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Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores
Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores Two teens on Long Island are facing a host of charges after forcibly stealing Apple products from several T-Mobile stores and threatening violence when employees sought to intervene, police said. In Nassau County, police Robbery Squad detectives said that Lanizja Myers, of Rosedale, and Brooklyn resident Elyanni Sesay, both 19, entered the T-Mobile locations and forcibly removed Apple iPhones and Apple Watches. Investigators said that in the instances when a store employee would attempt to stop them, the two teens threatened that they had a weapon and displayed a taser and pepper spray. Po…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Man Accused Of Making Death Threat To GOP NY Congressman Over Support For Infrastructure Bill Man Accused Of Making Death Threat To GOP NY Congressman Over Support For Infrastructure Bill
Man Accused Of Making Death Threat To GOP NY Congressman Over Support For Infrastructure Bill A New York man is facing charges after allegedly making a death threat toward a Long Island Congressman who was one of 13 House Republicans to support President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. In Nassau County, detectives arrested Lake Ronkonkoma resident Kenneth Gasper, age 64, on Wednesday, Nov. 10 following an investigation into a threat made toward Republican Congressman Andrew Garbarino. Garbarino represents the southwest portion of South Shore in Suffolk County and a small portion of southeastern Nassau County on Long Island. He was one of 13 GOP lawmakers t…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Charged With DWI, Manslaughter After Crash Kills One, Hospitalizes Two Long Island Man Charged With DWI, Manslaughter After Crash Kills One, Hospitalizes Two
Long Island Man Charged With DWI, Manslaughter After Crash Kills One, Hospitalizes Two A man has been charged with driving while intoxicated and manslaughter after a crash that killed one person and hospitalized two others on a busy Long Island roadway. The crash happened just before 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8 in East Garden City. A 54-year-old female driver of a red SUV was struck by a Ford F650 tow truck flatbed driven by a 57-year-old man, in front of 877 Stewart Ave., Nassau County Police said. The collision then caused the Ford F650 to strike a white van, according to police. The woman driving the red SUV and a 16-year-old male passenger were both transported to a local ho…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Duo Nabbed For Broad-Daylight Robbery At Long Island Parking Lot Duo Nabbed For Broad-Daylight Robbery At Long Island Parking Lot
Duo Nabbed For Broad-Daylight Robbery At Long Island Parking Lot Two men were arrested on Long Island after approaching a man in an area parking lot and threatening him with a gun before stealing his wallet out of his pocket, police said. The Nassau County Police Department received a 911 call from a 31-year-old man who was walking through a parking lot on Stewart Avenue shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 11, when he was approached by two men demanding money while threatening the use of a handgun. According to police, the investigation into the incident determined that one of the two suspects reached into the victim’s right pocket and took his walle…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Making Sexual Contact With 12-Year-Old At Long Island Store Man Accused Of Making Sexual Contact With 12-Year-Old At Long Island Store
Man Accused Of Making Sexual Contact With 12-Year-Old At Long Island Store A man has been charged with making sexual contact with a child multiple times at a Long Island store. The arrest was made on Thursday, Oct. 7 by the Nassau County Police Special Victims Squad after an investigation following the incident at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19. Heriberto Colon, 40, of  Franklin Square, while inside the Dollar Tree store located at 2575 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, approached a 12-year-old girl, and inappropriately touched her as she was standing in the candy aisle, Nassau County Police said.  Colon proceeded to inappropriately touch the g…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man Charged After Arrow Nearly Hits Employee Entering Long Island School Man Charged After Arrow Nearly Hits Employee Entering Long Island School
Man Charged After Arrow Nearly Hits Employee Entering Long Island School A 56-year-old man is facing charges after firing an arrow that landed near a woman who was walking into a Long Island school. Officers responded to the Nassau BOCES Rosemary Kennedy Center on North Jerusalem Road in Wantagh shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, where there was a reported suspicious incident involving an arrow that nearly missed a woman. According to police, an employee at the school was walking into the building when an arrow flew past her head. No injuries were reported. A subsequent canvas of the area led to the arrest of Francis Drive resident Thomas Albanese, wh…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed In Murder Of Victim Found Near Meadowbrook Parkway Suspect Nabbed In Murder Of Victim Found Near Meadowbrook Parkway
Suspect Nabbed In Murder Of Victim Found Near Meadowbrook Parkway Two months after skeletal remains were found on the side of the Meadowbrook Parkway on Long Island, a murder suspect has been arrested, authorities announced. At approximately 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 20, Nassau County Police Homicide detectives were called to a stretch of the parkway in Uniondale, where the skeletal remains of a human body were located in a wooded area on the west side of the roadway. Following a lengthy investigation, police announced on Monday, July 20 that Uniondale resident Jeustin David Maldonado, age 22, has been arrested and charged withs second-degree murder. The v…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Driving Drunk Crashes Into School Bus, Lunges At Officers, Police Say Long Island Man Driving Drunk Crashes Into School Bus, Lunges At Officers, Police Say
Long Island Man Driving Drunk Crashes Into School Bus, Lunges At Officers, Police Say A Long Island man was allegedly drunk when he crashed into a school bus before becoming combative with responding officers, police said. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department received a report of a crash involving a Honda CRV and school bus in the area of 9th Avenue in South Farmingdale at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20. It is alleged that the driver of the Honda, Farmingdale resident Richard Cirillo, age 42, was intoxicated at the time he struck the bus while traveling through the intersection of 9th Avenue and Woodward Avenue. The 68-year-old school bus driver w…

