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Social Media Threat Raises Alarms At Elementary School In Riverhead
Security was heightened at a Long Island elementary school after authorities discovered a threatening social media post. Riverhead Police said a parent contacted the agency at around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, saying their child had found a Snapchat post making unspecific threats against “Pulaski Elementary School,” along with other schools. The threat was relayed to administrators at Pulaski Street Elementary School and police conducted extra patrols at the campus, police said. Earlier Report: New Bomb Threat Sent To Kellenberg High School For Second Straight Day Investigators…
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New Bomb Threat Sent To High School On Long Island For Second Straight Day
A high school on Long Island had to be cleared for the second straight day after a new bomb threat.The latest incident happened around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale. An anonymous person sent a message through a crisis chat message system that bombs had been placed around the school grounds, according to Nassau County Police. The school was cleared with negative results and reopened to students and faculty. Homeland Security responded to the scene. Earlier report - Students At Kellenberg HS Forced To Wait Outside As Polic…
Police & Fire
Students At HS On Long Island Forced To Wait Outside As Police Scour High School For Bombs
Police on Long Island say the bomb threat made against a high school was a hoax. Kellenberg Memorial High School, at 1400 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., in Uniondale was alerted to the call just after 7 a.m., Nassau County authorities said. The call was made anonymously to the 988 Lifeline, a suicide and crisis hotline. The caller claimed to have planted bombs around the school grounds. Police and Homeland Security agents had teachers and students wait outside until they deemed the area safe. Officers are investigating who made the call.
Police & Fire
Long Island Postal Employee Charged With Stealing Thousands Worth Of Checks From Mail
A 42-year-old postal employee is being accused of stealing thousands of dollars in checks from a Long Island mail facility. Dendrick Emery, age 42, from Brooklyn, was charged on Wednesday, June 5, with grand larceny and other crimes. He allegedly stole checks from the mail stream and then deposited them into his bank account remotely during his work shifts at a Suffolk County branch of the US Postal Service. “The reliability of the mail service is an important part of our quality of life, and I am dedicated to doing my part to protect it,” Suffolk County District Atto…
Police & Fire
Middle Island Man Accused Of Exchanging Child Sexual Abuse Material On Internet
A Long Island man has been accused of exchanging child sexual abuse material through the internet. Following an investigation, authorities executed a search warrant at a home in Middle Island on Thursday, March 28. Suffolk County Police detectives arrested Brian Kazmierowski, age 35, of Middle Island, at 6:15 p.m. Friday, April 5, for exchanging material using a peer-to-peer file-sharing system. Kazmierowski was charged with: Possessing a sexual performance by a child, a Class E felony, Promoting the sexual performance by a child, a Class D felony. He was held overni…
Obituaries
'Beautiful' Legacy Left Behind By Long Island Woman Found Dead On College Campus
Amanda Robinson was more than just a 22-year-old from Long Island who was about to graduate from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She was the epitome of serving others. "As a cadet of the Massachusetts Maritime Colleges Regiment, Amanda truly embodied the spirit of 'one hand for the ship, one hand for your shipmate,'" Samara Podmore wrote on a GoFundMe campaign organized on the Nassau County native's behalf. Robinson, of Bellmore, NY, was found dead in her dorm room on Wednesday morning, April 19, The Cape & Islands District Attorney's Office reports. Earlie…
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Long Island Raids Net Thousands Of Stolen Catalytic Converters, $4 Million In Cash, Police Say
Police on Long Island seized thousands of stolen catalytic converters and more than $4 million in cash during a raid that followed a months-long investigation. The raids took place before dawn in Nassau County at the homes and scrapyards of two brothers in Long Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 14, said Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder at a news conference. During the raids, the homes of Andrew Pawelsky, age 24, and his brother, Alan Pawelsky, age 20, both of Long Beach were searched where police seized $3.9 million in cash from Alan Pawelsky’s home, some $100,000 from Andre…
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Nabbed With 18 Handguns, Police Say
A Long Island man has been apprehended after police allegedly found 18 illegal weapons in his home. Matthew Spigner, age 69 of Manhasset was arrested on Thursday, April 7 at his home. Spigner was arrested on a warrant by members of the Nassau County Police, Homeland Security, Nassau County District Attorney's Office, and the US Postal Service. During the search, officers found 18 handguns, police said. Spigner was placed into police custody without incident and charged with: Criminal possession of a weapon first-degree Criminal possession of a weapon second-degree Two counts of criminal…
