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‘We Lost Another Giant’: Retired Fire Chief From LI Dies From 9/11-Tied Illness At 80 ‘We Lost Another Giant’: Retired Fire Chief From LI Dies From 9/11-Tied Illness At 80
‘We Lost Another Giant’: Retired Fire Chief From LI Dies From 9/11-Tied Illness At 80 Brian O’Flaherty was just yards away from the World Trade Center, working at the New York City Fire Department’s command post inside the Marriott Hotel, when the South Tower collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing hundreds and leaving him seriously injured. More than two decades later, the retired battalion chief and US Navy veteran from Rockville Centre died Saturday, Dec. 3, at the age of 80, his obituary said.  O’Flaherty's death stemmed from illness contracted from the toxic exposure at Ground Zero, according to the 9/11 Rescue Workers & Friends Forum (RWFF) Facebook page.  Born and …

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Former Musical Director On Long Island Sentenced For Receiving Child Porn Former Musical Director On Long Island Sentenced For Receiving Child Porn
Former Musical Director On Long Island Sentenced For Receiving Child Porn A former choir director on Long Island will spend years behind bars after admitting to possessing and exchanging child pornography over the Internet. Michael Wustrow, age 59, of Freeport, a former musical director at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, has been sentenced to 72 months in prison after pleading guilty in June 2019 to receiving child pornography. The charge had carried a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison. In addition to the prison term, Wustrow will also register as a sexual offender upon his release. Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of New Yor…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Stealing Money From Donation Boxes At Long Island Churches Man Charged With Stealing Money From Donation Boxes At Long Island Churches
Man Charged With Stealing Money From Donation Boxes At Long Island Churches A man wanted for a drug charge was implicated and arrested for allegedly stealing from a donation box at a Long Island church, police said. Nassau County Police said that multiple times in August last year, a suspect entered St. Agnes Cathedral on Quealy Place in Rockville Centre while it was closed.  On Aug. 20 and Aug. 27, the suspect entered the church and pried open a donation box to steal an undisclosed amount of cash. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Queens Village resident Alexander Barone, 30, was taken into police custody by the Long Beach Police Department on an open warrant for crimi…

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by Zak Failla