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Pants On Fire: Long Island Firefighter Lied About Responding To Emergency Calls, DA Says Pants On Fire: Long Island Firefighter Lied About Responding To Emergency Calls, DA Says
Pants On Fire: Long Island Firefighter Lied About Responding To Emergency Calls, DA Says A volunteer firefighter on Long Island is accused of altering public records in order to give himself and his relatives credit for emergency calls they never responded to. James Burns, age 27, of Cutchogue, was arrested Wednesday, March 6, following an investigation by the Suffolk County DA’s Public Corruption Squad. Prosecutors said Burns illegally accessed an internal computer system at the Cutchogue Fire Department in September 2023 and made 96 changes to the records of 55 prior emergency calls. He allegedly changed the records to show that he and three relatives had responded to prior …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Community Mourns Loss Of Long Island Firefighter Following Sudden Death Community Mourns Loss Of Long Island Firefighter Following Sudden Death
Community Mourns Loss Of Long Island Firefighter Following Sudden Death Firefighters, friends, and acquaintances alike are grieving for a Long Island firefighter after her recent and sudden death. Kathie Cibulski died on Tuesday, Aug. 1 following a brief and recent battle with cancer, according to an announcement by the Cutchogue Fire Department. The 56-year-old Mattituck native joined the department in 2004. She spent time serving as a past officer, EMT, and the department’s Chicken Barbecue Chairperson. “Most importantly,” the department wrote, Kathie was “a friend to many.” Kathie Cibulski.Facebook/Cutchogue Fire Department A Facebook post announci…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island
Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island Two teenagers’ swimming day turned dangerous when they were swept away in the current of the Long Island Sound, leading to a rescue mission involving multiple departments. Earlier report: Teens Saved From Near-Drowning On Long Island Sound After Boat Breaks Down The incident was first reported on Thursday, July 6 at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to Cutchogue Fire Department. Teams from the department, along with Southold Police and the Mattituck Fire Department, responded to the scene off Duck Pond Point, where a 23-foot boat had been disabled and adrift, with two 16-year-old p…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Teens Saved From Near-Drowning On Long Island Sound After Boat Breaks Down Teens Saved From Near-Drowning On Long Island Sound After Boat Breaks Down
Teens Saved From Near-Drowning On Long Island Sound After Boat Breaks Down Two teenagers are lucky to be alive after being pulled from Long Island Sound miles away from shore. Emergency crews were called shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, July 5, after a 23-foot boat lost power about three miles north of Cutchogue, according to Southold Town Police. The 18-year-old operator told dispatchers that a 16-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl who were on the boat had jumped into the water without life jackets. Due to the strong current and winds in the area, the teens were pushed further away from the boat. More than a dozen police and fire marine units, including the Cutc…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Fire Races Through Long Island Barn Fire Races Through Long Island Barn
Fire Races Through Long Island Barn Firefighters battled a barn fire on Long Island in a garage-type structure that was in danger of spreading to an adjacent barn. The blaze broke out around 1 a.m., Sunday, May 15 at 6900 Wickham Ave., in Mattituck, a hamlet on Long Island's North Fork.  The first firefighters on the scene from the Mattituck Fire Department found a "garage-type" structure fully engulfed in flames with the fire moving toward a second barn, said the Cutchogue Fire Department. The Cutchogue Fire department was called to respond and assist at the scene with a rapid intervention team. The fire was located in an…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Nor'easter: Number Of Long Island Deaths During Storm Reaches Four Nor'easter: Number Of Long Island Deaths During Storm Reaches Four
Nor'easter: Number Of Long Island Deaths During Storm Reaches Four The number of people who have died on Long Island during the worst winter Nor'easter in several years has reached four. The first man drowned at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in Suffolk County after falling into a swimming pool while clearing snow at his home in Cutchogue, said Southold Police Det. Richard Buonaiuto said. Responding officers pulled the unconscious man from the pool and began CPR with the assistance of Cutchogue Fire Department Rescue personnel, Buonaiuto said. The Cutchogue Fire Department transported the man to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital where he was la…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Charged With BWI In Long Island Boat Crash That Killed One, Injured Three Man Charged With BWI In Long Island Boat Crash That Killed One, Injured Three
Man Charged With BWI In Long Island Boat Crash That Killed One, Injured Three An East Northport man has been charged with boating while intoxicated following a powerboat crash that left one woman dead and three others injured.  Francesco Distefano, 48, was charged on Monday, Nov. 11, following the Sunday, Nov. 10 crash that took place around 9:17 p.m. when a 39-foot Cobalt powerboat he was allegedly piloting smashed into a bulkhead fronting on Great Peconic Bay, Southhold Police said. Police discovered the vessel approximately 150-feet from the shoreline with four people on board. The four sustained serious injuries to varying degrees, police said.  There …

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by Kathy Reakes