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Update: Teen Missing From Long Island Found Update: Teen Missing From Long Island Found
Update: Teen Missing From Long Island Found Update:  A teenage girl who had been missing from Long Island for over a week has been found, police announced. Thirteen-year-old Rasalee Farrow had last been seen in Glen Cove on Tuesday, Dec. 19.  On Wednesday, Dec. 27, Nassau County Police reported that Farrow had been found.  Additional details, including where she was located and her current condition, were not released.  Original story: Police are asking for the community’s assistance in locating a teen girl who has been missing for days from Long Island. Rasalee Farrow, age 13, was last seen on Tuesday, Dec.…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Involved In NYC Triple-Murder Suicide Had Violent Past Westchester Man Involved In NYC Triple-Murder Suicide Had Violent Past
Westchester Man Involved In NYC Triple-Murder Suicide Had Violent Past A Westchester County man who gunned down three people and then killed himself on his 9-year-old daughter's birthday had a violent past. The killings were discovered around 11:22 p.m., Monday, April 5, when New York City Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired/possible people shot at 362 Sutter Ave., in Brownsville, Brooklyn, said NYPD Detective Annette Shelton.  When police arrived on the scene, they found three women inside the apartment dead from gunshot wounds, the NYPD said. NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said Tuesday, April 6 the child made the call to 911. “She…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC
Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC An NYPD officer has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing a protestor to the ground during a march to protest the killing of George Floyd. Vincent D’Andraia, 28, of Long Island, was charged Tuesday, June 9, for the incident that allegedly took place on Friday, May 29, near the Barclays Center, said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. D'Andraia, who is assigned to the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was charged after he was captured on a video recording that has been widely circulated, shoving a woman to the ground who was peacefully protesting.  He was charg…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Actor, LI Theater Group Founder Bernard Marsh Dies, Choreographer Who Fought Racism On Broadway Actor, LI Theater Group Founder Bernard Marsh Dies, Choreographer Who Fought Racism On Broadway
Actor, LI Theater Group Founder Bernard Marsh Dies, Choreographer Who Fought Racism On Broadway Bernard Marsh, a career actor, director and choreographer who fought for racial equity on Broadway and later founded a theater group on Long Island died Monday, June 9 in Brooklyn. He was 77. Marsh who leaves behind many family members, friends and theater colleagues is being remembered as "a credit to his chosen profession, a star in his universe, a defender of the rights of his peers." Most recently in semi-retirement Marsh taught and directed, first at 966 in Brooklyn, then at the African American Museum of Nassau County, he founded the Living History Theater Group. At the museum, …

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by Donna Christopher