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Hero Hound Saves Massapequa Family From Inferno As Community Rallies To Help Them Rebuild Hero Hound Saves Massapequa Family From Inferno As Community Rallies To Help Them Rebuild
Hero Hound Saves Massapequa Family From Inferno As Community Rallies To Help Them Rebuild A Long Island family was saved by their dog in a house fire, but the home itself was severely damaged, and the community has rallied to support them. The blaze erupted around 4:30 a.m. Friday, July 3 on Bayview Place in Massapequa, according to the Massapequa Fire Department. No one was seriously injured in the inferno, but the blaze destroyed the home, according to an online fundraiser. “The Cestra family experienced a devastating house fire that took everything they owned,” organizer Brooke Eversman wrote in the GoFundMe. “While we are incredibly grateful that they are safe, they are now …
Teen Launches Firework At Albany Cops After Blasting Homes On July 4 Weekend, Police Say Teen Launches Firework At Albany Cops After Blasting Homes On July 4 Weekend, Police Say
Teen Launches Firework At Albany Cops After Blasting Homes On July 4 Weekend, Police Say A 14-year-old boy launched a firework at cops who were arriving to stop him from sending blasts at two houses just after July 4, according to police. Cops responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, July 5 to reports of a large group setting off fireworks on Hudson Avenue near Ontario Street, the Albany Police Department said. They arrived to see the 14-year-old launching fireworks at two homes, which both had residents on their porches, authorities said. When the teenager spotted the cops, he directed a firework straight at them and fled, police said. The officers captured the teen after a short …
'You Will Never Know Peace': NY Man’s Angry ICE Email Brought Feds To His Door, Suit Says 'You Will Never Know Peace': NY Man’s Angry ICE Email Brought Feds To His Door, Suit Says
'You Will Never Know Peace': NY Man’s Angry ICE Email Brought Feds To His Door, Suit Says A New York man who sent an angry email to the director of ICE was met with federal agents at his front door, according to a lawsuit filed Monday, July 6. David Streever was not at his Rochester home when the feds showed up, but another officer confronted him at a hotel in New York City, according to the suit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. The feds did not arrest Streever, but they hit him with a “warning notice” that he might have violated federal law, the suit says. Streever claims the pursuit by the Department of Homeland Security was an intimidation tactic that violates his F…
Back Alley Backstabbing In Levittown Leads To Attempted Murder Case For LI Man: Police Back Alley Backstabbing In Levittown Leads To Attempted Murder Case For LI Man: Police
Back Alley Backstabbing In Levittown Leads To Attempted Murder Case For LI Man: Police A Long Island man was knifed in the back in a back alley brawl that spilled out of a comedy club, police said. Francis Jimenea, 54, of East Meadow, was charged with attempted murder in the stabbing outside Governors Comedy Club in Levittown on Thursday, June 18, the Nassau County Police Department said. Cops responded to the club around 6:30 p.m. that night and learned that an altercation between Jimenea and a 58-year-old man had escalated and led to a back alley, police said. Jimenea stabbed the man in the back during the argument, and the victim was rushed to a local hospital in critical…
Kids With Guns: Pair Of 13-Year-Old Boys Arrested In Albany Weapons Busts, Cops Say Kids With Guns: Pair Of 13-Year-Old Boys Arrested In Albany Weapons Busts, Cops Say
Kids With Guns: Pair Of 13-Year-Old Boys Arrested In Albany Weapons Busts, Cops Say Two 13-year-old boys were arrested for having illegal weapons in Albany within hours of each other, police said. Both teens were arrested near Ontario Street, less than half a mile from each other and 15 hours apart, according to the Albany Police Department. The first incident occurred around 3:15 a.m. Sunday, July 5, when cops tried to stop a boy near Ontario Street and Madison Avenue, police said. The teenager fled down side streets before ducking behind a car, according to investigators. However, cops saw him and arrested him at the scene, then found a loaded gun under the car, authori…
