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Second Teen Busted For Swastika Graffiti At Long Island Playground Second Teen Busted For Swastika Graffiti At Long Island Playground
Second Teen Busted For Swastika Graffiti At Long Island Playground Police arrested a second teenage boy for spraypainting antisemitic graffiti on a Long Island school playground. On Thursday, Aug. 24, Nassau County Police announced that a second 14-year-old boy was arrested for the incident, which originally occurred on Sunday, July 30 in Merrick. Earlier report: Teen Nabbed For Swastika Graffiti In Merrick Along with a second 14-year-old, who was arrested two weeks prior, the duo allegedly spray-painted black swastikas on playground equipment at the Chatterton School, located at 108 Merrick Avenue. The symbols were approximately 12 inches tall a…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Suspect Nabbed After Robbery At High School On Long Island 17-Year-Old Suspect Nabbed After Robbery At High School On Long Island
17-Year-Old Suspect Nabbed After Robbery At High School On Long Island A teenage suspect is in custody after an overnight robbery at a Long Island high school. The incident happened around 8:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 in Franklin Square. Three boys were approached by another teenage boy in the rear of Valley Stream North High School located at 750 Herman Ave.  The suspect then threatened the use of a weapon and demanded their property that was in their pockets, Nassau County Police said.  A brief struggle ensued after the suspect grabbed one of the boys around his neck and obstructed his breathing putting him in fear for his life. The boy was …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
‘Say Your Goodbyes’: Ambush Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Long Island Man ‘Say Your Goodbyes’: Ambush Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Long Island Man
‘Say Your Goodbyes’: Ambush Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Long Island Man A man has been convicted of killing a Long Island man outside of his home in 2021, authorities have announced. A jury only debated for approximately two hours before finding Ruben Diego Avila Huicab guilty of shooting and killing a man in Hempstead on Tuesday, June 27, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. According to trial testimony, Avila Huicab, a 33-year-old from North Carolina, drove to Ricardo Cardona’s Hempstead home on the night of January 12, 2021. Earlier Report: Man, Teen Charged For Fatal Shooting Of Long Island Man He was accompanied in a second car by anoth…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old, 16-Year-Old Accused Of Attempting To Burglarize Store In Riverhead 14-Year-Old, 16-Year-Old Accused Of Attempting To Burglarize Store In Riverhead
14-Year-Old, 16-Year-Old Accused Of Attempting To Burglarize Store In Riverhead Two teenagers are facing charges after investigators reported that they tried to burglarize a Long Island store. Officers responded to a burglary alarm at Bapa Cards and Gifts in Riverhead at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, according to the Riverhead Town Police Department. When police arrived at the store, located at 763 Old Country Road, they found a broken window at the front, and they stopped a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, whose names were not released, at the back of the business, authorities said. The teenagers were identified and found to have run away from …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Officer Hospitalized After LI Teen Larceny Suspect Becomes Combative, Police Say Officer Hospitalized After LI Teen Larceny Suspect Becomes Combative, Police Say
Officer Hospitalized After LI Teen Larceny Suspect Becomes Combative, Police Say A responding officer was hospitalized after a teenage grand larceny suspect became combative near a Long Island park. At around 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24 in Franklin Square, officers responded to Rath Park on Fenworth Boulevard for a disturbance between two juveniles.  After arriving on the scene, officers were informed that a male juvenile subject, age 17, took a backpack  from a 15-year-old boy, Nassau County Police said. Officers approached the 17-year-old subject at the intersection of Hoffman Street and Fenworth Boulevard, where he refused to comply with multiple verbal…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Accused Of Leaving Scene Of Crash That Killed Woman In Suffolk 17-Year-Old Accused Of Leaving Scene Of Crash That Killed Woman In Suffolk
17-Year-Old Accused Of Leaving Scene Of Crash That Killed Woman In Suffolk Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Long Island Woman Killed In Crash Involving 17-Year-Old Hit-Run Driver A 17-year-old has been accused of leaving the scene following a motor vehicle crash that killed a woman overnight at a Long Island intersection. The teenage boy was traveling in Central Islip eastbound on Locust Street in a 2006 BMW 525, when the BMW struck the passenger side of a southbound 2015 Honda Accord on Islip Avenue, Thursday, April 15 at approximately 8:15 p.m., Suffolk County Police said. The crash forced the Accord into oncoming traffic, whe…

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by Joe Lombardi