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MURDER-SUICIDE: Newly-Retired NYSP Worker ID'd As Victim Of Post-Christmas Tragedy MURDER-SUICIDE: Newly-Retired NYSP Worker ID'd As Victim Of Post-Christmas Tragedy
Murder-suicide: Newly-Retired Nysp Worker ID'd As Victim Of Post-Christmas Tragedy A New Jersey man and newly-retired New York State Police employee was shot and killed by his neighbor in Upstate New York who then killed his wife, and then himself, in a post-Christmas tragedy, according to officials and those who loved him. Thomas K. Fusco, 65, who was born in Passaic and raised in Saddle Brook, was found dead from a gunshot wound when New York State Police responded to a shooting at 10 Sunset Point Yankee Lake in Mamakating at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, New York State Police said.  Police executing a search warrant at a neighbor's house found the bodies of…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Massive Recall Issued For Brand Of Candy Linked To Death Of NY Girl Massive Recall Issued For Brand Of Candy Linked To Death Of NY Girl
Massive Recall Issued For Brand Of Candy Linked To Death Of NY Girl A massive recall has been issued for a brand of candy linked to the death of a girl. About 145,800 Cocco Candy Rolling Candy in various flavors are subject to the recall, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said, noting the candy’s rolling ball can dislodge and become trapped in a child’s throat, posing a fatal choking risk. CPSC said it has received one report of a 7-year-old girl who choked and died after the candy’s rolling ball dislodged and became trapped in her throat in New York in April 2023. The girl's precise place of residence in New York has not been released. Cons…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Three In Suffolk County Charged For Conspiring With Rapper In Drug Trafficking Ring Three In Suffolk County Charged For Conspiring With Rapper In Drug Trafficking Ring
Three In Suffolk County Charged For Conspiring With Rapper In Drug Trafficking Ring Three men on Long Island are among six - including a “chart-topping rapper” facing charges for their roles in an elaborate cross-country drug distribution ring. In federal court in Central Islip on Friday, Oct. 29, an indictment was unsealed charging six men with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, including five of them also charged for using weapons in connection to drug trafficking. Those charged: Anthony Leonardi, age 47, of Coram in Suffolk County; Kavaugn L. Wiggins, also known as “KV,” age 26, of Coram; Brian Sullivan, age 26, of Lake Grove; Anthony Cyntje,…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Four Men Nabbed On Long Island In $15,500 Scam Attempt, Police Say Four Men Nabbed On Long Island In $15,500 Scam Attempt, Police Say
Four Men Nabbed On Long Island In $15,500 Scam Attempt, Police Say Four out-of-state men were nabbed on Long Island for allegedly attempting to pull an elderly scam on an area man. The four New Jersey men were arrested around 12:30 p.m., Monday, April 19 in Russell Gardens after police were notified of the attempted scam, said the Nassau County Police. According to Robbery Squad detectives, an unknown man contacted the 75-year-old victim, impersonating his son.  The caller claimed to have been arrested after being involved in a car accident that injured someone in Reddington, Pennsylvania, police said. He gave the victim an arrest num…

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by Kathy Reakes