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Mastermind Behind Violent Armed Bank Robbery On Long Island Sentenced
A 38-year-old man who devised a plan to rob a Long Island Wells Fargo — including zip-tying the victims — has now been sentenced to a lengthy stay in prison.
Quincy Homere, age 38 of Hempstead, was given his sentence of 18 years behind bars on Friday, March 1 for the 2015 incident, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) announced.
As the brain behind the robbery (which netted the group over $375,000), Homere extensively planned the heist with his co-conspirators, the USAO said.
On November 9, 2015, Homere walked into the Hempstead Wells Fargo, located on Fulton Avenue, brandishing a…
New Whole Foods Location, More Planned For Long Island
Popular organic supermarket Whole Foods has a new location coming to Long Island, alongside many more stores planned in a new shopping center.
The SunVet Mall, located at 5801 Sunrise Highway in Holbrook, which some Yelp reviewers deemed “a dead mall,” is getting a major facelift.
Plans are underway for a shiny new shopping center, now dubbed The Shops at SunVet, with development scheduled to finish in 2025, according to developer Regency Centers.
The SunVet Mall was originally built in 1973, but in recent years has seen numerous stores shut down, leaving a ghostly abandoned atmosphere a…
Woman Steals ID Of Northern Westchester Resident To Make Nearly $1.5K In Purchases, Police Say
A Long Island woman who made nearly $1,500 in fraudulent charges after stealing the identity of a Northern Westchester woman has been charged with identity theft, police say.
Yorktown Police say Stephanie Fletcher, 35, of West Hempstead turned herself into police headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
According to police, a Yorktown resident reported noticing multiple fraudulent charges on her Wells Fargo Debit Card on Nov. 15, 2018.
Further investigation revealed that Fletcher fraudulently used the card to make purchases totaling $1,459.23 between July and Nov. of 2018, police say.
Fletcher …
