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Scammer Nabbed For Swindling NY Homebuyer Out Of $45K, Police Say Scammer Nabbed For Swindling NY Homebuyer Out Of $45K, Police Say
Scammer Nabbed For Swindling NY Homebuyer Out Of $45K, Police Say A man accused of bilking a New York homebuyer out of tens of thousands of dollars through an email scam has been nabbed by police. Maryland resident Emeka Ndukwu, age 50, of Lanham in Prince George's County, was arraigned on Long Island on Saturday, Oct. 1, on a felony charge of grand larceny in Nassau County Court.. Working with two other individuals, prosecutors said Ndukwu, who is a dual national of the United States and Nigeria, convinced a Garden City resident to wire a total of $45,000 to a person he believed to be a real estate attorney in October 2021. Ndukwu is accused of recrui…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Charged For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Missing Suffolk County Minor Man Charged For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Missing Suffolk County Minor
Man Charged For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Missing Suffolk County Minor A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged for allegedly sexually abusing a child who had been reported missing from Long Island, state police announced. Maryland resident Kelvin Emmanuel Grandados-Sorto, of Greenbelt in Prince George's County, is currently being held without bail on charges that include sexual abuse of a minor and a third-degree sex offense for allegedly abusing a child from Suffolk County who had been missing. According to officials, Suffolk County Police investigators had been searching for the missing child, who was believed to be with Grandados-Sorto, prompti…

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by David Cifarelli
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Pagans Leader From Long Island Sentenced After Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party Pagans Leader From Long Island Sentenced After Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party
Pagans Leader From Long Island Sentenced After Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party A Long Island man who was the former national president of the Pagans was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 14 to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison for having a gun while returning home through New Jersey from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when he was stopped in Mercer County, New Jersey this past February. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ID Released For Pilot Killed After Plane Bound For Westchester Airport Crashes ID Released For Pilot Killed After Plane Bound For Westchester Airport Crashes
ID Released For Pilot Killed After Plane Bound For Westchester Airport Crashes A man killed when a small plane headed for Westchester County Airport crashed into a home in Maryland has been identified. Gordon Allen, 61, of Bronx, died about 3:10 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 29, when the Grumman American AA-5A plane he was piloting crashed in College Park, located in Prince George's County, said the Maryland State Police. According to a preliminary investigation, the plane had departed the College Park Airport just minutes prior to crashing.  The plane crashed into a carport of a single-family home, then struck a vehicle with both the plane and the vehicle catching on…

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by Kathy Reakes