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Standout NY College Football Player ID'd As Man Struck, Killed By Train
Authorities have identified the man who was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train.
The incident happened at around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, west of the Wyandanch station, near the intersection of Long Island Avenue and Straight Path.
On Thursday, May 25, the victim was identified as 30-year-old Demetrius Houanche, of Deer Park, an MTA spokesperson told Daily Voice.
Earlier Report: Person Struck, Killed By Train Near LIRR Station In Wyandanch
Houanche had been on the tracks illegally and was struck by an eastbound train, the spokesperson said.
The incident halted servi…
Stew Leonard's Founder, Westport Resident Dies At 93, Leaving $600 Million Legacy
The creator of "one of the most famous food retailers in the world" died at 93 years old, leaving a world-record-breaking grocery store chain to his family.
Stew Leonard Sr., of Westport, Connecticut, died on Wednesday, April 26 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City after a brief illness, according to Stew Leonard's website.
We are sad to announce that Stew Leonard, Sr., the founder of Stew Leonard’s, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2023,... Posted by Stew Leonard's on Thursday, April 27, 2023
Leonard launched the first Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, Connecticut in December 1969. …
Burglar Ransacks Farmingdale Home, Dog Kills Homeowner's Cat
A Long Island man was arrested after burglarizing or attempting to burglarize two homes, one ending in the death of a homeowner’s cat, police reported.
Issac Flores, a 29-year-old Copiague resident, was arrested Monday, April 10 inside a Farmingdale home he had broken into, Nassau County Police announced.
The homeowner, a 57-year-old woman, was allegedly notified by her petsitter that the back door of her home had been broken into at around 1:30 p.m.
The woman’s two dogs and three cats had been let out of their crates, leading to one of the dogs killing one of the cats, police said.
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4 Employees Busted Selling Minors E-Cigarettes At Long Island Businesses, Police Say
Over the span of about three hours, four employees at four separate shops on Long Island were arrested for allegedly selling vape products to minors, with police confiscating thousands of illegal products, authorities said.
Hardinger Singh, age 27, of Queens, sold a vape product to a minor at Lucky Spot Smoke Shop, located on Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon at approximately 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, and was arrested, police report.
He is charged with:
Selling E-Cigarette to a Person less than 21 years-old
Babylon resident Dharmendra Gadhavi, age 36, was working at The Barn, als…
