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Suffolk County Company Admits Knowingly Exposing Employees To Hazardous Materials
A Long Island thermometer manufacturing company formally confessed to exposing employees to hazardous materials, seriously injuring four people.
Robert Peyser, 66, of Bellmore, and his West Babylon-based Kessler Thermometer Corp. pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Dec. 13.
Peyser, the company’s owner and principal agent, admitted that he knowingly endangered workers by failing to provide proper ventilation, protective equipment, and cleanup protocols for handling mercury spills.
Investigators got involved in August 2022, when a large mercury spill e…
Dogs On Cocaine Among Horrors Found At Animal Abuser's Centereach Home, Police Say
A Long Island man faces multiple animal cruelty charges after authorities found nearly a dozen dogs living in deplorable conditions, including two that ingested drugs.
Christopher DiGiovanna, age 42, was arrested Saturday, Nov. 23, after detectives from the Suffolk County SPCA uncovered 11 dogs living in squalid and dangerous conditions inside his Centereach home, police said.
Following a complaint about the animals’ living conditions, Suffolk County Police and Town of Brookhaven Animal Control and Code Enforcement executed a search warrant. Inside, they found numerous dogs underweight, fil…
NY Mom Claims To Find Human Blood In Daughter's Burger King Meal: 'She Is Traumatized'
A New York mother is considering a lawsuit against Burger King after claiming she found human blood in her daughter’s meal.
Erie County resident Tiffany Floyd, of the hamlet of Getzville, recounted the horrifying incident in a now-viral TikTok video posted Friday, July 26.
In the clip, Floyd recounts how she stopped by a Getzville Burger King for lunch with her 4-year-old daughter and went through the drive-through.
“Obviously, I’m a busy mom, I just gave her the bag to eat the food,” she said. “And I heard, ‘Mom, I don’t want ketchup.’”
Floyd then grabbed the bag of hamburger and fries, …
2 Women Charged After Raid At Selden Massage Parlor
Two women are facing charges after a raid at a Long Island massage parlor.
In response to numerous community complaints, authorities conducted an investigation into Jixiang Spa in Selden, located at 721 Middle Country Road, on Wednesday afternoon, June 12.
Two employees, Queens residents Jiangnan Tong, age 46, and Wenjing Guo, age 39, both of Flushing, were each charged with unauthorized practice of a profession, a Class E felony.
Tong and Guo were issued field appearance tickets and are scheduled to appear at First District Court in Central Islip later.
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