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Watch: DoorDash Driver Steals Packages, Using Food As Cover, On Long Island Watch: DoorDash Driver Steals Packages, Using Food As Cover, On Long Island
Watch: DoorDash Driver Steals Packages, Using Food As Cover, On Long Island A food delivery driver was caught with her hand in the cookie jar after a doorbell camera caught her stealing a package from a Long Island porch, police said. The incident happened on Sunday, Sept. 3 in Manhasset, according to Nassau County Police. At approximately 4:30 p.m., 33-year-old Juliana Saggaram of Queens was on the clock as a DoorDash delivery driver. After picking up Chipotle for a customer, police said Saggaram drove around a neighborhood at Highland Terrace, scanning the area for packages. Then, she struck. A food delivery driver was caught with her hand in the coo…

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by Sophie Grieser
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$42K Wage Theft Scheme: Long Island Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says $42K Wage Theft Scheme: Long Island Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says
$42K Wage Theft Scheme: Long Island Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says A Long Island man, along with his company, has been charged with multiple counts in relation to a kickback scheme, authorities announced. On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the Nassau County District Attorney announced that 58-year-old Glen Head resident Angelo Stanco, along with his Glen Cove company American Paving & Masonry Corp., were arraigned on charges including grand larceny for their alleged wage theft scheme. According to the charges, in July 2018, Stanco and his company acknowledged to the NY Department of Labor that they had underpaid employees who worked on projects in Sands Point and…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Body Found At Long Island Beach Body Found At Long Island Beach
Body Found At Long Island Beach An investigation is underway after a body was found along a Long Island beach. In Nassau County, Sands Point Police responded to a 911 call from a resident who was walking along the beach and discovered a dead body in the vicinity of Plum Beach Point in Sands Point at around 9:10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, Nassau County Police said. The victim was pronounced dead by Sands Point Fire Department Ambulance personal and appeared to be a man in his 50s, Nassau County Police said. The investigation is ongoing. The name of the man has not yet been released. Detectives request anyone with info…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Four-Alarm Long Island House Fire Breaks Out Four-Alarm Long Island House Fire Breaks Out
Four-Alarm Long Island House Fire Breaks Out An 8,000-square-foot home on Long Island sustained damage to the first and second floors of the three-story home during a four-alarm fire. The fire, which was deemed a four-alarm due to the size of the house and the location of the Nassau County home, started around 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 23 in Sands Point. The call came in for a generator fire but when Port Washington Fire crews arrived on the scene they found smoke in all three floors of the massive home at 30 Arden Lane, said Chief Brian Waterson. A search of the residence found that all occupants were out and the fire originated in the …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Suffers Medical Episode While Jet Skiing On Long Island, Police Say Man Suffers Medical Episode While Jet Skiing On Long Island, Police Say
Man Suffers Medical Episode While Jet Skiing On Long Island, Police Say All hands were on deck to help rescue a jet skier who suffered a medical episode and was found in the water near a North Shore beach on Long Island. The 38-year-old man from Queens suffered a medical episode while jet skiing in Sands Point at approximately 6:50 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2 when he was found face down in the water by a witness. Due to the location of the medical episode north of Sands Point, a Marine Unit from the New Rochelle Police Department was first to respond, transporting the man to North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington. Crews from the Port Washington Fire Departm…

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by Zak Failla
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10 Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Long Island Coast 10 Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Long Island Coast
10 Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Long Island Coast Nearly a dozen passengers were pulled to safety from a boat that was sinking off the northern coast of Long Island. The incident happened around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, July 25,  in Half Moon Bay off of Sands Point in Nassau County. According to Nassau County Police Marine Bureau Officers, while on routine patrol, Marine 8 observed a 21-foot vessel operating and taking on waves over its bow. The vessel was partially submerged and had taken on a large amount of water.  The officers immediately directed the passengers to put on their USCG approved flotation devices and removed al…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Five Men Nabbed For Several High-End Long Island Burglaries, Police Say Five Men Nabbed For Several High-End Long Island Burglaries, Police Say
Five Men Nabbed For Several High-End Long Island Burglaries, Police Say Five men from Chile in the country on visas have been arrested in connection with a serious of alleged high-end residential burglaries. Police detectives arrested the five men on Thursday, March 5 for the burglaries that occurred in February and March throughout Nassau County. The men were connected to the crimes through an investigation by the department's burglary pattern team who were able to track the five to a location in the Bronx and arrest the men without incident, the Nassau County Police Department said. Police say the men are responsible for the following burglaries: Wednesday…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Trapped In Hole Airlifted To Hospital Man Trapped In Hole Airlifted To Hospital
Man Trapped In Hole Airlifted To Hospital A man has been airlifted to an area hospital after being trapped in a hole on Long Island. The incident took place around 9:20 a.m., Monday, Feb. 3, on Longwood Road in Sands Point. Nassau County police said the man was rescued and is being airlifted to the hospital. The extent of his injuries or the circumstances surrounding the incident have not been released. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Kathy Reakes
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Long Island Home Health Aide Charged With Stealing $22K From Victim Long Island Home Health Aide Charged With Stealing $22K From Victim
Long Island Home Health Aide Charged With Stealing $22K From Victim A health care aide on Long Island allegedly bilked an elderly woman out of $22,000 by using her credit card without permission, police said. Regine Valery, also known as Regine Johnson, 38, of Carle Place, who was employed as an aide for a 92-year-old woman in Sands Point, was arrested by Nassau County police officers following an investigation into the alleged grand larceny. According to investigators, on Monday, Nov. 11, Valery’s victim’s daughter, who had mailed her mother a package, discovered that the package was redirected to another address and alerted the police. The subsequent po…

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by Zak Failla