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Owner Of Long Island Company Sentenced For Paying Official To Approve Development Owner Of Long Island Company Sentenced For Paying Official To Approve Development
Owner Of Long Island Company Sentenced For Paying Official To Approve Development The owner of a prominent Long Island paving company has been sentenced for bribing an Oyster Bay commissioner to facilitate the construction of a senior housing development. Oyster Bay Cove resident Elia “Aly” Lizza was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of bribery in January for bribing an official to construct Cantiague Commons in Hicksville. In addition to his discharge, Lizza also paid $350,000 to settle a civil forfeiture action brought against him by the Nassau County District Attorney’s Civil Forfeiture Bureau.  Nassau County Dist…

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Long Island Man Sentenced For Murdering 30-Year-Old In Broad Daylight Long Island Man Sentenced For Murdering 30-Year-Old In Broad Daylight
Long Island Man Sentenced For Murdering 30-Year-Old In Broad Daylight A Long Island man may spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for his role in fatally shooting a 30-year-old man in broad daylight in 2018. South Floral Park resident Brian Marshall-Gibson, 25, has been sentenced to a term of between 20 years to life in prison, followed by five years’ post-release supervision for his role in a daylight murder in Hempstead in October two years ago. Specifically, Marshall-Gibson pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that …

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Long Island Accountant Arrested for Allegedly Stealing More Than $320K From Two Clients Long Island Accountant Arrested for Allegedly Stealing More Than $320K From Two Clients
Long Island Accountant Arrested for Allegedly Stealing More Than $320K From Two Clients A Long Island accountant will face more than a decade behind bars after he was arrested for allegedly stealing more than $320,000 from a pair of clients. Baldwin resident Francisco Esquivel, 65, the owner of Lore Franc, Inc. in Hempstead, was arraigned on Thursday, Aug. 20 for allegedly embezzling $327,499 from two local business owners between 2012 and 2017. District Attorney Madeline Singas said that Esquivel’s victims hired his company to pay their quarterly taxes, Workers Compensation Insurance, and manage payrolls. Esquivel’s first victim was approached by an employee of Lore Frank in…

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Long Island Woman Sentenced For Fatal Beating Of Partner Before Setting His House On Fire Long Island Woman Sentenced For Fatal Beating Of Partner Before Setting His House On Fire
Long Island Woman Sentenced For Fatal Beating Of Partner Before Setting His House On Fire A 55-year-old woman has been sentenced after admitting to her role in murdering a former lover and setting his Long Island home on fire in an attempt to cover it up, authorities said. Long Beach resident Jennifer Gross pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 12 to first-degree manslaughter for her role in a murder in Centre Island in November 2018, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. Singas announced on Thursday, Aug. 20 that Gross has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision following her guilty plea. Singas said that between 4:3…

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Long Island Couple Charged With Throwing Feces, Shooting Pellet Gun Across Neighbor’s Yard Long Island Couple Charged With Throwing Feces, Shooting Pellet Gun Across Neighbor’s Yard
Long Island Couple Charged With Throwing Feces, Shooting Pellet Gun Across Neighbor’s Yard A Long Island couple was charged with harassment, criminal tampering and criminal mischief for allegedly throwing feces and shooting a pellet gun, causing a neighbor to live in fear for years, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced. Singas said the victim, a single mother of a 2-year-old child, moved into her Valley Stream home while pregnant in April 2017 and immediately began to be harassed, allegedly by the defendants.  The alleged harassment, which included shooting pellet guns across her yard and throwing feces onto her lawn continued until July 2020. John…

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Nassau County Man Sentenced For Murdering Romantic Rival Nassau County Man Sentenced For Murdering Romantic Rival
Nassau County Man Sentenced For Murdering Romantic Rival A Long Island man may spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a romantic rival in 2018. Uniondale resident Shavon Goins, 27, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being convicted of murder for a March 2018 stabbing that left his rival dead. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that at approximately 8:15 p.m. on March 23, 2018, Goins threatened to kill Ravino Bailey, 23, in front of a Dartmouth Street home in Hempstead. Singas said that Goins chased Bailey, who was a romantic rival, around a car and ultimately off the street. The following morning,…

