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Police Searching For Suspect Who Drove Onto Suffolk County Golf Course During Pursuit Police Searching For Suspect Who Drove Onto Suffolk County Golf Course During Pursuit
Police Searching For Suspect Who Drove Onto Suffolk County Golf Course During Pursuit Authorities are offering a $1,000 fast cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect who drove onto a Long Island golf course while fleeing police, damaging property. Southampton Town Police were trying to stop a vehicle on June 3, when the vehicle crashed through two security gates at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, located at 200 Tuckahoe Road, according to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers. On Friday, June 11, the vehicle was found burned and abandoned on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, authorities said. Crime Stoppers said the vehicle was a gray 2007 four-door A…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Suffolk PD Officer Critically Injured After Stabbing Released From Hospital Suffolk PD Officer Critically Injured After Stabbing Released From Hospital
Suffolk PD Officer Critically Injured After Stabbing Released From Hospital A police officer who was nearly stabbed to death while apprehending a suspect on Long Island has been released from the hospital.  Officer Christopher Racioppo of the Suffolk County PD, who has been at Stony Brook University Hospital since the incident took place on Saturday, April 10 in Patchogue, left the hospital around noon on Monday, April 26. Hundreds of well-wishers were on hand to watch as Racioppo, who almost bled to death following the attack, made his way home. The stabbing took place after Racioppo saw a Mercedes-Benz driving erratically without its headlights on…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man In Need Of Medical Attention Leads Officers On Slow-Speed Long Island Pursuit Man In Need Of Medical Attention Leads Officers On Slow-Speed Long Island Pursuit
Man In Need Of Medical Attention Leads Officers On Slow-Speed Long Island Pursuit A man in need of medical attention took police on a slow-speed pursuit when he refused to stop for officers on Long Island. The incident took place around 6:55 a.m., Monday, Jan. 4, when Southampton Town Police dispatchers received a call from a man in a motor vehicle that required medical attention, said Lt. Susan Ralph. Officers from Southampton, the New York State Police, and the Suffolk County Police, located the moving vehicle and attempted to stop the vehicle to render aid to the driver, Ralph said. The driver refused to stop for police and officers continued to pursue…

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by Kathy Reakes
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LI Man Nabbed After Car Chase, Two Purse Snatchings, Crash, Police Said LI Man Nabbed After Car Chase, Two Purse Snatchings, Crash, Police Said
LI Man Nabbed After Car Chase, Two Purse Snatchings, Crash, Police Said A Long Island man who was allegedly high on drugs, was arrested after stealing a vehicle, snatching two purses from women, and then taking police on a pursuit before crashing. The incident took place on Friday, Nov. 27, after Southampton Town were informed by Suffolk County Police that patrol units were in search of a vehicle that was involved in a vehicle pursuit after a man had stolen a vehicle in the county police district and led officers to the Southampton Town area, said Lt. Susan Ralph. At the same time, Southampton Police received a call from a victim in Macy’s parkin…

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by Kathy Reakes