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Heroic Long Island Firefighters Save Dog From Smoking Home Heroic Long Island Firefighters Save Dog From Smoking Home
Heroic Long Island Firefighters Save Dog From Smoking Home A house fire broke out on Long Island on Friday afternoon, Sept. 11, sparking a large emergency response. The fire occurred before 11 a.m. at a home on Ercell Drive in Wantagh, according to John F. Scalesi Jr., a member of the Nassau County Police Department commissioners’ council. Smoke was seen coming from the home’s upper floor, and a second-story window was smashed, according to photos shared by Scalesi. The Wantagh Fire Department was one of five departments that responded, Scalesi said. A dog was rescued from the home, according to Scalesi. He did not provide an update on the dog’s c…
Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It
Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It Billy Joel has shared details of his brain surgery process as he works to battle the disorder that forced him to cancel numerous shows. The 77-year-old “Piano Man” said Wednesday, Sept. 9 on his SiriusXM channel that he initially didn’t want to have the surgery to implant a brain shunt but eventually changed his mind. “I said, ‘Well what does that entail?’” Joel explained. “Well, we drill a hole through your skull and we stick a shunt inside your brain. I said, ‘Nah, I think I’ll pass on that.’” But after learning more about the procedure and the shunt — a clear tube that drains fluid on t…
LI Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate LI Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate
LI Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate A Long Island man convicted of killing a small dog with one swift kick had his final sentence handed down Thursday, Sept. 10. Peter Galantino, 64, of Rockville Centre, got an extra year of probation on top of his prior sentence of 14 days in jail and two years of probation, Newsday reported. Galantino’s attack on a four-pound Yorkie named Mocha turned into a six-year legal saga complete with at least one protest by local animal rights group Humane Long Island. On March 14, 2020 — one of the earliest days of the COVID pandemic — Galantino was walking his dog on Long Island, when two other d…
Long Island Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over Long Island Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over
Long Island Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over A Long Island man held in Iran has been released from a notorious prison but remains trapped in the Middle Eastern country. Kamran Hekmati, 62, of Great Neck Estates, had been locked up in the infamous Evin Prison outside Tehran since July 2025, according to human rights organizations and his family. But Hekmati was released in early September, sources told Radio Free Europe on Tuesday, Sept. 8. However, he remained under a travel ban and therefore unable to leave Iran. The U.S. State Department designated Hekmati as wrongfully detained in March 2026. He was visiting Iran for a family matt…
$30K In Cosmetics Stolen From LI CVS Stores By Three-Person Crew: Police $30K In Cosmetics Stolen From LI CVS Stores By Three-Person Crew: Police
$30K In Cosmetics Stolen From LI CVS Stores By Three-Person Crew: Police A shoplifting trio stole $30,000 worth of cosmetics from three CVS locations across Long Island, police said Friday, Sept. 11. Two men and one woman hit CVS in Bayport on Sunday, Aug. 23, then robbed a CVS in Halesite and a CVS in Nesconset the following Sunday, Aug. 30, the Suffolk County Police Department said. In each robbery, the suspects targeted the stores’ cosmetic departments and stole around $30,000 worth of merchandise in total, according to investigators. The crew was driving a silver car with Virginia license plate SUR 1950, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call…
Suffolk Bank Robbery Suspects Captured — And Charged In Three More Thefts: Police Suffolk Bank Robbery Suspects Captured — And Charged In Three More Thefts: Police
Suffolk Bank Robbery Suspects Captured — And Charged In Three More Thefts: Police Two people have been arrested for robbing a Long Island bank and three more stores across the region, police said Friday, Sept. 11. Randy Hill, 48, and Donna Hovanec, 45, were cuffed Thursday, Sept. 10 and held for arraignment on first- and third-degree robbery charges, the Suffolk County Police Department said. The two Bohemia residents were accused of four robberies: Chase Bank at 39 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway in Commack on Friday, Aug. 14 Dollar Tree at 167 North Service Road in East Patchogue, on Sunday, Aug. 16 Dollar Tree at 2044 Route 112 in Medford on Saturday, Aug. 22 Starbucks a…
Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash
Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash Hours before a training aircraft crashed in a wooded area in Massachusetts, killing both people aboard, one of the victims shared where he was headed that morning. Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, posted on Facebook at 9:39 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, that he was flying to Northampton for the Three County Fair. Moore and Marcy Asbury,  62, of East Falmouth, were later identified as the victims on board the plane. Asbury's Facebook profile shows the two were dating. Both were killed in the crash. Final post by Ken Moore Ken Moore Facebook About 12 hours after the post, the Piper P…
Man Found Unresponsive In Great South Bay Off LI Park, Police Say Man Found Unresponsive In Great South Bay Off LI Park, Police Say
Man Found Unresponsive In Great South Bay Off LI Park, Police Say A man was in serious condition after he was found unresponsive in the Great South Bay off Tanner Park on Thursday evening, Suffolk County Police said. The 48-year-old was clamming near the Copiague shore with his brother and two friends when he lost consciousness, police said. A person walking by spotted him floating in the water around 5:09 p.m., entered the bay, and pulled him to shore, according to police. CPR was started before Copiague Rescue paramedics arrived, continued lifesaving efforts, and took the man to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip in serious condition. Su…
Landscaper Falls From Work Truck, Dies On Long Island Road: Police Landscaper Falls From Work Truck, Dies On Long Island Road: Police
Landscaper Falls From Work Truck, Dies On Long Island Road: Police A landscaper died after falling from a work truck on Long Island on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 10, police said. Officers were called to the area of Planting Field Road and Old Farm Road in East Hills around 2:12 p.m. for a report of a man lying in the roadway, according to Nassau County Police. Investigators determined that the man had been working as a landscaper when he fell from a work truck and suffered fatal injuries, detectives said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police identified him as Jose Hernandez Argueta, 35, of Mineola. The Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Sq…
Suffolk Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops Suffolk Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops
Suffolk Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops A Long Island man wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside a hotel in Massachusetts, police said. Brandon William Hampson, 55, stabbed Rachel Frislid, 62, to death inside her home in Sayville, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 3, the Suffolk County (NY) Police Department said Thursday, Sept. 10. Authorities found Hampson Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside the French King Restaurant and Motel in Erving, MA around 9:15 p.m. smoking a cigarette, Worcester County (MA) District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. Officers ordered Hampson to surrender, but he …
New York Man Charged In Scam That Bilked $100K From CT Senior: Police New York Man Charged In Scam That Bilked $100K From CT Senior: Police
New York Man Charged In Scam That Bilked $100K From CT Senior: Police An 82-year-old Connecticut senior citizen lost more than $100,000 in a courier scam, police said. Qianlin Zheng, 28, of New York, faces a second-degree larceny charge after police accused him of traveling to Stamford to collect a package he believed held about $15,000 in cash, authorities said.  Court records list Zheng’s bond at $55,000. He is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court on Oct. 22. Stamford police said courier scams often begin with callers overseas posing as government officials. They tell victims that their personal information is at risk. The scammers then demand…
Hit-And-Run Suffolk Driver Who Sent Jogger To Hospital Also Fled Earlier Crash: Authorities Hit-And-Run Suffolk Driver Who Sent Jogger To Hospital Also Fled Earlier Crash: Authorities
Hit-And-Run Suffolk Driver Who Sent Jogger To Hospital Also Fled Earlier Crash: Authorities A Long Island woman who seriously injured a jogger and then sped off was involved in another hit-and-run collision minutes earlier, authorities said. Heather Foster, 50, of West Sayville, was indicted Thursday, Sept. 10 on new charges in the case, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Foster had already been arrested and charged with striking a jogger on Brook Street in West Sayville around 5:30 a.m. on May 16, authorities said. Foster briefly stepped out of her vehicle, a 2021 Mazda CX5, to look at the unconscious victim on the ground, then returned to her car and drove off, …