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Long Island Man Admits To Murder, Attempted Murder Charges Long Island Man Admits To Murder, Attempted Murder Charges
Long Island Man Admits To Murder, Attempted Murder Charges A Long Island man faces life in prison after admitting to fatally shooting a man and attempting to murder a second person during a midday incident in 2018. South Floral Park resident Brian Marshall-Gibson, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon after an incident in Hempstead two years ago, District Attorney Madeline Singas announced. Singas said that at approximately 10:54 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2018, Marshall-Gibson’s victim, Demetrius Winfield, was with a friend, a local cab driver on break, in front of a home on Wellesley Street. At …

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COVID-19: Nassau County District Attorney Announces Launch Of Scam Hotline COVID-19: Nassau County District Attorney Announces Launch Of Scam Hotline
Covid-19: Nassau County District Attorney Announces Launch Of Scam Hotline As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread on Long Island so to do reports of scammers looking to take advantage of the pandemic, prompting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas to take action. Singas announced the creation of Nassau County’s “Coronavirus Scam Hotline,” which will allow area residents to report possible scams to the DA’s Financial Crimes Bureau. According to the District Attorney, her office has been receiving reports of new identity theft scams and opportunistic schemes peddling fake tests and bogus calls. Anyone who believes they had been targeted …

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Duo Indicted For Apparent Long Island Road-Rage Murder Duo Indicted For Apparent Long Island Road-Rage Murder
Duo Indicted For Apparent Long Island Road-Rage Murder Two Long Island men have been arraigned for the murder of a local man following an apparent road-rage incident in January. Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, was virtually arraigned on Wednesday, March 25, and charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, was arraigned on Thursday, March 12 and charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. The two men were charged in connection with the January 14 seat of 27-year-old Justin Gottlieb of Plainview, the …

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Long Island Accounting Firm Accused Of Submitting False NYS Tax Returns Long Island Accounting Firm Accused Of Submitting False NYS Tax Returns
Long Island Accounting Firm Accused Of Submitting False NYS Tax Returns The owner of a Long Island accounting firm is facing charges for allegedly submitting false New York State tax returns for nearly 300 clients. Kenneth Erdheim, of Woodmere, was arraigned in Nassau County Court and charged with second-degree criminal tax fraud, a felony, for his firm allegedly submitting 267 false tax returns. According to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, starting in 2018, the New York State Department of Tax and Finance’s Buffalo office suspected fraud in many of the personal income tax returns for the 2016 tax year submitted by Erdheim. The investigation b…

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Man Sentenced For Role In Multi-State Heroin, Cocaine Smuggling Ring That Included Long Island Man Sentenced For Role In Multi-State Heroin, Cocaine Smuggling Ring That Included Long Island
Man Sentenced For Role In Multi-State Heroin, Cocaine Smuggling Ring That Included Long Island A 30-year-old man implicated in a drug-smuggling ring that included sales on Long Island will spend at least a decade in prison for his role in the operation, authorities announced. Joseph Calixte, of Brooklyn, was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision after being convicted at trial for his role in the drug smuggling ring. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Calixte was convicted last year of first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree conspiracy, both felonies. The trial lasted s…

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High-Ranking Long Island MS-13 Lieutenant Sentenced For Murdering Teen High-Ranking Long Island MS-13 Lieutenant Sentenced For Murdering Teen
High-Ranking Long Island MS-13 Lieutenant Sentenced For Murdering Teen A high-ranking member of the MS-13 street gang on Long Island may spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for his role in the 2017 murder of a 15-year-old. Victor Lopez, also known as "Persa" 31, was sentenced to a term of 23 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and two counts of conspiracy for his role in the murder of 15-year-old Angel Soler in July 2017 in Roosevelt. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that Lopez, of Roosevelt, was a high-ranking lieutenant in MS-13’s Hollywood Clique and a close associate of David…

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