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Covid-
19: Millions Of Phony N95 Face Masks Distributed In US
Millions of fake N95 face masks were purchased - and in some cases used - by hospitals, medical facilities, and government agencies in five states, according to The New York Times and various media outlets. Many of the masks were stamped with the 3M logos and shipped in boxes that said “Made in the USA” even though neither claim is true, said the NYT citing federal investigators with Homeland Security. News of the investigation first broke in the Associated Press. 3M is a major American manufacturer of professional-grade face masks. The company has produced billions of masks since the…
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MS-13's Highest-Ranking Leaders Charged On Long Island With Terrorism
Some of the highest-ranking leaders of the MS-13 street gang were charged in federal court on Long Island with terrorism. An indictment was unsealed in Central Islip federal court on Thursday, Jan. 14 charging 14 MS-13 leaders - known as the Ranfla Nacional - who operated the organization’s Board of Directors and directed international violence for two decades. Specifically, federal prosecutors said that the indictment charges the gang leaders with conspiracy to provide and conceal material support to terrorists, conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, consp…
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Accused Long Island MS-13 Member Charged In Two Killings, Including Hacking Death
A reputed MS-13 member from Long Island has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two men, one of whom was hacked with a machete and another who was shot. Carlos Alfaro, 22, of Roosevelt, will be arraigned Wednesday, Feb. 19, with two counts of second-degree murder, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, Alfaro is responsible for the 2016 murder of Josue Amaya Leonor, 19, whose body was found in 2018 in a wooded area of the Roosevelt Preserve during an investigation by the Homicide Squad, along with Homeland Security investigators. Two other MS-13 gang membe…
Police & Fire
Accused Long Island MS-13 Member Charged In Two Killings, Including Hacking Death
A reputed MS-13 member from Long Island has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two men, one of whom was hacked with a machete and another who was shot. Carlos Alfaro, 22, of Roosevelt, will be arraigned Wednesday, Feb. 19, with two counts of second-degree murder, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, Alfaro is responsible for the 2016 murder of Josue Amaya Leonor, 19, whose body was found in 2018 in a wooded area of the Roosevelt Preserve during an investigation by the Homicide Squad, along with Homeland Security investigators. Two other MS-13 gang membe…
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Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Using Long Island Home To Produce Ecstasy, Grow Pot
An electrician with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has pleaded guilty to using a stash house on Long Island to produce ecstasy and grown marijuana. Joseph Guida, 45, of Elmhurst, entered his plea on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip. According to court filings, Guida used a house in Mastic for more than five years to manufacture MDMA and marijuana for resale, said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. His operation was uncovered when officers with Customs and Border Protection interc…
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Man Extradited From Mexico To Face Sex Trafficking Charges In Case Involving Queens Minors
A man from Mexico is back in the States after being extradited to face charges for an alleged sex trafficking conspiracy involving minors in Queens. Jose Miguel Melendez-Rojas, 45, was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, Aug. 15 in Brooklyn federal court on an 18-count indictment charging him with operating a sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of minors, interstate prostitution, alien smuggling, and a money-laundering conspiracy. Melendez-Rojas was arrested in February in Mexico following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Mexican Federal Po…
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Brentwood Man Charged With Distributing Crystal Meth, Ecstasy
A Long Island man is facing charges after allegedly using the dark web to distribute more than a million dollars worth of ecstasy. Lawrence Ross, 39, of Brentwood, has been charged in federal court in Central Islip for allegedly conspiring to distribute, and distributing, more than 10 kilograms of ecstasy and more than 45 grams of methamphetamine. Between November last year and this month, Ross allegedly sold controlled substances on the dark web, communicated with customers using the Wickr encrypted messaging application, distributed the drugs through the. mail, and accepted the Bitcoin c…
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