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Sex Offender Who Raped Suffolk County Hospital Patient On Drive Home Gets Over Decade In Prison Sex Offender Who Raped Suffolk County Hospital Patient On Drive Home Gets Over Decade In Prison
Sex Offender Who Raped Suffolk County Hospital Patient On Drive Home Gets Over Decade In Prison A previously convicted sex offender will spend years more in prison for raping a woman he befriended at a Long Island hospital. Rupert Cruz, 65, of Coram, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Aug. 26, after pleading guilty to first-degree rape Cruz met the 32-year-old victim while they were both patients at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson in June 2023, according to prosecutors. He offered her a ride home when they were discharged, and she accepted. Once inside the car, Cruz gave the woman a drink from an opened soda can and began making sexual ad…

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NY Child Predator Used Parents' Friendship To Gain Trust Before Sexually Abusing Kids NY Child Predator Used Parents' Friendship To Gain Trust Before Sexually Abusing Kids
NY Child Predator Used Parents' Friendship To Gain Trust Before Sexually Abusing Kids An Albany man formally confessed to gaining his friends’ trust in order to sexually abuse their children for more than a year. Denzell Ritzie pleaded guilty to sexual abuse and related charges in Albany County Court on Friday, Aug. 1. Ritzie admitted to sexually abusing three children whose parents he had occasionally lived with for more than a year, from August 2022 to March 2024, according to the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office. One of the victims was 9 years old at the time and two older victims were 13. Prosecutors painted a picture of a man who relied on his relations…

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Woman Rammed, Dragged Rival With Van In Bellport–Now She's Headed To Prison Woman Rammed, Dragged Rival With Van In Bellport–Now She's Headed To Prison
Woman Rammed, Dragged Rival With Van In Bellport–Now She's Headed To Prison A Long Island woman who intentionally ran over a 63-year-old woman with her minivan during a late-night fight will spend years behind bars. Philomena Mistretta, 51, of Coram, was sentenced to seven years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, July 22, after pleading guilty to attempted murder and assault. Mistretta admitted that she was in the driver’s seat of her Toyota Sienna when she got into an argument with a woman at Miracle Plaza on Montauk Highway in Bellport around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2024. The victim was standing on the passenger side of the vehicle. As the argument esca…

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Thief Rams Home Depot Worker With Car On LI, Leaves Him Disabled—Now He’s Heading To Prison Thief Rams Home Depot Worker With Car On LI, Leaves Him Disabled—Now He’s Heading To Prison
Thief Rams Home Depot Worker With Car On LI, Leaves Him Disabled—Now He’s Heading To Prison A shoplifter who ran down a Home Depot employee with his car on Long Island – leaving the victim permanently disabled – will spend decades in prison. Joshua Mitchell, 29, of Queens, was sentenced to 22 years behind bars in Nassau County Court on Thursday, July 24, after a jury convicted him of assault and related charges in May. During the trial, prosecutors recounted how an employee spotted Mitchell stuffing over $3,000 worth of high-value plumbing supplies into a bin before trying to exit the Levittown Home Depot store without paying on the morning of June 17, 2020. When an asset protect…

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Dine-n-Dasher Whose Brutal Attack Left NY Restaurant Owner With Brain Injury Learns Fate Dine-n-Dasher Whose Brutal Attack Left NY Restaurant Owner With Brain Injury Learns Fate
Dine-n-Dasher Whose Brutal Attack Left NY Restaurant Owner With Brain Injury Learns Fate A man who left a New York sushi restaurant owner with a traumatic brain injury after skipping out on a $425 bill will spend more than two decades in prison. Lucas Healey, age 43, of Albany, was sentenced to 22 years behind bars and five years of post-release supervision in Albany County Court on Friday, May 30, for the violent 2024 assault and robbery that nearly killed Shogun Sushi & Sake Bar co-owner Su Wen Zheng. During the trial, prosecutors described how Healey racked up a hefty food and drink tab at the popular Madison Avenue eatery but attempted to leave after paying just $50 on …

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