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Cha-Ching! Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Long Island Store Cha-Ching! Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Long Island Store
Cha-Ching! Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Long Island Store A lucky Long Islander is tens of thousands of dollars richer after a local shop sold a winning lottery ticket. Time to check your tickets. A card shop in Hewlett sold a prize-winning Take 5 lottery ticket for the Saturday, May 18 drawing, New York Lottery officials announced. The ticket, worth $35,550.50, was purchased at Meet Cards & Gifts, located at 1753 Peninsula Boulevard. It was part of the Take 5 evening drawing. Winning Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one to 39. Drawings are televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Prizes can be claimed up to one year fr…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Serial Criminal With 36 Convictions Busted For Burglary In Nassau County Serial Criminal With 36 Convictions Busted For Burglary In Nassau County
Serial Criminal With 36 Convictions Busted For Burglary In Nassau County A failed attempted burglary attempt at a Long Island nail salon led to the arrest of a serial criminal with dozens of convictions on his record who was later linked to multiple other commercial burglaries, police announced. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department responded to Kathy Nails on Cedarlawn Boulevard in North Valley Stream on Dec. 14, 2021, where there was a report of an attempted robbery. According to police, a suspect threw a rock through the window of the glass front door, but was unable to gain access to the store and fled in a previously stolen 2014 Jeep. That inve…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Nabbed For At Least 14 Burglaries On Long Island, Police Say Man Nabbed For At Least 14 Burglaries On Long Island, Police Say
Man Nabbed For At Least 14 Burglaries On Long Island, Police Say Police on Long Island have arrested a man who is allegedly responsible for at least 14 burglaries. Police captured the repeat burglar around 11 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11 while he was attempting to break into a jewelry store in Bellmore, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, officers were dispatched for a suspicious person that was climbing onto the roof of a jewelry store located on Bedford Avenue. The man, identified as Sean Smith, age 40, of Queens, fled before officers arrived but was located and placed under arrest without incident.   Following a thorough in…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash On Long Island, Police Say ID Released For Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash On Long Island, Police Say
ID Released For Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash On Long Island, Police Say The identity of the driver of a Mercedes-Benz who was killed after colliding with a pickup truck on Long Island has been released. The two-vehicle crash took place in Hewlett around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 31, on Peninsula Boulevard, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, a 2017 Mercedes Benz traveling northbound on Peninsula Boulevard was making a left turn onto Harris Avenue when it collided with a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck, which was traveling southbound on Peninsula Boulevard.  The driver of the Mercedes, an 85-year-old man now identified as Bertram …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash With Pickup Truck On Long Island, Police Say Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash With Pickup Truck On Long Island, Police Say
Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash With Pickup Truck On Long Island, Police Say Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Man Driving Mercedes Killed In Crash On Long Island, Police Say The driver of a Mercedes-Benz was killed after colliding with a pickup truck on Long Island. The two-vehicle crash took place in Hewlett around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 31, on Peninsula Boulevard, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, a 2017 Mercedes Benz traveling northbound on Peninsula Boulevard was making a left turn onto Harris Avenue when it collided with a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck which was traveling southbound on Peninsula Bouleva…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suffolk Man Drove Drunk WIth 8-Year-Old In Car, Nassau County Police Say Suffolk Man Drove Drunk WIth 8-Year-Old In Car, Nassau County Police Say
Suffolk Man Drove Drunk WIth 8-Year-Old In Car, Nassau County Police Say A Suffolk County man is facing serious charges for allegedly driving drunk with his 8-year-old daughter and wife in the car in Hewlett, police said. Amityville resident Jose Pleitez, 41, was stopped by Nassau County Police officers at approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 25 when he was spotted repeatedly swerving out of his lane. At the time of the subsequent traffic stop, Pleitez was driving eastbound on Peninsula toward Hill Road with his daughter in the backseat at the time of the alleged impaired driving incident. Police said that upon approaching the vehicle, the officer smelled a “s…

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by Zak Failla