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Ex-College Athlete Found Guilty In Stabbing Of Roommate From Northern Westchester
A 23-year-old Long Island man was found guilty of stabbing his former college lacrosse teammate, a Northern Westchester County man, during a dispute about a loud party.
Matthew Stockfeder was convicted on Thursday, March 24, of first-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the 2019 stabbing of his then-roommate Justin Corpolongo, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Stockfeder, of Melville, and Corpolongo, of Somers, were both players on the lacrosse team at St. John's University at the time, Katz said. Stockfeder is a graduate of …
Six Accused Of Selling Heroin, THC At Five Long Island Stores
Six Long Island men were nabbed during a raid for allegedly selling drugs at smoke shops throughout the region.
The arrests took place around 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, during the execution of a search warrants at five Evolve Smoke Shops in Nassau County.
During the search, large quantities of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) were recovered, along with MDMA, heroin and cash, said the Nassau County Police.
The following people were arrested:
Mohamed Elfeky, age 31, of Huntington Station
Hardik Sureshbhai Patel, age 24, of Mineola
Rashmin S. Patel, age 27, of Hauppauge
M…
Suffolk Man Driving Drunk With Child In Car Crashes Into Parked Car, Police Say
A Suffolk County man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk and crashing into a parked car on Long Island with his 12-year-old son in the car, authorities announced.
In Huntington Station, local resident Denis Manzaneras-Orellana, age 34, was driving his 2000 Honda sedan on East 10th Street between Varney and Mulford Avenues at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, when he crashed into an unoccupied parked car, police said.
At the time of the crash, investigators noted that his child was a passenger in the Honda.
According to police, Second Precinct Patrol officers responded to t…
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser, Causing Hours-Long Long Island Expressway Closure In Suffolk
A chain-reaction crash involving an allegedly drunk driver caused the hours-long closure of a stretch of the Long Island Expressway.
It happened around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 in Hauppauge.
Tracy Smith, age 30, of Huntington Station, was driving a 2021 Volkswagen on the westbound side of the expressway, a half-mile west of exit 55, when his vehicle veered off the road and struck a Highway Patrol Bureau cruiser, with its lights activated, that was parked on the shoulder behind another vehicle, Suffolk County Police said.
The Volkswagen then struck a 2008 Ford, which was in the main t…
