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NY Teacher Who Admitted Raping Teen Student Ripped By Judge At Sentencing: ‘Twisted Fantasy’
A Capital Region high school teacher was living in a “twisted fantasy, false reality” when he started a sexual relationship with his 16-year-old student, a judge said at his sentencing hearing Friday, Aug. 21.
Drake Galarneau, 36, of Cohoes, got four years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of third-degree rape, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
“What sort of twisted fantasy, false reality were you living in, sir, to think this was appropriate or somehow right for you as a teacher to have a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student?” Judge Roger McDonough as…
Trusted Aide Looted $138K From Unsuspecting Long Island Senior: Police
A Long Island home health aide stole $138,000 from her elderly client, even financing a car loan by stealing her identity, police said Friday, Aug. 21.
Doris Chou, 56, of Oakland Gardens, opened five credit card accounts and took out the car loan in the name of a 69-year-old woman she was caring for in Garden City Park, the Nassau County Police Department said.
The victim was unaware of the theft, which occurred between Nov. 17, 2023, and Nov. 21, 2024, investigators said. Chou piled up $138,000 before she was stopped, cops said.
Chou surrendered to police on Friday and was charged with si…
15-Year-Old Girl Sexually Abused At Suffolk Hospital By Nurse’s Aide: Police
A Long Island hospital employee sexually abused a 15-year-old girl while she was being treated, authorities said.
Trever Lauriano, 36, of Wyandanch, used his position as a nurse’s aide at Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip to abuse the teenager, the Suffolk County Police Department said Friday, Aug. 21. He has since been fired, according to the hospital.
Another hospital employee called 911 to report sexual abuse by Lauriano that occurred on Monday, Aug. 3, police said. The girl was a patient at the hospital’s behavioral health unit, authorities said.
Lauriano was arrested Fr…
Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs
A portion of a 6-year-old girl's ear was found inside a Lebanon County home after two dogs mauled her — their second serious attack on a young child at the residence — according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21.
Rebecca Hresko, 31, and her parents, Andrew "Andy" Hresko, 70, and Debra Hresko, 61, of the Hresko family, who run Hresko's Bar-B-Que Pit, have been charged for their respective roles in the attacks involving the family's dogs, Chip and Zeus, at their South Lebanon Township home.
Rebecca Hresko faces First-Degree Felony Aggravated Assault of a Child, Sec…
Drunk Driver Slammed Tree, Ran Away After Collision In Suffolk County: Police
A drunk driver crashed his car on Long Island, then fled the scene Thursday night, Aug. 19, police said.
Sergio J. Nunezvela, 25, of Riverside, was behind the wheel of a Ford van that crashed into a tree near Bellows Pond Road and Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays around 10 p.m., the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Nunezvela and other occupants of the vehicle fled the scene after the collision, but they were located shortly afterward by responding officers, police said.
Investigators determined Nunezvela was intoxicated and arrested him at the scene, holding him overnight for arraig…
‘Demon’ Made BF Stab College Soccer Star Dead, Mom Helped Hide Body: Court Docs
A soccer player days away from starting her freshman year was stabbed to death by her boyfriend after he claimed a “demon” took over and told him to stab her in a Jeep parked near her dorm — then his mother helped clean up and conceal her body, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21.
Royce Joel Moser, 18, of Canonsburg, is charged with criminal homicide in the death of 18-year-old Karoline Jordyn Heintz, along with abuse of a corpse, conspiracy, tampering with evidence, conspiracy to tamper with evidence, and obstructing the administration of law, court recor…
Suffolk Man Who Fought Two Cops, Grabbed Taser Found Guilty: Authorities
A Long Island man has been convicted of assaulting two police officers at the end of a car chase, authorities said.
Terrell Harris, 39, of Hampton Bays, was found guilty Thursday, Aug. 20 on two counts of second-degree assault and several other charges, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Harris fled from a call for service at his Hampton Bays residence on Oct. 19, 2025, leading a responding officer to Hampton Bays Library, authorities said. The officer realized Harris had warrants for DWI and unlicensed vehicle operation, according to prosecutors.
When the cop exited his v…
