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Woman Wanted For Stealing Wallet, Attempting To Use Stolen Credit Card At Long Island Store Woman Wanted For Stealing Wallet, Attempting To Use Stolen Credit Card At Long Island Store
Woman Wanted For Stealing Wallet, Attempting To Use Stolen Credit Card At Long Island Store Police are searching for a woman who attempted to use credit cards from the wallet of a shopper on Long Island. A Huntington woman reported the wallet missing at approximately 1:50 a.m. on Monday Nov. 2 while shopping at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station, according to Suffolk County Police. Later that day, an unidentified woman attempted to use a credit card inside the wallet at Home Goods in Melville, but the purchase was declined.  Anyone who witnessed the incident or recognizes the pictured woman is asked to contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers for a cash reward online,…

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by Christina Coulter
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Reward Increases In Case Of Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway Reward Increases In Case Of Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway
Reward Increases In Case Of Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway A higher reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of a person who threw a live kitten from a moving vehicle on the Northern State Parkway. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said that the department was alerted on Thursday, Sept. 17 by a caller who said that they saw someone toss a black and white kitten from a moving vehicle on the parkway shortly before 8 a.m. The incident happened in the eastbound lanes of Northern State Parkway between exits 40 and 41 in Melville. Gross said that the caller saw the kitten roll over to the side of the road and land …

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect At Large After Burglarizing Occupied Long Island Home, Police Say Suspect At Large After Burglarizing Occupied Long Island Home, Police Say
Suspect At Large After Burglarizing Occupied Long Island Home, Police Say A suspect is wanted after breaking into a Long Island home, pistol-whipping two residents, and firing his weapon during an attempted overnight robbery. Suffolk County Police investigators said that a heavyset man entered a New York Avenue residence at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, demanding cash from a man and woman in Melville. Police said that the suspect displayed a handgun and struck both of the occupants of the home with the weapon. During the burglary, the male resident struggled with the suspect, and the weapon discharged, however, no one was struck. The suspect proc…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island 7-Eleven Worker Charged With Killing Shoplifter Long Island 7-Eleven Worker Charged With Killing Shoplifter
Long Island 7-Eleven Worker Charged With Killing Shoplifter An employee at a 7-Eleven location on Long Island has been charged for killing an alleged shoplifter with a box cutter. Melville resident Raquan Jackson attempted to steal food and drinks from the 7-Eleven location at 24-28 Broadhollow Road in Melville at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, police said. Original story - Alleged Shoplifter Killed Following Fight With Long Island 7-Eleven Worker Conroy Jarman, an employee working at 7-Eleven at the time of the shoplifting incident chased Jackson from the store to a nearby parking lot on Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station, poli…

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by Zak Failla
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Reward Increased After Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway Reward Increased After Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway
Reward Increased After Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway A higher reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of a person who threw a live kitten from a moving vehicle on the Northern State Parkway. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said that the department was alerted on Thursday, Sept. 17 by a caller who said that they saw someone toss a black and white kitten from a moving vehicle on the parkway shortly before 8 a.m. The incident happened in the eastbound lanes of Northern State Parkway between exits 40 and 41 in Melville. Gross said that the caller saw the kitten roll over to the side of the road and land …

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by Zak Failla
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Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway
Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway A reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of a person who threw a live kitten from a moving vehicle on the Northern State Parkway. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said that the department was alerted on Friday, Sept. 18 by a caller who said that they saw someone toss a black and white kitten from a moving vehicle on the parkway shortly before 8 a.m. The incident happened in the eastbound lanes of Northern State Parkway between exits 40 and 41 in Melville. Gross said that the caller saw the kitten roll over to the side of the road and land in the g…

