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21-Year-Old Nabbed For DWAI After Crash Seriously Injures Teen In Central Islip 21-Year-Old Nabbed For DWAI After Crash Seriously Injures Teen In Central Islip
21-Year-Old Nabbed For Dwai After Crash Seriously Injures Teen In Central Islip A man is accused of impaired driving after a crash with a serious injury on Long Island. Click here for a new, updated story - 19-Year-Old Dies From Injuries After Crash Involving Allegedly Impaired Driver In Central Islip It happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, in Central Islip. A 19-year-old Brentwood man was riding a bicycle westbound across Joshuas Path at Vanderbilt Avenue when he was struck by a 2012 Honda sedan traveling southbound on Joshuas Path, according to Suffolk County Police. The teen was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shor…

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by Joe Lombardi
Traffic
Fourth Of July Crackdown: Extra DUI Patrols To Monitor NY Roads Over Holiday Weekend Fourth Of July Crackdown: Extra DUI Patrols To Monitor NY Roads Over Holiday Weekend
Fourth Of July Crackdown: Extra DUI Patrols To Monitor NY Roads Over Holiday Weekend Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that extra patrols will be on the lookout for drunk and drugged drivers over the Fourth of July weekend. Starting on Wednesday, July 3 at 6 p.m. and lasting through midnight on Sunday, July 7, New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies will increase patrols on highways across the state. The extra patrols will conduct sobriety checkpoints and target reckless and aggressive driving in an effort to curb impaired drivers and target other traffic infractions, Hochul said. “State Police and local law enforcement agencies will once again be out on New Y…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Choked Girlfriend While She Held 1-Year-Old: Police Long Island Man Choked Girlfriend While She Held 1-Year-Old: Police
Long Island Man Choked Girlfriend While She Held 1-Year-Old: Police A Long Island man is facing charges after he allegedly choked his girlfriend while she held their child in her arms, police reported. The incident happened on Saturday, July 15 in Hicksville, according to the Nassau County Police. At approximately 12:30 p.m., the man and his 34-year-old girlfriend were at the Days Inn, located at 828 South Oyster Bay Road. The two allegedly got into a verbal argument that became physical, which is when Damar Collins, aged 36, grabbed the woman around her neck and choked her. She was reportedly holding the couple’s one-year-old child in her arms while h…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Duo Charged After Loaded Handgun, Heroin, Crack Cocaine Recovered During Inwood Traffic Stop Duo Charged After Loaded Handgun, Heroin, Crack Cocaine Recovered During Inwood Traffic Stop
Duo Charged After Loaded Handgun, Heroin, Crack Cocaine Recovered During Inwood Traffic Stop A man and a woman were charged after police reported recovering drugs and a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on Long Island. The traffic stop happened at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Inwood, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officers saw a 2012 Ford that was traveling east on Burnside Avenue near Doughty Boulevard change lanes without signaling, NCPD reported. Police pulled the vehicle over and recovered the handgun, 19 glassine envelopes containing a substance believed to be heroin, and seven caps believed to contain crack cocaine, authorities said. The dri…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Hotel Room Raid: Southampton Man Busted With Meth, Heroin, Handgun, Police Say Hotel Room Raid: Southampton Man Busted With Meth, Heroin, Handgun, Police Say
Hotel Room Raid: Southampton Man Busted With Meth, Heroin, Handgun, Police Say A Long Island man was found with meth, ecstasy, heroin, and a gun in a raid of a hotel in New Jersey, authorities said. Sean McDermott, age 33, of Southampton, had been wanted out of Middlesex County, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. He was found with the following while at the Harmony Suites Hotel on Plaza Drive in Secaucus on Monday, Nov. 14 around 5:25 p.m., according to Miller: More than 50 grams of suspected methamphetamine, More than 30 pills of suspected ecstasy,  Heroin Gamma hydroxybutrate (GHB), Several hundred dollars in suspected drug proceeds  .177 cal…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Inwood Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Firearm, Police Say Inwood Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Firearm, Police Say
