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Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing
Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing A 20-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing another man to death in a traffic circle near a Long Island park. Gelber Lopez Perez, of Riverhead, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, June 15, in the death of 26-year-old Tony Fernando Alvarado Ajcuc. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, it was around 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, when Lopez Perez got into an argument with one of two friends he was with at Riverhead’s Grangabel Park. Earlier Report: 20-Year-Old Stabs Man To Death In Riverside, Police Say During thei…

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by Michael Mashburn
Business
Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety
Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 30 evidence-based measures to grant hospitals a grade on a scale of A to F. Eight Long Island hospitals were awarded the highest grade for patient safety, according to the Leapfrog Hospital 2023 Spring Grade released on Wednesday, May 3. Using 30 evidence-based patient safety measures, The Leapfrog Group evaluates and assigns grades to nearly 3,000 acute-care hospitals around the country. A grade report is released twice annually. The perfect-grade hospitals are: Huntington Hospital Mather Hospital North Shore University Hospital Peconic Bay M…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant
Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant Employees arriving to work found a man dead outside a Long Island restaurant, authorities said. Medics in Riverhead were called at around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, with reports of an unconscious man who was seated against an exterior wall outside Express Deli & Café on Osborn Avenue, according to Riverhead Town Police. When officers arrived, they found the man not breathing and without a pulse, and began performing CPR. The man was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Detectives identified the man as 44-year-old Alberto Munoz Noj, of Riverh…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say
Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say A 35-year-old woman was charged after police said she attacked a store clerk on Long Island while committing a robbery. Police received a report about the incident in Riverhead at about 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, the Southampton Town Police Department reported. Officers responded to the 76 Gas Station, located at 7 Peconic Ave., and found that a woman attacked the clerk when he confronted her for stealing merchandise, police said. She allegedly slapped him and kicked him before grabbing New York State Lotto scratch-off tickets and fleeing the area, according to the report.  …

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by Nicole Valinote
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1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons 1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons
1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons A Long Island man died after the kayak he was in with an 8-year-old child overturned. The incident took place in the hamlet of Northampton near Riverhead in Wildwood Lake around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15. According to Southampton Police Lt. Susan Ralph, Adalfo Castro, age 35, of Mastic, was in a kayak with the child on Wildwood lake when the vessel overturned. A bystander in a nearby boat was able to pull the boy from the water, but could not reach the adult, Ralph said. Southampton Town Patrol and marine units responded along with Riverhead and Flanders Volunteer Ambulance.&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
5-Year-Old Falls From Second-Story Window In Hampton Bays 5-Year-Old Falls From Second-Story Window In Hampton Bays
5-Year-Old Falls From Second-Story Window In Hampton Bays Police on Long Island are investigating after a 5-year-old child fell from a second-story window. The incident took place in Hampton Bays around 5:55 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 13. Police received a 911 call reporting the event and officers responded to the home along with Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance, according to Lt. Susan Ralph of the Southampton Police. The child fell from an open window approximately 11 feet to the ground and was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center and transferred to Stony Brook Hospital for further treatment, Ralph said.  The Southampton Town Detective …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
27-Year-Old Killed In Fiery, Single-Vehicle Riverhead Crash 27-Year-Old Killed In Fiery, Single-Vehicle Riverhead Crash
27-Year-Old Killed In Fiery, Single-Vehicle Riverhead Crash Police are investigating a fiery, fatal single-vehicle Long Island crash. It happened around 5 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 in Riverhead when the car veered off Osborn Avenue near Honey Lane, crashing into trees, according to the Town of Riverhead Police Department. The Riverhead Fire Department was notified to respond due to a report of the vehicle being on fire, said police.  The vehicle fire was extinguished prior to their arrival and the fire department assisted with extricating the operator from the vehicle, according to police.  Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
4 Injured, 1 Seriously After Long Island Intoxicated Driving Crash Into Tree 4 Injured, 1 Seriously After Long Island Intoxicated Driving Crash Into Tree
4 Injured, 1 Seriously After Long Island Intoxicated Driving Crash Into Tree Four people were injured, including one seriously when their van hit a tree during an alleged intoxicated driving crash on Long Island. It took place in Riverhead around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 469 East Main St. According to Riverhead Police, responding officers located a 2007 Honda van that collided with a tree. There were five occupants inside the van, with one person seriously injured who was airlifted to Stony Brook Hospital by the Suffolk County medivac helicopter, police said.  Two of the passengers were transported to Stony Brook by ambulance; one person was transported to…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed After Assaulting, Robbing LI Teen Of Cell Phone, Police Say Man Nabbed After Assaulting, Robbing LI Teen Of Cell Phone, Police Say
Man Nabbed After Assaulting, Robbing LI Teen Of Cell Phone, Police Say A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and robbing a 16-year-old Long Island boy of his cellphone. The incident took place in Suffolk County around 9:15 p.m., Monday, Aug. 22 in Riverhead. Riverhead police received a 911 call reporting a disturbance at 435 Osborn Ave. The arriving patrol units were flagged down by a 16-year-old victim, who reported being robbed of his cellphone and assaulted by a Black man, Riverhead Police said. The victim identified the suspect, who was still on the scene to the police and he was taken into custody, police said. The detective d…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Nabbed For Stabbing Man In Neck On Long Island, Police Say Woman Nabbed For Stabbing Man In Neck On Long Island, Police Say
Woman Nabbed For Stabbing Man In Neck On Long Island, Police Say A woman was charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man in the neck with a knife while driving with him in a vehicle. The incident took place in Calverton around 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 24. According to the Riverhead Police, officers responded to a home on Fresh Pond Avenue for a report of a Hispanic man that approached the residence seeking help after being stabbed in the neck. Daniel Saavedra, age 48, of Queens, told responding officers that earlier in the evening he was a passenger in a vehicle with his then-girlfriend Claudia Patricia Garcia Vargas, age 53, of Queen…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Mack Truck Hits BMW, Home On Long Island, Police Say Mack Truck Hits BMW, Home On Long Island, Police Say
Mack Truck Hits BMW, Home On Long Island, Police Say A 10-wheel Mack truck struck a BMW before hitting and damaging a home on Long Island. The incident took place in the hamlet of Riverside around 10:45 a.m., Monday, July 25 on Riverleigh Avenue. The driver of a 2022 BMW stopped on Riverleigh Avenue to a make right turn on Pine Street causing the driver of the 2018 Mack truck to make a quick decision to go to the right of the BMW, striking the car and continuing until it struck the home, said Lt. Susan Ralph, of the Southampton Town Police. The driver of the BMW, Audrey Marrus, age 75, of East Rockaway, and the home's one…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Critical After Stabbing, Police Say Long Island Man Critical After Stabbing, Police Say
Long Island Man Critical After Stabbing, Police Say A Long Island man was charged with assault after he allegedly stabbed another man with a large knife leaving the victim in critical condition.  The incident took place in Riverhead around 10:45 p.m., Monday, July 18 in the area of Griffing Avenue and West Main Street. The attack was discovered when a Riverhead officer spotted some kind of dispute between two men on the street, said Det. Richard Freeborn, of the Riverhead Police. As the officer called for backup, one of the men began chasing the other. The man being chased appeared to be bleeding and his shirt was soaked in blood,…

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by Kathy Reakes