Fentanyl, Cocaine, Ghost Gun Seized In Drug Bust, Eight Kingston Residents Arrested: Police Fentanyl, Cocaine, Ghost Gun Seized In Drug Bust, Eight Kingston Residents Arrested: Police
Fentanyl, Cocaine, Ghost Gun Seized In Drug Bust, Eight Kingston Residents Arrested: Police Ten New Yorkers have been arrested in a sweeping long-term drug takedown in the Hudson Valley, authorities announced Monday, July 6. New York State Police and their partners hit four locations across Ulster County on Thursday, June 18, seizing 700 grams of cocaine, crack, and fentanyl, an unregistered ghost gun, a 12-gauge shotgun and more than $3,100 cash, police said. Nine of the suspects were charged with possessing and selling controlled substances. One person was busted for bail jumping during one of the raids, state police said. The suspects were identified as: Michael Ector, 44, o…
‘Horrific Fake Religion’: Anti-Muslim FB Post Briefly Closes Latham Restaurant ‘Horrific Fake Religion’: Anti-Muslim FB Post Briefly Closes Latham Restaurant
‘Horrific Fake Religion’: Anti-Muslim FB Post Briefly Closes Latham Restaurant A New York restaurant that briefly closed following a hateful, Islamophobic post on Facebook has now reopened. Taste of Italy in Latham was only closed for 24 hours from Wednesday, July 1 into Thursday, July 2 before opening its doors and promoting routine specials online, the Albany Times-Union reported. Protesters had gathered outside the restaurant following the incendiary Facebook comment concerning the drowning of a 7-year-old autistic boy, Harbe Nagi, in Menands. “Let’s not forget if that boy lived in a Muslim country his Muslim family would have killed him a long time ago,” Taste of…
‘Substantial Bleeding’ In Albany Stabbing Sends Woman To Hospital: Police ‘Substantial Bleeding’ In Albany Stabbing Sends Woman To Hospital: Police
‘Substantial Bleeding’ In Albany Stabbing Sends Woman To Hospital: Police An Albany woman was stabbed in the arm while walking through the city early Sunday, July 5, police said. Cops responded to Central Avenue near Robin Street and found the 37-year-old victim suffering from a slash wound to the arm, the Albany Police Department said. The officers administered first aid due to "substantial bleeding" from her arm, and she was transported to Albany Medical Center, police said. The woman was in stable condition after the incident, cops said. No suspects have been arrested or publicly identified in the stabbing, according to authorities. Investigators later deter…
Suspected Catalytic Converter Crook Charged With Two Nassau Thefts: Police Suspected Catalytic Converter Crook Charged With Two Nassau Thefts: Police
Suspected Catalytic Converter Crook Charged With Two Nassau Thefts: Police An accused catalytic converter thief already facing charges on Long Island has been identified as the chief suspect in two more thefts, police said. Madinson Silverio Ventura, 27, is now also accused of stealing catalytic converters from two vehicles in Westbury and New Cassel on Nov. 13, 2025, the Nassau County Police Department said Monday, July 6. In that incident, cops responded to 911 calls on Jefferson Street and Siegel Street in the neighboring towns and found two damaged vehicles but no suspect, saying only the thief fled in an unknown direction, according to authorities. Silverio …
Shooter Still Loose After Two Wounded In Albany Gunfire: Police Shooter Still Loose After Two Wounded In Albany Gunfire: Police
Shooter Still Loose After Two Wounded In Albany Gunfire: Police Two people were shot and wounded in Albany early Monday morning, July 6, police said. Cops responded to Hudson Avenue and Quail Street around 2:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting and found a 19-year-old woman suffering from a bullet wound to the foot, the Albany Police Department said. A few minutes later, the department received a call from Albany Medical Center that a 20-year-old man was being treated for a gunshot wound to the calf, cops said. Investigators learned the wounded man was also at Hudson Avenue and Quail Street with the wounded woman. The victims have not been identified furt…
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