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Bodycam Shows Deadly Police Shootout With Suspected NJ Sailboat Thief
Newly released body camera and home security footage sheds light on the deadly police shooting of a 27-year-old man accused of stealing a 40-foot sailboat from a New Jersey marina before sailing it to Rhode Island.
Brendan Norris, of Newport, RI, was killed Wednesday, Aug. 26, after police confronted him aboard the stolen vessel in Newport Harbor, as previously reported by WJAR.
The Newport Police Department released portions of the footage on Oct. 30, as part of its first Critical Incident Community Debriefing, which includes narration, police radio communications, and other details about …
Black Bear Spotted At NY School Campus, Triggers Lockout — And Jokes
Does a bear poop in the woods? Well, it definitely poops on a school campus in New York.
A black bear was spotted on the campus of Taconic Hills Central School District in Craryville, Columbia County, on Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, the district announced.
The bear was seen around 1 p.m. near the campus tennis courts, prompting an immediate order for all students to move indoors, THCSD said in a Facebook post. A brief lockout was initiated, and the bear was spotted near a window.
“We think he was just looking to join a science class and expand his knowledge,” the district joked. “Unfortunatel…
Drunk Driver Plows Into Parked Mercedes With Two Inside In Montauk: Cops
A drunk driver plowed into a parked car in the Hamptons with two people inside, police announced Monday, Nov. 2.
Anya Kopyleva, 43, of Jackson, WY, was arrested following the incident on Friday morning, Oct. 16, the East Hampton Town Police Department said.
Kopyleva was driving a 2007 Toyota Camry in Carl Fisher Plaza in Montauk when she crashed into a parked vehicle around 11:30 a.m., according to a police report.
Officers responded to the crash and observed Kopyleva unsteady on her feet with bloodshot eyes and the smell of alcohol on her breath, cops said. She also failed field sobriety …
Suffolk Driver Gives Cops The Slip, But Parked Car Leads To His Surrender: Police
A Long Island driver fled a traffic stop and was hit with several charges after police caught up with him, officials said.
Cops tried to pull over Wilfredo Bassat, 66, of Flanders, at a 7-Eleven on Flanders Road around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
But Bassat fled the stop, speeding away on Flanders Road and eventually eluding police altogether, authorities said.
However, investigators later located Bassat’s vehicle at a home on Brookhaven Avenue, leading to his surrender, cops said. Bassat was charged with third-degree fleeing police, second-degre…
Drunken Halloween Car Crash In Hamptons Lands Suffolk Woman In Cuffs: Police
A Long Island woman drunkenly crashed her car in the early morning hours of Halloween, police said.
Andrea Veronica Romero Duchi, 36, of East Hampton, was driving her 2015 Nissan through Amagansett around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, the East Hampton Town Police Department said.
Romero Duchi was traveling on Town Lane, about 500 feet west of Windmill Lane, when she was involved in a one-car crash, according to a police report. No other people were in the vehicle.
Cops responded to the scene and smelled alcohol on Romero Duchi’s breath, then observed her unsteady on her feet and with bloods…
Taxi Fare Dispute Ends In Stabbing Outside Long Island Motel, Police Say
A taxi driver stabbed his passenger in the chest and abdomen during an argument over payment outside a Long Island motel, police said.
Josue Bustillo Ramirez, 28, of Hempstead, was arrested after the attack outside the Edgewood Motel in Jericho on Saturday, Oct. 31, around 3:15 a.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
Officers responding to a disturbance learned that Bustillo Ramirez and his 41-year-old male passenger had been arguing over payment for the taxi ride, authorities said.
The dispute turned physical, and Bustillo Ramirez stabbed the passenger with a knife, police said.
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Queens Trio Caught With $4K In Stolen Goods At NJ Mall: Cops
Three New Yorkers were arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $4,000 in merchandise from six stores at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, authorities said.
Luisa Gonzalez, 24, of Fresh Meadows, Andres M. Rincon, 35, of Whitestone, and Michell Calderon-Varela, 28, also of Whitestone, were arrested Thursday, Oct. 29, following an undercover operation at the mall, Paramus Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said.
