Out-Of-Control Car Tears Through Fences, Shed Before Smashing Into Hauppauge House
An out-of-control vehicle slammed into a home on Long Island on Thursday, July 9, knocking out power, starting a gas leak, and leaving the home unsafe, authorities said.
Cops said a 25-year-old driver suffered a medical issue behind the wheel, sending his car careening through an intersection and off the streets, News 12 Long Island reported.
Investigators said the vehicle pushed another car into the intersection, just missed a first house, crashed through two fences and a shed, then collided with the second home, according to News 12.
The chaos began at Smithtown Bypass and S Plaisted Ave…
Bay Shore Dad Poured Vodka Shots For Son, 19, Behind Wheel Of Deadly DWI Crash: Authorities
A Long Island father and son have admitted their roles in a deadly drunken car crash in which the father poured his son shots of vodka while the young man drove a Bentley, authorities said.
Brian August, 20, and Brian Kitchen, 43, both of Bay Shore, face prison time at their sentencing hearings, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said Thursday, July 9.
“As a parent, it is inconceivable to me that a father could be so reckless and careless as to pour and serve his underage, teenage son shots of liquor while driving,” District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.
August was sitting in the …
MS-13 Killer Who Lured LI Teens To Grisly Freeport Deaths Learns His Fate
An MS-13 gangster who took part in two vicious teenage murders on Long Island has been sentenced to decades behind bars for the killings, authorities announced Tuesday, July 7.
Kevin Cuevas Del Cid, now 26, had pleaded guilty to killing two teenagers, Kerin Pineda and Javier Castillo, in 2016 and got 42 years in prison, the Justice Department said.
“This defendant used social media to lure Kerin Pineda to his death, and this callous disregard for human life has now been met with a just punishment,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said.
Del Cid, who lived in Freeport, played a key role in …
Amityville Nurse’s Fake Vaccine Scheme Leads To Record Fine From Health Department
A Long Island nurse who admitted to faking more than 150 child vaccines was fined $544,000 by the state, officials announced Thursday, July 9.
Julie DeVuono’s fine is the largest in the New York Department of Health’s 125-year history, the agency said.
DeVuono, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in June 2024, in which she agreed to complete community service, forfeit $1.2 million in criminal proceeds, and give up her professional licenses.
Between 2019 and 2022, DeVuono lied about giving 162 children various vaccines, including for chickenpox, measles, hepatitis, tetanus, and COVID-19,…
Fentanyl, Meth, Guns Seized In Albany Raid, Two Suspects Arrested: Police
Two people, including a teenager, were busted with a cache of drugs and weapons in Albany on Wednesday, June 8, police said.
Lamont Bryant, 53, and Equavieair Cooper, 18, both of Albany, were arrested around 10:30 a.m. on the 600 block of Clinton Street, the Albany Police Department said.
Cops executed a search warrant at a home and found fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, a loaded AR .22 rifle, and a loaded 9mm handgun, police said. Bryant and Cooper were each hit with eight drug possession and two gun possession charges.
Both men were arraigned Wednesday in Albany, pleaded not guilty, a…
