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Teen Driver Flips Car While Drunk On Long Island, Lands In Jail: Police Teen Driver Flips Car While Drunk On Long Island, Lands In Jail: Police Teen Driver Flips Car While Drunk On Long Island, Lands In Jail: Police
Teen Driver Flips Car While Drunk On Long Island, Lands In Jail: Police A drunk Long Island teenager hit a guardrail and flipped his car but escaped without injury, police said. Marek Alexander Amraly, 19, of Quogue, was traveling westbound on Old Country Road in East Quogue around 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, the Southampton Town Police Department said. Amraly then left his travel lane near Gleason Drive and collided with a guardrail, which caused the car to overturn, police said. Amraly was not injured, according to investigators. Officers responded to the area and determined Amraly was drunk at the scene, authorities said. He was charged with aggravated DWI and…
Drunk Driver Plows Into Pole On Long Island While Twice Legal Limit: Police Drunk Driver Plows Into Pole On Long Island While Twice Legal Limit: Police Drunk Driver Plows Into Pole On Long Island While Twice Legal Limit: Police
Drunk Driver Plows Into Pole On Long Island While Twice Legal Limit: Police A drunk Long Island driver crashed her car into a utility pole in Montauk, leading to her arrest, police said. Tiara M. Rashad, 41, of Hicksville, was busted with a BAC over 0.18%, the East Hampton Town Police Department said. Rashad was traveling northbound on South Essex Street, just north of South Fairview Avenue, when she collided with the pole around 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, police said. Officers responded to the scene and smelled a strong odor of alcohol on Rashad’s breath and noticed her eyes were glassy and bloodshot, her speech was slurred, and she was unsteady on her feet, acc…
Long Island Man Killed In PA Hit-Run ATV Crash ID'd As Family Seeks 'Justice' Long Island Man Killed In PA Hit-Run ATV Crash ID'd As Family Seeks 'Justice' Long Island Man Killed In PA Hit-Run ATV Crash ID'd As Family Seeks 'Justice'
Long Island Man Killed In PA Hit-Run ATV Crash ID'd As Family Seeks 'Justice' A 27-year-old New York man killed after falling from an ATV onto a Pennsylvania roadway and being struck by a driver who fled has been identified, authorities said. Kyle Elardo, of Suffolk County, Long Island was killed late Thursday, Sept. 17, on State Route 903 near Church Road in Penn Forest Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Carbon County Coroner's Office. Troopers from the Fern Ridge barracks were called to the scene around 11:30 p.m. for a reported fatal hit-and-run and found Elardo in the northbound lane, police said. Investigators determined Elardo had been op…
Drunk Driver Wrecks Car On Long Island — One Month After Prior DWI Arrest: Police Drunk Driver Wrecks Car On Long Island — One Month After Prior DWI Arrest: Police Drunk Driver Wrecks Car On Long Island — One Month After Prior DWI Arrest: Police
Drunk Driver Wrecks Car On Long Island — One Month After Prior DWI Arrest: Police A drunk Long Island driver crashed his car and picked up his second DWI arrest in two months, police said. Said Solano Medina, 23, of Hampton Bays, was found at the scene of a one-car crash around 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, the Southampton Town Police Department said. Investigators determined Solano Medina was drunk behind the wheel and arrested him for two counts of DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation, and several traffic violations, authorities said. Solano Medina was previously arrested for DWI on Thursday, Aug. 6 in Sag Harbor, according to a prior Southampton police announcement. In…
Man In Viral New York Beating Videos Captured On Warrants, Police Say Man In Viral New York Beating Videos Captured On Warrants, Police Say Man In Viral New York Beating Videos Captured On Warrants, Police Say
Man In Viral New York Beating Videos Captured On Warrants, Police Say A man shown apparently beating multiple people in disturbing videos circulating online has been taken into custody, authorities announced on Sunday, Sept. 20. Investigators identified and located the man Sunday afternoon after videos appearing to show him physically assaulting multiple victims spread across social media, the Albany Police Department said. He was arrested on unrelated outstanding warrants and turned over to the Colonie Police Department, according to Albany police. Police have not released his name, saying his identity is being withheld to protect the integrity of the ongoi…
Chemistry Experiment Sparks Apartment Fire, Reveals Explosive Mixtures In Nassau County Chemistry Experiment Sparks Apartment Fire, Reveals Explosive Mixtures In Nassau County Chemistry Experiment Sparks Apartment Fire, Reveals Explosive Mixtures In Nassau County
Chemistry Experiment Sparks Apartment Fire, Reveals Explosive Mixtures In Nassau County A chemistry experiment reacted violently inside a Long Island apartment, sparking a hallway fire and leading investigators to unstable explosive mixtures, police announced on Sunday, Sept. 20. Police and firefighters were called to 125 Lincoln Ave. in Mineola at 2:38 a.m. for a fire in the third-floor hallway of a residential apartment building, according to Nassau County Police. Nolan Gaugler, 34, was conducting an “unknown chemistry experiment” inside apartment B3C when the mixture reacted violently, investigators said. Gaugler carried the mixture into the hallway and threw it, igniting …
