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LI Gang’s Deadly Mistaken Attack On Teacher Lands Young Man Decades In Prison: Authorities
Following the shocking killing of a teacher on Long Island in a deadly case of mistaken identity, one of the young triggermen has been sentenced to decades in prison, authorities said.
Joel Badger, 22, was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for conspiracy and robbery, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Monday, July 13.
Badger was part of the Bloodhound Brims gang and one of two people who opened fire on a black vehicle on April 1, 2023, in Hempstead, investigators said.
The shooters thought they were lighting up a rival gang member, but instead they killed Kimberly Midgette…
Three's A Crowd: Trio Of Drunk Drivers Crash In Hamptons Within Hours, Police Say
Three drunk drivers crashed their vehicles in separate incidents Sunday night, July 12 in the Hamptons, police said.
All three incidents were single-car wrecks, and none of the drivers suffered serious injuries, according to the Southampton Town Police Department. All three were charged with DWI and violating traffic laws.
The first incident occurred on Seabreeze Avenue near Montauk Highway in Westhampton, police said. Marcelo Juarez Ajcuc, 36, crashed around 5:30 p.m. while traveling southbound toward the highway, and responding officers determined the Westhampton native was drunk, authori…
Mineola Man Charged With OUI Months After Friend's Fatal Connecticut Canoe Accident
A 20-year-old Connecticut native who died after a canoe capsized was the kind of person coaches called "the kind of player every younger athlete looked up to, the kind of teammate who made the dugout lighter, and the kind of person you never forget." Months later, the friend who was with him on the water has been charged with boating under the influence, police said.
Dominick Joseph Tocci, a Woodstock college student, died after the canoe overturned on Lake Hayward in East Haddam on March 21, police said. Michael Collins, 20, of Mineola, New York, was charged with boating under the inf…