Inwood Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Firearm, Police Say Two men were arrested on Long Island after a traffic stop for a defective brake light led police to discover a firearm and drugs in the vehicle. The incident happened in Inwood at about 11:10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officers saw a 2002 Mercedes Benz with a defective brake light at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Gates Avenue and pulled the vehicle over. An investigation found that the passenger, identified as 44-year-old Elvis Montenegro, of Far Rockaway, was illegally in possession of a firearm, and he was arrested and charg…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man With Gunshot Wound Faces Drug Charges After Melville Crash Man With Gunshot Wound Faces Drug Charges After Melville Crash
Man With Gunshot Wound Faces Drug Charges After Melville Crash A Long Island man who was found shot in the arm after fleeing police has been charged with alleged possession of drugs, police said. Daquan Cannon, age 31, of Wyandanch, was arrested on Sunday, March 27 after crashing his car in Melville. Cannon was driving a 2011 BMW sedan eastbound on the South Service Road, east of Broadhollow Road when the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a tree around 8 p.m., police said. Cannon fled the scene on foot but was caught a short distance away by a canine officer about 40 minutes later, police said. When the officer found him, Cannon had a gunshot…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Frantic 911 Calls Released After West Point Cadets Overdose At Spring Break Frantic 911 Calls Released After West Point Cadets Overdose At Spring Break
Frantic 911 Calls Released After West Point Cadets Overdose At Spring Break Two 911 calls just released revealed the chaotic moments after four West Point cadets overdosed on cocaine tainted with fentanyl during spring break in Florida. Two cadets reportedly remained hospitalized after the Thursday, March 10 incident, where four West Point students and one other person consumed the drugs, officials said. “We took some coke and we are not getting some responses right now,” an unidentified person told an emergency dispatcher, according to audio obtained by the Daily Mail. The nearly-five minute call begins with raised voices before the caller pleads, 'I'm sorry, I'm…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed With Stolen Loaded Handgun, Pot, During LI Traffic Stop, Police Say Man Nabbed With Stolen Loaded Handgun, Pot, During LI Traffic Stop, Police Say
Man Nabbed With Stolen Loaded Handgun, Pot, During LI Traffic Stop, Police Say A Long Island man has been arrested for alleged possession of a stolen loaded handgun and marijuana. Suffolk County resident Vernon Thornton, age 32, of Wyandanch, was arrested in Merrick around 8:20 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26, after detectives working a special detail aimed against opioids sale and use, after he was pulled over for traffic violations, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, officers on patrol spotted a red Kia with an improperly displayed front license plate fail to signal while making a right turn out of the parking lot at 1780 Sunrise Highway.&…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Who Crashed Into Two Cars Drove Drunk With Girls In Vehicle, Police Say Long Island Man Who Crashed Into Two Cars Drove Drunk With Girls In Vehicle, Police Say
Long Island Man Who Crashed Into Two Cars Drove Drunk With Girls In Vehicle, Police Say A Long Island man was driving drunk with two girls on board when the vehicle crashed into parked cars, police say. The incident happened around 10:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. According to Nassau County Police, Andre Isaac, 25, of New Cassel, was operating a 2003 Infiniti sedan on Earl Street in Westbury when the vehicle struck two legally parked vehicles.  At the time of the accident, two girls, ages 11 and 8 years old, were passengers in the vehicle, according to police.  Upon arrival, officers observed Isaac in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, he had impaired motor functions and…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Woman, Two Men Charged After 22 Unregistered Firearms, Drugs Seized At Long Island Residence Woman, Two Men Charged After 22 Unregistered Firearms, Drugs Seized At Long Island Residence
Woman, Two Men Charged After 22 Unregistered Firearms, Drugs Seized At Long Island Residence A woman and two men are facing charges after being busted with nearly two dozen unregistered firearms and an assortment of drugs at a Long Island residence, police said. Nassau County Police officers were called to the Staples Street residence at approximately 7 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, in Farmingdale to check on the well-being of a resident. Upon arrival, officers were given permission to enter the home, which was occupied by residents Tiffany Pawson, Eddie Fernandez and Daniel Petrizzo. According to police, officers found various chemicals in liquid and powder form as well as nu…

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by Zak Failla