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Cocaine Found In DWI Stop On Long Island Lands 21-Year-Old In Cuffs: Police Cocaine Found In DWI Stop On Long Island Lands 21-Year-Old In Cuffs: Police
Cocaine Found In DWI Stop On Long Island Lands 21-Year-Old In Cuffs: Police A 21-year-old Long Island man was busted driving drunk with cocaine in his vehicle, police said. Jorge Isaias Saavedra Chasi, of Sag Harbor, was traveling westbound on Pantigo Road through East Hampton around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, the East Hampton Town Police Department said. The passenger’s side headlamp on Saavedra Chasi’s 2011 Jeep was broken, and he was seen moving unsafely from his lane and crossing the white fog line, authorities said. When cops pulled Saavedra Chasi over, they determined he was drunk and put him through field sobriety tests, which he failed, according to poli…
Causes Of Death In NY Quadruple Murder-Double Suicide Confirmed: Authorities Causes Of Death In NY Quadruple Murder-Double Suicide Confirmed: Authorities
Causes Of Death In NY Quadruple Murder-Double Suicide Confirmed: Authorities An official toxicology report confirmed a New York grandmother, mother, and four children all died from taking an over-the-counter sleep medication, authorities said Friday, Sept. 11. Police said Amy Steadman, 64, and Sarah Myers, 44, gave Myers’ four children fatal doses of diphenhydramine, then took suicidal doses themselves, the Albany Times-Union reported. The six relatives were all found dead inside a Mechanicville home on Tuesday, July 23. The four children — Harper Harmon, 13; Hudson Harmon, 11; and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon — were due to visit their father, Brady …
Late-Night Montauk Beach Assault Lands Two Young Men In Handcuffs: Police Late-Night Montauk Beach Assault Lands Two Young Men In Handcuffs: Police
Late-Night Montauk Beach Assault Lands Two Young Men In Handcuffs: Police Two men were arrested for punching another man in the face during a light night incident on a Montauk beach, authorities said. Anthony M. Caggiano, 27, and Anthony G. Gadaleta, 25, were charged with third-degree assault for the attack around 1 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, the East Hampton Police Department announced Monday, Sept. 7. Both men punched an unidentified victim in the face at Bounce Beach, causing “a dental avulsion, tooth fracture, and multiple small lacerations about the face,” East Hampton police said. Caggiano, of Selden, and Gadaleta, of Holtsville, were both arrested Thursday, …
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…
Nassau Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate Nassau Man Who Cracked Four-Pound Dog’s Skull With ‘Sadistic’ Kick Learns His Fate
Nassau 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…
Nassau County Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over Nassau County Man Freed From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison — But His Ordeal Isn’t Over
Nassau County 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…
LI Bank Robbery Suspects Captured — And Charged In Three More Thefts: Police LI Bank Robbery Suspects Captured — And Charged In Three More Thefts: Police
LI 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 In Road: Nassau County Police Landscaper Falls From Work Truck, Dies In Road: Nassau County Police
Landscaper Falls From Work Truck, Dies In Road: Nassau County 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…