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$30K In Cosmetics Stolen From LI CVS Stores By Three-Person Crew: Police
A shoplifting trio stole $30,000 worth of cosmetics from three CVS locations across Long Island, police said Friday, Sept. 11.
Two men and one woman hit CVS in Bayport on Sunday, Aug. 23, then robbed a CVS in Halesite and a CVS in Nesconset the following Sunday, Aug. 30, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
In each robbery, the suspects targeted the stores’ cosmetic departments and stole around $30,000 worth of merchandise in total, according to investigators.
The crew was driving a silver car with Virginia license plate SUR 1950, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call…
LI Bank Robbery Suspects Captured — And Charged In Three More Thefts: Police
Two people have been arrested for robbing a Long Island bank and three more stores across the region, police said Friday, Sept. 11.
Randy Hill, 48, and Donna Hovanec, 45, were cuffed Thursday, Sept. 10 and held for arraignment on first- and third-degree robbery charges, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
The two Bohemia residents were accused of four robberies:
Chase Bank at 39 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway in Commack on Friday, Aug. 14
Dollar Tree at 167 North Service Road in East Patchogue, on Sunday, Aug. 16
Dollar Tree at 2044 Route 112 in Medford on Saturday, Aug. 22
Starbucks a…
Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash
Hours before a training aircraft crashed in a wooded area in Massachusetts, killing both people aboard, one of the victims shared where he was headed that morning.
Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, posted on Facebook at 9:39 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, that he was flying to Northampton for the Three County Fair. Moore and Marcy Asbury, 62, of East Falmouth, were later identified as the victims on board the plane. Asbury's Facebook profile shows the two were dating. Both were killed in the crash.
Final post by Ken Moore
Ken Moore Facebook
About 12 hours after the post, the Piper P…
LI Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops
A Long Island man wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside a hotel in Massachusetts, police said.
Brandon William Hampson, 55, stabbed Rachel Frislid, 62, to death inside her home in Sayville, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 3, the Suffolk County (NY) Police Department said Thursday, Sept. 10.
Authorities found Hampson Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside the French King Restaurant and Motel in Erving, MA around 9:15 p.m. smoking a cigarette, Worcester County (MA) District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said.
Officers ordered Hampson to surrender, but he …
Hit-And-Run LI Driver Who Sent Jogger To Hospital Also Fled Earlier Crash: Authorities
A Long Island woman who seriously injured a jogger and then sped off was involved in another hit-and-run collision minutes earlier, authorities said.
Heather Foster, 50, of West Sayville, was indicted Thursday, Sept. 10 on new charges in the case, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Foster had already been arrested and charged with striking a jogger on Brook Street in West Sayville around 5:30 a.m. on May 16, authorities said. Foster briefly stepped out of her vehicle, a 2021 Mazda CX5, to look at the unconscious victim on the ground, then returned to her car and drove off, …
Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor
A yacht owner faces multiple charges after a young employee said he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted her aboard a vessel in Nantucket Harbor last month, according to a news report.
Christian Bradley Williams, 54, of Florida, was arraigned Friday, Sept. 4, in connection with the alleged Aug. 9 attack. The 22-year-old woman had started working as a deckhand aboard his yacht, Chimera, in June. She received housing on the boat in exchange for the work.
The US Sun reported that Williams is a former Navy commander of the USS Springfield submarine.
The alleged assault happened hours…
LI Asbestos Boss Hid Risky Work In $163K Insurance Scam: DA
An asbestos removal business owner on Long Island lied about his company’s work to save money on insurance payments, authorities said.
Joseph Arthurs, 56, of Patchogue, was hit with two felony charges for the fraud, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
The scheme meant Arthurs and his company, VGN Enterprise Corporation, underpaid insurance premiums by $163,561, authorities said.
“This type of fraud strips workers of the safeguards they depend on, leaving them unprotected if they get hurt on the job,” District Attorney Ray Tierney said.
Arthurs filed for workers comp insur…
Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’
A newlywed New York man has disappeared, and his wife believes he could be facing a medical emergency.
Dominick Bianchi, 35, was last seen Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. around his home in East Greenbush, the local police department said on Facebook.
Bianchi has Type 1 diabetes, and his new bride, Julianna Zyra, told ABC affiliate WTEN she wasn’t sure if he could monitor his blood sugar. The missing man has a continuous glucose monitor, but it’s “paired to his phone that he doesn’t have,” Zyra told WTEN.
Zyra told the station Bianchi had been battling mental health issues recently but “nobody…
PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports
A Pennsylvania social media influencer who was stabbed while confronting two men he accused of targeting children is now facing charges stemming from the New York brawl, court records show.
Nicholas Attalla, known online as “Niky Sal,” was arrested on Friday, Sept. 4, on charges of third-degree assault, second-degree criminal nuisance, and endangering the welfare of a child.
Attalla, of Erie, was arraigned that day and pleaded not guilty, according to online court records.