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by Zak Failla
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Northern Westchester Man Shot From Other Vehicle On Long Island Expressway Northern Westchester Man Shot From Other Vehicle On Long Island Expressway
Northern Westchester Man Shot From Other Vehicle On Long Island Expressway A Northern Westchester man was struck by a bullet while traveling on the Long Island Expressway, police said. The victim, a 28-year-old Peekskill resident, whose name has not been released, was struck in the leg in a drive-by shooting at approximately 11:30 p.m. in Melville on Monday, Sept. 7 near Route 110 and Round Swamp Road. Suffolk County police investigators said that the alleged shooter was driving on the Expressway before speeding away after the shooting. The Peekskill man was transported to Nassau University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, where he was treated a…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Charged In Fatal Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Suffolk County Man Teen Charged In Fatal Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Suffolk County Man
Teen Charged In Fatal Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Suffolk County Man A teenage suspect has been charged in connection to a homicide that happened on Long Island. Nassau County Police announced on Monday, Sept. 7 that the suspect, a 16-year-old Hempstead resident, was charged for the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Alexis Gonzalez-Sanchez, of Melville, who was found dead on just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 in Westbury. According to detectives, Third Precinct Officers responded to the parking lot of 445 Union Ave. for a report of a person shot. Upon arrival, officers located Gonzalez-Sanchez with a gunshot wound. He was transported by a Nassau County Pol…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Seriously Injured In Crash That Causes Long Island Expressway Closure Man Seriously Injured In Crash That Causes Long Island Expressway Closure
Man Seriously Injured In Crash That Causes Long Island Expressway Closure A man was seriously injured in a crash that led to the closure of a stretch of the Long Island Expressway overnight. The crash happened on Thursday, Aug. 27 at about 3:15 a.m. on the westbound side near Exit 48 in Melville. Alex Sahastume-Rivera, 22, of Jackson Heights, Queens,  was driving a 2020 Jeep Wrangler westbound on the Long Island Expressway near exit 48 when the vehicle left the roadway and overturned at approximately 3:15 a.m.  Keith Tito, 22, of East Elmhurst, Queens, a passenger in the backseat, was ejected from the vehicle. Tito was transported to Nassau Unive…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Wanted For Assaulting Victim In Parking Lot Of Long Island Supermarket Man Wanted For Assaulting Victim In Parking Lot Of Long Island Supermarket
Man Wanted For Assaulting Victim In Parking Lot Of Long Island Supermarket An unknown man is wanted after confronting a customer in the parking lot of a Long Island grocery store, assaulting and hospitalizing him. Suffolk County Police investigators said a man was attempting to back out of his parking spot in the parking lot of Uncle Giuseppe’s on Walt Whitman Road in Melville earlier this year when a second man blocked him with car his shopping cart. When the victim got out of his vehicle the suspect allegedly punched the victim several times, causing injuries to his face. The victim was able to drive himself to a local hospital, where he was treated and release…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Man Keeps Four Siberian Huskies Outside During Heat Wave, SPCA Says Long Island Man Keeps Four Siberian Huskies Outside During Heat Wave, SPCA Says
Long Island Man Keeps Four Siberian Huskies Outside During Heat Wave, SPCA Says A Long Island man is facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly abusing his four dogs during the recent heat wave. Despite being warned, it is alleged that Melville resident Michael Kaplow, 78, left his four Siberian huskies outside for more than six hours while he wasn’t home as temperatures topped 90 degrees. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk SPCA said that an officer responded to Kaplow’s Rope Court home after receiving reports of the dogs being penned up in the yard during the heat wave. According to Gross, Kaplow told the SPCA officer that his dogs can handle the extreme temperatures …

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by Zak Failla
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Metro Area Jewelry Wholesaler Indicted For $200 Million Ponzi Scheme Metro Area Jewelry Wholesaler Indicted For $200 Million Ponzi Scheme
Metro Area Jewelry Wholesaler Indicted For $200 Million Ponzi Scheme A jewelry wholesaler from Long Island is facing charges for allegedly operating a $200 million Ponzi Scheme in New York. Long Island resident Gregory Altieri, of Melville in Suffolk County, the president of LNA Associates, was indicted for allegedly operating a two-year $200 million scheme based on nonexistent wholesale jewelry deals and false promises of inflated returns, federal officials said. It is alleged that beginning in August 2017, Altieri solicited between $75 million to $85 million from more than 80 investors in Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, and elsewhere, to allegedly purc…

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by Zak Failla