on Saturday, April 16 in her Tudor-style home over the end of their sexual relationship that was on-and-off again for some two years, NYPD officials said. He then stuffed her body in a hockey duffel bag belonging to her 13-year-old son and dragged it to a nearby park where he dumped the bag along with his …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ex-College Athlete From Suffolk Found Guilty In Stabbing Of Roommate Ex-College Athlete From Suffolk Found Guilty In Stabbing Of Roommate
Ex-College Athlete From Suffolk Found Guilty In Stabbing Of Roommate A 23-year-old Long Island man was found guilty of stabbing his former college lacrosse teammate, a Northern Westchester County man, during a dispute about a loud party.  Matthew Stockfeder was convicted on Thursday, March 24, of first-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the 2019 stabbing of his then-roommate Justin Corpolongo, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Stockfeder, of Melville, and Corpolongo, of Somers, were both players on the lacrosse team at St. John's University at the time, Katz said. Stockfeder is a graduate of …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man Sentenced For Botched Robbery That Led To Death Of Police Officer From Long Island Man Sentenced For Botched Robbery That Led To Death Of Police Officer From Long Island
Man Sentenced For Botched Robbery That Led To Death Of Police Officer From Long Island The man who brought a toy gun to a botched robbery that led to the friendly-fire death of an NYPD detective from Long Island will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for his role in the fatal incident. Christopher Ransom, age 30, formerly of Brooklyn, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty in late October to aggravated manslaughter and robbery for the February 2019 holdup of a store, which led to the death of Det. Brian Simonsen. Additionally, Ransom also admitted to a separate cell phone robbery days before Simonsen was shot. Queens District Attorney Me…

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by Zak Failla
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AOC Vs. Andy: Ocasio-Cortez, Cuomo At Odds Over Climate Change, Queens DA Endorsement AOC Vs. Andy: Ocasio-Cortez, Cuomo At Odds Over Climate Change, Queens DA Endorsement
AOC Vs. Andy: Ocasio-Cortez, Cuomo At Odds Over Climate Change, Queens DA Endorsement U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of parts of Queens and the Bronx has hopped on the Green train in Albany, criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for failing to meet earlier promises of a fossil-freer future in New York. The congresswoman blasted Cuomo of New Castle for not making the environment a top priority of the current legislative session.  Cuomo took to the radio airwaves to refute that claim: “I proposed the Green New Deal before there was a Green New Deal being discussed nationwide,” Cuomo told WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Tuesday, June 4. Ocasio-Cortez, a 2007 Yorktown High School gradu…

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by Jon Craig