The charges stem from a fight inside a Tim Hortons in Jamestown on Dec. 13, 2025, according to WGRZ, Erie News Now, an…
Nassau Driver Killed In One-Car Crash, Slammed Into Fire Station: Police
A Long Island driver was killed in a one-car crash into a local fire station on Wednesday, Sept. 9, police said.
Michael Peattie, 41, of Sayville, struck Bethpage Fire Department Station 4 around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Peattie was driving eastbound on Stewart Avenue through Bethpage in a 2024 Mazda when his vehicle left the road, struck a utility pole, and smashed into the fire station, authorities said.
Pictures from the scene showed a heavily damaged, hardly recognizable vehicle up against the station’s exterior walls, according to LI Fire Buff.
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NY Cop Used Flock Cameras To Snoop On Ex-Girlfriend 3,000 Times, Investigators Say
A New York cop used Flock cameras to track her ex-girlfriend around 3,000 times, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Laurie Moore, a 13-year veteran with the Albany County Sheriff’s office, was booked on charges of falsifying records and official misconduct, the Albany Times-Union reported.
Cops said Moore, 47, used Flock’s license plate recorders to access data on five people she knew, according to NBC affiliate WNYT. She was suspended following the investigation.
Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple called Moore a quality investigator and said her arrest “literally breaks my heart,” accord…
Nassau Teen Pleads Guilty To Murdering Neighbor In Violent Burglary, Authorities Say
A Long Island teenager pleaded guilty to murder in the death of a 64-year-old woman, according to online court records.
Jose Olaya, 18, copped to second-degree murder and burglary charges on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the records show. His sentencing hearing is set for Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Olaya is likely to get 12 years behind bars, Newsday reported Tuesday. Prosecutors asked for a 14-year term after Olaya waived his status as a juvenile offender.
Linda Levy, of Levittown, was killed in a June 9, 2024, home invasion that police tied to two teenage boys, according to an August 2024 Newsday report. O…
0.28-bac Driver Who Killed LI Woman, Then Fled To Poland Pleads Guilty: Authorities
A drunk Long Island driver who killed a woman in a head-on crash has pleaded guilty, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Adam Chrzanowski, 45, formerly of Riverhead, had a BAC of 0.28% when he intentionally crossed a double yellow line to pass another vehicle, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
The ensuing four-car crash killed a passenger in an oncoming vehicle, 60-year-old Elizabeth Post, and sent at least one other person to a local hospital, authorities said.
After the wreck Chrzanowski, a Polish native, fled to Poland more than a year after he was indicted, authoriti…
‘Bruce Banner’ Fentanyl Stamp From OD Scenes Leads LI Cops To Dealer With 500K Deadly Doses: DA
A New York man dealing drugs on Long Island had enough fentanyl to kill more than 500,000 people before he was arrested, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Jemmal Bryan, 42, operated out of his home in Jamaica, Queens, and dealt fentanyl, xylazine, and cocaine across Nassau County, the county district attorney’s office said.
“He was arrogant, shameless, and did not care if people lived or died,” District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. “Drug dealers will always be willing to put profit above all else.”
Four more people were also arrested in the investigation that led to Bryan: his sister, K…
Knife-Wielding LI Attacker Who Stabbed Ex-Wife 20 Times Gets Prison Time: Authorities
A Long Island man who stabbed his ex-wife more than 20 times one day after she got a protection order against him is heading to prison, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Willie Curry, 38, of Brentwood, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years behind bars for the attack in a McDonald’s drive-thru in Bay Shore, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Curry’s ex-wife was sitting in her car in the drive-thru line around 8:15 a.m. on Nov. 2, 2024, when he pulled up on an e-bike and stabbed her more than 20 times, investigators said. The woman was wounded in her neck, face, chest, …
Drugged Driver Was ‘Swaying, Stumbling’ On Overnight Shift Before Deadly LI Crash: Authorities
A Long Island driver had marijuana and Klonopin in his vehicle when he crashed into a construction site, killing a man and injuring two others, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Thomas Lobianco, 26, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was indicted on numerous charges Wednesday for the Monday, Aug. 10 wreck in Nesconset, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Lobianco had just finished an overnight shift at a nearby 7-Eleven, where surveillance video captured him “swaying, stumbling, nearly falling multiple times, and nodding in and out of consciousness,” the DA’s office said.
He then drove…
Drunk Driver Takes Out Pole, Parked Car, And Fence In Late-Night LI Crash: Police
A drunk driver on Long Island hit a utility pole, a parked car, and a rail fence before coming to a stop in a crash, police said Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Laura Ortiz Lozano, 29, of the Bronx, was arrested following the wreck on Shelter Island late Sunday, Sept. 6, the Shelter Island Police Department said.
Cops responded to the scene around 11:50 p.m. Sunday to a report of a car accident in which one vehicle “struck a utility pole, a parked vehicle, and split rail fence,” Shelter Island police said.
Officers found Ortiz Lozano at the scene, and she was taken to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hos…