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by Zak Failla
News
Man Apprehended After Waving Pipe With Knife At Long Island Fair, Police Say Man Apprehended After Waving Pipe With Knife At Long Island Fair, Police Say
Man Apprehended After Waving Pipe With Knife At Long Island Fair, Police Say A man has been apprehended after police say he waved a plastic pipe with a knife attached to it at a Long Island fair. The incident happened on Friday, Sept. 10 at about 8:30 p.m. in Hicksville. While supervising intensified patrols around houses of worship, a Nassau County Deputy Inspector observed the man waving the PVC pipe with the attached knife at the Holy Trinity Greek Fair located at the intersection of Field Avenue and New South Road, Nassau County Police said.  The Deputy Inspector gave verbal commands to drop the weapon and Nassau County Police Eighth Precinct officers…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Second Suspect Charged In Connection To Fatal Shooting At Long Island July 4th Party Second Suspect Charged In Connection To Fatal Shooting At Long Island July 4th Party
Second Suspect Charged In Connection To Fatal Shooting At Long Island July 4th Party A second suspect has been charged in connection to a shooting that killed one person and injured two others at a Long Island July 4th block party. The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 4 in Roosevelt, where Nassau County Police say two groups were involved in an altercation at the party on Hudson Avenue. Multiple shots were fired and as a result, three people were struck by gunfire, police said. A 27-year-old man from Hempstead, identified as Tavon Greenhill, age 27, of Hempstead, was pronounced dead at the scene, said police.  On Friday, Aug. 6, the second suspec…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man Threatening Self Harm Assaults Officer On Long Island, Police Say Man Threatening Self Harm Assaults Officer On Long Island, Police Say
Man Threatening Self Harm Assaults Officer On Long Island, Police Say A police officer on Long Island was hospitalized after attempting to offer aid to a man threatening to harm himself, authorities said. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department responded to a Hilltop Road residence in Levittown at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, where there was a report of a man in distress. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the man, later identified as Levittown resident Keith Pinner, age 23, who allegedly became verbally and physically combative and aggressive toward police, prompting them to take him into custody. Police said that Pinner wa…

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by Zak Failla
News
20-Year-Old Long Island Man Charged With DWI After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say 20-Year-Old Long Island Man Charged With DWI After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say
20-Year-Old Long Island Man Charged With DWI After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Long Island Man Killed In Crash Involving Motorist Charged With DWI, Police Say A Long Island man was charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash that killed a pedestrian, police announced. At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Friday, July 2, Steven Moscatiello, age 20, of Garden City, was operating a gray-colored 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee eastbound on Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park at the intersection of Cherry Lane when he struck the male pedestrian, Nassau County Police said. The 50-year-old victim, a resident of Huntington Sta…

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