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Long Island Man Charged With BWI After Crash Sends Now Missing Passenger Overboard
A Long Island man has been charged with boating while intoxicated after the vessel he was operating struck a jetty and one of his passengers went overboard and is now missing.
Jack Benjamin, age 25, of Farmingville, was operating a 2003 Parker center console boat in the Great South Bay when the vessel struck a jetty in Sayville at the end of Browns River Road at around 1:25 a.m. Monday, July 5, Suffolk County Police.
A male passenger, also age 25, who was not wearing a life jacket, was thrown overboard, according to police.
Suffolk County Police officers, personnel from multiple…
Two Men Reported Missing Found Dead In Long Island Sound
An investigation is underway surrounding the deaths of two men reported missing who were later found dead in the Long Island Sound.
Police said the bodies were found Wednesday, June 2 at around 6 a.m. in Suffolk County, off Eatons Neck.
Roberto Guevarra, age 36, and Roberto Murillo, age 60, both of Huntington Station, were reported missing at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1 after they failed to return from a fishing trip in the Long Island Sound, Suffolk County Police said.
Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau, Aviation Section, and patrol officers, along…
Armed Long Island Man Who Barricades Himself In Car Apprehended, Police Say
A man who damaged a minor’s property before barricading himself in a car with a handgun at a Long Island beach was taken into custody safely and peacefully after an hours-long standoff, police said.
Local and state police in Southampton received a report at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Monday June 1 of a man in a vehicle with a weapon at Meschutt Beach in Hampton Bays.
Specifically, Southampton Town Patrol Officers, Detective Division, Emergency Services Unit, Southampton Town Bay Constables, New York State Police, New York State K9, East Hampton Emergency Service Unit, and the United State C…