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Man Riding Electric Scooter Dies In West Babylon Crash, Police Say Man Riding Electric Scooter Dies In West Babylon Crash, Police Say
Man Riding Electric Scooter Dies In West Babylon Crash, Police Say An investigation is underway after a 43-year-old man was struck and killed by a car while riding an electric scooter on Long Island. The crash happened on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon at about 3:20 a.m. on Monday, April 4, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Edward Marcuteanu, of Lindenhurst, was riding a Splach electric scooter in the middle eastbound lane near Exit 40 when a 2016 Honda Accord struck him, SCPD reported. Police said Marcuteanu was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Honda, a 22-year-old from Ozone Park, and a 28-year-old Smithtown man who was…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Woman With Ties To Mexico, Colombia Wanted On Felony Drug, Conspiracy Charges Woman With Ties To Mexico, Colombia Wanted On Felony Drug, Conspiracy Charges
Woman With Ties To Mexico, Colombia Wanted On Felony Drug, Conspiracy Charges Over 10 years after her arrest, state police are still searching for an Ozone Park woman with ties to Mexico and Colombia facing felonies for drug possession and conspiracy. Yanet Patricia Arroyo, now 58, was arrested on charges of first, second and third-degree possession of a controlled substance and second-degree conspiracy on Oct. 6 of 1998.  To accrue a first-degree criminal possession charge, an individual must have eight or more ounces of a drug, according to New York Penal Law. Arroyo was born in Mexico and has ties to the nation of Colombia, New York City and Queens. She stan…

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by Christina Coulter
Obituaries
COVID-19: Queens Hospital Worker, Mother Of Twins, Dies At 34 COVID-19: Queens Hospital Worker, Mother Of Twins, Dies At 34
Covid-19: Queens Hospital Worker, Mother Of Twins, Dies At 34 A 34-year-old mother of twin boys who worked registering new patients at a Queens hospital recently died from COVID-19 complications. Prea Nankieshore, who worked in the emergency room section of Jewish Hospital Forest Hills, died on Sunday, April 5. She lived with her parents in Ozone Park. Nankieshore did not have any underlying conditions that could contribute to her death.  The hospital issued a statement following her death: “Our team at LIJ Forest Hills is a family that now mourns the loss of one of its own.  "But as we grieve, we will also persevere in caring for our…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With Drug Possession Has Been At Large For Decades Woman Charged With Drug Possession Has Been At Large For Decades
Woman Charged With Drug Possession Has Been At Large For Decades An alert has been issued by New York State Police investigators regarding a woman born in Mexico with ties to Colombia who has been wanted for more than 20 years on Long Island. Yanet Patricia Arroyo, 57, of Ozone Park, is wanted by New York State Police in Farmingdale after she was arrested on Oct. 6, 1998, by members of the Troop L Narcotics Enforcement Unit. Arroyo was charged with first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy. She was arraigned in Nassau County 1st District Court, an indictment was f…

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by Zak Failla