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LI Driver Admits Leaving 67-Year-Old Pedestrian To Die After Crash: Authorities
A Long Island man admitted to fleeing the scene of a deadly car crash Wednesday, Sept. 16, authorities said.
Benjamin Sheen-Waltzer, 34, of Southampton, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. His sentencing hearing was set for Nov. 16.
Angel Asitimbay, 67, of Hampton Bays, was killed in the crash on March 6, 2024, on Springville Road in Hampton Bays, according to authorities.
Sheen-Waltzer was driving a 2024 GMC pickup truck southbound on the road, just south of Neptune Avenue, when he struck Asitimbay, who…
Marine, Police Officer, Dad Of 2 Should Have Failed ICE Vetting Before Suicide: Report
Problems investigators found in a Marine reservist’s past should have kept ICE from hiring him, former officials told The Washington Post after his death outside the agency’s Philadelphia field office.
Joseph “Joe” Thomas Moore, 38, a father of two, died outside the office on Friday, Aug. 28, after learning he would lose his job, the newspaper reported.
Moore died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck, and his death was ruled a suicide, Philadelphia Department of Public Health spokesperson Jason Brooks told Daily Voice on behalf of the Medical Examiner’s Office.
His family has di…
Starving Dog Rescued From Shocking Conditions In Long Island Basement: Officials
A young Long Island man left a starving dog locked in a basement with little to eat, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Isaiah Thomas, 20, of Wheatley Heights, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 15 on two animal cruelty charges, the Suffolk County SPCA said.
Thomas owned a 4-year-old Cane Corso named Apollo, then confined the dog to a basement secured by a metal door that was held closed by three vehicle tires, investigators said.
When authorities found Apollo, the dog was severely underweight and suffering from a flea infestation, excoriations, wounds, severe generalized muscle loss, and diff…
