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Teen Driver With Fake License Busted After High-Speed LI Ride: Police
A teen driver with a fake license was arrested on Long Island on Wednesday, July 22 after nearly crashing several times, police said.
Wilmer Reyes Martinez, 19, of Sag Harbor, was driving a 2015 Nissan SUV eastbound on Montauk Highway in Water Mill around 7:15 p.m., weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Reyes Martinez nearly collided with several other vehicles, but Southampton cops spotted him and pulled him over, authorities said. During the investigation, officers learned Reyes Martinez’s license was fake, according to police.
He was …
Woman Punched, Choked, Robbed In Nassau Domestic Assault: Police
A New York man punched and choked a woman on Long Island on Wednesday night, July 22, police said.
Wikash Sant, 38, of Queens, was in an argument with a 43-year-old woman at a home in north Lawrence, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Sant punched the woman in the face, then wrapped his arm around her neck, choked her, and threatened her life, investigators said. He also snatched the woman’s phone to stop her from calling 911, according to police.
But the woman escaped and fled the scene on foot, and police arrived around 11:45 p.m., authorities said. Sant was charged with second-de…
Targeted Police Blitz Near Nassau Coliseum Nets Two Drug Arrests: Authorities
Two people were busted for drug possession during a targeted operation on Long Island on Tuesday night, July 21, police said.
Antony Perry, 58, and Lashana Wright, 46, were arrested near Stewart Avenue and Merchants Concourse in East Garden City around 11 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
County police were on “intensified patrol” in the area near Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for vehicle and traffic enforcement, according to authorities. Perry was also charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle.
Perry, of Brooklyn, was released on his own recognizance following his a…
Third NY Prisoner Killed In Five Days Across State Prisons: Authorities
Another man held in New York state prison has died in a violent incident, the third such death in five days, police said.
Jose R. Aponte, 34, was killed Tuesday, July 21 in a fight at Collins Correctional Facility south of Buffalo, New York State Police said.
Another prisoner attacked Aponte in a residential rehabilitation unit, prison sections used for “therapy, treatment, and rehabilitative programming” for people requiring “more than 15 days of disciplinary confinement,” according to state authorities.
Aponte, of the Bronx, was rushed to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, where he was pronounce…
Drunk, High Driver Who Hospitalized Teens In Wrong-Way Nassau Wreck Pleads Guilty: Authorities
A drunk Long Island driver admitted to causing a wrong-way three-car crash that hospitalized two teenagers, authorities said.
Kelyse Land, 26, of Valley Stream, pleaded guilty Monday, July 20 to three charges as part of a plea deal, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said. She’s set for two to six years in prison, according to prosecutors.
Land spent the night of July 25, 2025, getting drunk and high at a bar before getting behind the wheel of her 2003 Nissan Altima and driving on Hempstead Avenue, authorities said.
As Land approached an intersection around 11:45 p.m., she crosse…
$19.7 Million Medicaid Fraud Got LI Taxi Boss Ferrari, BMW — And Now Jail Time, Feds Say
A Long Island man who led a $19.7 million Medicaid fraud scheme has been sentenced to several years in prison, authorities said.
Adnan Arshad, 47, of Mount Sinai, got eight years and one month in prison, the Justice Department announced Tuesday, July 21.
The plot “siphoned millions from Medicaid, depriving vulnerable patients of resources and fueling a lavish lifestyle built on fraud,” IRS agent Harry Chavis Jr. said.
Arshad owned two companies — MTK Taxi in Montauk and All-Star Taxi in Ronkonkoma — that claimed to provide transportation service for patients to hospitals, then billed Medic…
LI Woman In Deadly Nassau DWI Case Tried To Bribe Immigration Judge With Tequila, $3K: Feds
A Long Island woman already charged in a deadly DWI crash is now also accused of attempting to bribe an immigration judge to free someone in ICE detention.
Diana Kutateladze, 37, of Oceanside, had her bail revoked in her Long Island case on Tuesday, July 21 after the feds unsealed the bribery charges, Newsday reported.
The change in status followed a Wednesday, July 15 indictment in Louisiana federal court, in which Kutateladze was accused of trying to bribe a judge with Patron tequila and $3,000 back in January 2024, according to the Justice Department.
Kutateladze was trying to free some…
