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Temple Shooting: 28-Year-Old Federally Charged After Gunshots At NY Synagogue Temple Shooting: 28-Year-Old Federally Charged After Gunshots At NY Synagogue
Temple Shooting: 28-Year-Old Federally Charged After Gunshots At NY Synagogue The man accused of opening fire at a New York synagogue on the first day of Hanukkah has been federally charged. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 28, of Schenectady, appeared in Albany federal court on Friday, Dec. 8, where he was arraigned on one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm. According to the criminal complaint, Alkhader approached Albany’s Temple Israel, located on New Scotland Avenue, at around 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7 armed with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. He then fired the weapon twice into the air, prosecutors allege. Earlier Report: New Update: Shooting At NY Syna…

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by Michael Mashburn
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ID Released For NY Dad Killed In Hotel Shooting Tied To Marist College Family Weekend ID Released For NY Dad Killed In Hotel Shooting Tied To Marist College Family Weekend
ID Released For NY Dad Killed In Hotel Shooting Tied To Marist College Family Weekend Click here for a new, updated story: Suspects In Fatal Shooting Tied To Marist College Family Weekend Have Criminal Histories The father who was shot and killed by a stray bullet at a Hudson Valley hotel while visiting his child during Family Weekend at Marist College has been identified as an accountant from Long Island, according to numerous reports. Suffolk County resident Paul Kutz, age 53, of East Northport, was killed while standing in the lobby of the Courtyard by Marriott, located at 2641 South Road (Route 9) in the Town of Poughkeepsie, at about 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At NY Stop & Shop ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At NY Stop & Shop
ID Released For Store Manager Shot, Killed By Worker At NY Stop & Shop The identity has been released for the store manager killed by a worker in a shooting that injured two others at a supermarket on Long Island. The suspect, Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, age 31, of Hempstead, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, April 21, just 24 hours after the incident took place at the Stop & Shop in West Hempstead on Tuesday, April 20. Wilson was apprehended within four hours of the shooting following a massive manhunt that included more than 150 officers, the FBI, the ATF, and the NYPD, said Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. Before opening fire at the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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40 Nabbed In Major Long Island Cocaine Trafficking Ring Bust 40 Nabbed In Major Long Island Cocaine Trafficking Ring Bust
40 Nabbed In Major Long Island Cocaine Trafficking Ring Bust Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with a major narcotics trafficking ring on Long Island. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced on Monday afternoon, March 15, the 40 were indicted as part of "Operation Honeycomb" for their alleged involvement in the ring with operates in the Hempstead area. The ring was undercovered after the District Attorney's Office, along with the ATF started investigating an increase of violence and drug-dealing in the Hempstead area in October 2019.  After several drug and gun purchases, the DA's office applied for electronic eave…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Teen Charged With Attempting To Torch NYPD Vehicle Teen Charged With Attempting To Torch NYPD Vehicle
Teen Charged With Attempting To Torch Nypd Vehicle A teenager is facing an arson charge for allegedly attempting to torch an NYPD cruiser, federal officials announced. Queens resident Victor Sanchez-Santa, 19, has been arrested and charged after he was caught on surveillance video attempting to destroy the police car in midtown Manhattan earlier this month, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said. According to a complaint filed by the Southern District of New York Court, at approximately 1:25 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, Sanchez-Santa stopped his Honda beside a marked NYPD vehicle on West 42nd Street in Manhattan.  It is alleged that San…

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by Zak Failla
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Duo Charged In Armed Robbery At Aqueduct Racetrack Duo Charged In Armed Robbery At Aqueduct Racetrack
Duo Charged In Armed Robbery At Aqueduct Racetrack An Aqueduct Racetrack security guard acting as an “inside man” and a co-conspirator are facing charges for an alleged armed heist of more than $280,000, according to federal officials. It is alleged that Lafayette Morrison, a security guard at the track, alerted his friend Lamel Miller, both Queens residents, when and where cash would be taken to a vault following “Gotham Day” races at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, March 7. U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that at approximately 9:45 p.m. on the day of the races, Miller and a third man held up several racetrack employees, including Morr…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Found Guilty For Violent Home Invasions In Nassau, Suffolk Man Found Guilty For Violent Home Invasions In Nassau, Suffolk
Man Found Guilty For Violent Home Invasions In Nassau, Suffolk A Long Island man who took elaborate steps to target victims in Nassau and Suffolk counties before violently robbing them was found guilty by a jury of seven robberies, one of which resulted in the death of a man. A federal jury in Central Islip found Bay Shore resident Tyrone Robinson, 34, guilty on multiple counts of robbery and weapons charges, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. He was found guilty following a four-week trial. Specifically, Robinson was found guilty of seven counts of Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy, seven counts of robbery and attempted robbery of drugs and drug pro…

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by Zak Failla