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Bad Apple: LI Woman Wires $4K To Phone Scammer Posing As Tech Support Bad Apple: LI Woman Wires $4K To Phone Scammer Posing As Tech Support
Bad Apple: LI Woman Wires $4K To Phone Scammer Posing As Tech Support A Long Island woman who needed technical support was instead scammed out of thousands, police said. Nassau County Police reported the incident, which happened on Thursday, April 6 when a Thomaston woman’s computer appeared to have contracted a virus at around 4:15 p.m. The woman allegedly Googled “Apple Support” and called a number that the search provided. She then spoke to an unknown man, police said, who identified himself as “Apple Support” and instructed her to download an app called AnyDesk. AnyDesk allows a user to access another’s device remotely. Then, the scammer allegedly …

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by Sophie Grieser
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Suspect Nabbed For String Of Long Island Burglaries Suspect Nabbed For String Of Long Island Burglaries
Suspect Nabbed For String Of Long Island Burglaries A 28-year-old Long Island man was charged with nine felony counts of third-degree burglary after detectives spotted him driving a vehicle that matched witness descriptions, according to police. Peter Granath, of Mineola, was also found in possession of narcotics, and thusly charged with the misdemeanor of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, when he was apprehended and arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at approximately 12:45 a.m. Detectives, according to police, determined that Granath was responsible for commercial burglaries of the following establishments: Tuesday,…

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by Christina Coulter
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Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders
Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders Thousands of Long Islanders lost power as wind gusts reaching upwards of 65 mph sent power lines flying. As of 2:35 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, PSEG Long Island was reporting 293 active outages, impacting 5,327 of their 1,161,746 customers. In Nassau County, 2,611 customers were impacted, while 2,609 customers in Suffolk County lost power. North Hempstead (1,171 outages) and Islip (1,070) were the hardest hit in each county. There were more than 100 customers without power in Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Smithtown, Southampton, and Southold. The whippi…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Charged In Long Island Robbery Spree Suspect Charged In Long Island Robbery Spree
Suspect Charged In Long Island Robbery Spree A suspect has been charged after a spree of robberies on Long Island, according to police. Officers with the Nassau County Police Department arrested Jonathan Barrientos, 28, of the village of Thomaston in eastern Great Neck on Thursday, Oct. 24 around 12:30 p.m. after an investigation determined that he was allegedly involved in numerous robberies throughout Nassau County. Detectives say Barrientos was involved in the following incidents: Sunday, Aug. 25 around 8 p.m.: Barrientos allegedly entered a Shell gas station (220 Northern Blvd. in Great Neck) and removed various items from the s…

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by Valerie Musson