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Fare Fight: LIRR Rider Who Punched Conductor Over Ticket Gets Jail Time, DA Says Fare Fight: LIRR Rider Who Punched Conductor Over Ticket Gets Jail Time, DA Says
Fare Fight: Lirr Rider Who Punched Conductor Over Ticket Gets Jail Time, DA Says A Long Island man who slugged an LIRR conductor over a train ticket was sentenced Monday, May 11 to jail time. Anthony Dean, 40, must serve 90 days behind bars for the assault, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said. Dean was riding an LIRR train on the Port Jefferson Branch bound for Huntington Station on March 8 when the conductor approached him for the ticket, authorities said. But Dean didn’t have a ticket, so he punched the conductor in the face and fled at the Carle Place station, according to investigators. The conductor notified an off-duty cop on the train, and the cop …

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by Joe Wilkinson
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LIRR Fatal: Victim ID'd After Hit By Train In Hicksville LIRR Fatal: Victim ID'd After Hit By Train In Hicksville
Lirr Fatal: Victim ID'd After Hit By Train In Hicksville A man was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train Tuesday morning, July 8. Emergency crews in Hicksville responded to the tracks near New South Road and Mineola Avenue for reports of a pedestrian struck by a train at around 9:40 a.m., an MTA spokesperson told Daily Voice. The man, identified as 60-year-old Hector Collazo, of Hicksville, was on the tracks illegally when he was struck by an eastbound LIRR train, officials said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. As a result of the incident, LIRR riders experienced brief delays on the Ronkonkoma Branch. Travelers were enco…

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by Michael Mashburn
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7 Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint In Central Islip 7 Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint In Central Islip
7 Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint In Central Islip Seven people are facing charges after an overnight sobriety checkpoint on Long Island. Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department’s Highway SAFE-T Team (Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team) conducted the joint operation in the LIRR parking lot in Central Islip located at 870 Suffolk Ave., from 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 until 2:35 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31.  The checkpoint was part of an ongoing Labor Day weekend enforcement crackdown targeting alcohol and drug-impaired driving.  A total of 656 vehicles went through the checkpoint. …

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by Joe Lombardi