Restaurant Owner Catches Burglar Stealing Food, Prying Open Business Door: Nassau County Police Restaurant Owner Catches Burglar Stealing Food, Prying Open Business Door: Nassau County Police Restaurant Owner Catches Burglar Stealing Food, Prying Open Business Door: Nassau County Police
Restaurant Owner Catches Burglar Stealing Food, Prying Open Business Door: Nassau County Police A Long Island restaurant owner caught an intruder stealing food and trying to pry open the door of another business late Saturday night, Sept. 19, police said. The owner of Morning Delights received a motion alert from a security camera at his restaurant, located on the basement level of 666 Old Country Road in East Garden City, at approximately 10:18 p.m., Nassau County Police said in a release issued Sunday, Sept. 20. When the owner arrived, he found a man inside the building using tools in an attempt to open the door of another business, according to detectives. The owner told the man t…
LI Woman Swallowed By Hidden 8-Foot Backyard Hole Thought She Was Going To Die: Reports LI Woman Swallowed By Hidden 8-Foot Backyard Hole Thought She Was Going To Die: Reports LI Woman Swallowed By Hidden 8-Foot Backyard Hole Thought She Was Going To Die: Reports
LI Woman Swallowed By Hidden 8-Foot Backyard Hole Thought She Was Going To Die: Reports A Long Island woman was rescued by neighbors she'd never met after falling into an 8-foot hole in her backyard that she never knew was there last week (scroll down for video). Danielle Tammone told CBS News that she thought she was going to die when she fell in and couldn't get out. She began screaming for help. It happened last Thursday, Sept. 17, Tammone's 47th birthday. Tammone tells 1010 Wins she was walking in her backyard when her feet sank into the ground, and seconds later, she was swallowed into the earth. Once she realized what had happened, panic set in. "Wow, I could die t…
Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist: Nassau County Police Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist: Nassau County Police Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist: Nassau County Police
Drugged Driver Strikes Bicyclist: Nassau County Police A stationary bicyclist was critically injured when a Subaru struck him in a suspected drug-impaired crash on Long Island, police announced Saturday, Sept. 19. The 31-year-old man was stopped on his bicycle near Nassau Expressway and Burnside Avenue in Inwood when he was hit at 10:11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, according to Nassau County Police. A 2018 Subaru traveling east on Burnside Avenue struck the bicyclist, investigators said. The driver remained at the scene, police said. Michael Mayosky, 51, of East Meadow, was arrested without incident. The bicyclist was taken to an area hospital, wh…
More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say
More Victims Feared After CNA Forcibly Touched Disabled Patient, Nassau County Police Say Police are searching for more potential victims after a certified nursing assistant forcibly touched a disabled woman twice at a New York rehabilitation center, authorities announced Saturday, Sept. 19. The incidents happened on Long Island at Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing, located at 49 Oakcrest Ave. in Middle Island, on Thursday, Sept. 3, and Friday, Sept. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. The 32-year-old patient told another certified nursing assistant what had happened, police said. That employee called 911. The patient was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for an evalua…
Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police
Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police A hunter is facing charges after police say he shot and killed a woman walking through a field with a man and two children after mistaking her for a deer in Delaware. Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury, MD, was identified as the hunter in the tragic accident, while the victim has been identified as 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto, from Georgetown, DE, Delaware State Police said. was charged with manslaughter and other offenses after he fatally shot a woman on Friday night in Ellendale while he was hunting from a ground blind, according to Delaware State Police. Shortly after 7:30 …
NY Fugitive Kidnaps 5-Year-Old CT Boy, Threatening To Kill Himself And Child: Police NY Fugitive Kidnaps 5-Year-Old CT Boy, Threatening To Kill Himself And Child: Police NY Fugitive Kidnaps 5-Year-Old CT Boy, Threatening To Kill Himself And Child: Police
NY Fugitive Kidnaps 5-Year-Old CT Boy, Threatening To Kill Himself And Child: Police A New York fugitive accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy was arrested at a Connecticut hotel after an Amber Alert and hours of negotiations, police said. Christopher Rodriguez, 32, was taken into custody shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at a Branford hotel. New Haven police announced the arrest Friday. The case began when officers responded to a reported domestic dispute at a New Haven home. A woman told police Rodriguez had become "extremely upset" after they got into an argument. Rodriguez allegedly left the woman there and drove to New Haven to pick up her 5-year-old son…