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Bomb Threat To DEC Office In NY Under Investigation Bomb Threat To DEC Office In NY Under Investigation
Bomb Threat To DEC Office In NY Under Investigation State Police are investigating after a bomb threat was emailed to a government office. in the region. The incident occurred in Ulster County on Monday, Nov. 4, at the State Department of Environmental Conservation, targeting the DEC Region 3 office in New Paltz. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, troopers searched the building and did not find any explosive devices.  The investigation into the threat is ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Troop F Headquarters at 845-344-5300.

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bomb Hoaxer Who Targeted Jewish Hospitals On LI Was Motivated By Antisemitism, Feds Say Bomb Hoaxer Who Targeted Jewish Hospitals On LI Was Motivated By Antisemitism, Feds Say
Bomb Hoaxer Who Targeted Jewish Hospitals On LI Was Motivated By Antisemitism, Feds Say A man is facing federal charges in connection with a series of bomb threats that were made against Jewish hospitals in New York. Domagoj Patkovic, age 31, of Portland, Oregon, is charged with making bomb threats and related offenses in an indictment that was unsealed in Oregon federal court on Tuesday, Aug. 20. According to prosecutors, Patkovic and others called in bomb threats to Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and on Long Island beginning in May 2021. During the calls, they allegedly made violent threats and threatened to detonate explosive devices. Patkovic himself…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Bottles With Explosive-Making Materials Found Outside NY School Bottles With Explosive-Making Materials Found Outside NY School
Bottles With Explosive-Making Materials Found Outside NY School Several bottles containing explosive-making devices were discovered just outside a New York elementary school. Officers on Long Island responded to a call for a suspicious item in the rear parking lot of Levy Lakeside School in Merrick, located on Babylon Road at around 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 24. The multiple plastic bottles containing explosive-making materials, one of which contained BBs, said police.  The items were tested, made safe and then transported off school grounds, according to police.  Police conducted a further investigation at surrounding schools in the area …

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital
New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital New information and photos have been released after a Long Island man was arrested for bringing explosive devices into Stony Brook Hospital University Hospital. Mastic Beach resident Robert Roden and his partner were transported to the hospital's Emergency Room shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9 by a third party because his partner was being treated for an undisclosed ailment. Gerald Gigante, the Chief of Suffolk County Police Detectives said that after becoming suspicious of devices in Roden's possession, a security guard at the hospital called in officers to take over the investigati…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Brings Explosive Devices Into Stony Brook Hospital, Police Say Man Brings Explosive Devices Into Stony Brook Hospital, Police Say
Man Brings Explosive Devices Into Stony Brook Hospital, Police Say Click here for an updated story: New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly bringing explosive devices into Stony Brook University Hospital. A hospital security guard called State University Police at Stony Brook regarding a suspicious man in the Emergency Department at approximately 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9. Officers arrived at the hospital and were able to take the man, Mastic Beach resident Robert Roden, into custody before calling the Suffolk County Police Department at approximately 9:05 p.…

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by Zak Failla
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Queens Women 'Inspired By Radical Islam' Admit To Plan To Build Bombs For Terrorist Attack Queens Women 'Inspired By Radical Islam' Admit To Plan To Build Bombs For Terrorist Attack
Queens Women 'Inspired By Radical Islam' Admit To Plan To Build Bombs For Terrorist Attack Two women from Queens who were “inspired by radical Islam” admitted to charges that they studied some of the worst terrorist attacks in history to learn how to make bombs for a potential terrorist attack. Noelle Velentzas, 31, and Asia Siddiqui, also known as "Najma Samaa" and "Murdiyyah," 35, pleaded guilty to teaching and distributing information pertaining to the making and use of an explosive, destructive device, and weapon of mass destruction, intending that it be used to commit a crime on U.S. soil. “Inspired by radical Islam, Velentzas and Siddiqui researched and taught each other …

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by Zak Failla