Plainclothes officers from the department's Crime Suppression Unit were alerted to a theft in progress around 6:16 p.m., when Officer Matthew Mulick spotted Rincon hiding merchand…
Man Who Killed, Dismembered NY Mother Of 4 Learns His Fate Over Decade Later
More than 12 years after a Sullivan County mother was murdered and her dismembered remains were discovered in the woods, her killer has been sentenced to years behind bars.
Keymarroo Guiden, 53, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, received the sentence on Friday, Oct. 30, for the 2014 murder of his girlfriend, April Parker, 31, of Monticello, Sullivan County District Attorney Brian Conaty announced.
Guiden was sentenced by Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge Stephan Schick after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder on June 23, following a 12-day trial.
The case dat…
Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG
A former Gambino crime family associate who reinvented himself as a New Jersey councilman and vowed to do things "the right way" has been indicted alongside his son and another man in an alleged loansharking scheme involving threats of violence, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30.
John E. Alite, 64, of Englishtown, was indicted on multiple charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, money laundering, terroristic threats, and conspiracy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of Manalapan, was indicted on charges of usury, cons…
$5 Million Health Insurance Fraud Operation Busted On Long Island: Police
A $5 million health insurance scheme operated by two Long Island pharmacies has been busted, police announced Friday, Oct. 30.
RNJ Pharmacy Inc. in Freeport and Jericho Express Rx Inc. in Floral Park face fraud, grand larceny, and identity theft charges, the Nassau County Police Department said.
The pharmacies submitted about $8 million in claims for high-cost prescription medications, with a large portion billed to Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurers, investigators said. Of the fraudulently billed $8 million, about $5 million was paid out, according to authorities.
The claims were fi…
New York Native Killed In Pennsylvania Motorcycle Crash
A motorcyclist killed in a collision with a sedan on Route 30 in Pennsylvania has been identified, the coroner’s office announced Friday, Oct. 30.
Richard Pieper, 62, of Paradise, PA, originally of New York, was pronounced dead at the scene on Lincoln Highway at Simmontown Road in Salisbury Township, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office.
The crash happened around 3:53 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, emergency dispatchers said.
The coroner’s office responded at 4:56 a.m., and a coroner investigator pronounced Pieper dead, according to the release.
Pieper was transported to the Lancas…
Virginia Mom Accused Of Killing Newborn Found In Commack Movie Theater Toilet 30 Years Ago
Nearly three decades ago, a newborn baby boy was found dead inside a Long Island movie theater bathroom.
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, his mother was arrested hundreds of miles away in Hampton, Virginia, as detectives cracked the 1996 cold case.
Michelle Chronick Tyson, 59, is facing multiple counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby in November 1996 when she was 29 years old, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
Investigators say that at around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, 1996, the newborn was found inside a toilet in the women's bathroom o…
Autopsy Results Released In Deaths Of Woman, Ex-Husband In New York: Police
Autopsy results in two suspicious deaths in New York separated by 200 miles were released Thursday, Oct. 29.
Mellissa K. Pelc-Lohr, 50, of Brushton, was killed Tuesday, Oct. 27 by a gunshot to the head, New York State Police said. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Norman E. Lohr Jr., 50, of Michigan, died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, according to state police. Lohr was Pelc-Lohr’s ex-husband, state troopers confirmed to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
“Just days ago, I was celebrating my 30th birthday in Las Vegas with my mom, her boyfriend, and my brother. I never imag…
Accused Serial Fraudster On LI Stole $80K From Employee In Latest Case: Police
A Long Island restaurant owner secretly took out an $80,000 loan in an employee’s name to fund his business, police said.
Mahmut Unver, 56, of Island Park, was already facing two criminal cases for ripping off workers at his restaurant before his arrest Thursday, Oct. 29, according to Nassau County authorities.
The victim in the latest case, an employee at Unver’s Anatolia Restaurant on Hempstead Turnpike, learned in August 2025 that around $80,000 in financing had been obtained in his name for the business, Nassau County police said.
The man never requested the financing and reported it …
