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Cocaine, MDMA, LSD And More: Nassau Drug Dealer Had Full Menu Before Arrest, Cops Say
A Long Island drug dealer was busted with a wide variety of illegal offerings during a raid Thursday, Aug. 6, police said.
Jack Acquafredda, 23, of Bellerose Terrace, was arrested around 4:30 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said. Inside his residence, officers found:
Cocaine – approximately 41 grams
MDMA – approximately 28.9 grams
Psilocybin mushrooms – approximately 1.5 pounds
Ketamine – approximately 5.3 grams
Amphetamine and dextroamphetamine 30mg pills – approximately 54.5 grams (132 pills)
LSD – approximately 56 tabs – 0.6 grams
Clonazepam pill – 1 pill – 0.2 grams
Cannabis …
Citizen Complaints Spark Brothel Bust On Long Island, Two Arrested: Police
A Long Island brothel was busted Thursday, Aug. 6 after numerous community complaints, police said.
Two women — Fen Fang Lin, 57, of Queens, and Xiangjie Lin, 41, of Brooklyn — were arrested following the raid at 1998 Route 112, Apt. 51A in Coram, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
In addition to the arrests, cocaine, cash, and electronic devices were seized during the raid, authorities said.
Lin and Lin were advertising their services on “commercial internet sites,” Suffolk police said. They were both charged with prostitution and issued appearance tickets for a later date, cops s…
Off-Duty Nypd Cop Drunkenly Crashes Car With Three Kids Inside: State Police
An off-duty NYPD officer was driving drunk and crashed his car with three young children inside, state police said.
Anthony N. Guglielmo, 38, of Staten Island, crashed on Route 23 in Greenport in Columbia County, with 7-, 6-, and 5-year-old children in the car on Wednesday, Aug. 5, New York State Police said.
Troopers responded around 10:30 p.m. to reports of a property damage crash and a Volkswagen that left the scene, authorities said. Investigators located the car at 120 County Route 31 in Greenport, the address for A. Colarusso & Son Inc., a crushed stone supplier, according to stat…
Deadly Failed Robbery Of LI Teen Ends In Decades-Long Prison Term For Killer: Authorities
A Long Island man is headed to prison for decades for murder, authorities said.
Erick Garcia, 22, was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 6 to 25 years behind bars for the killing of 19-year-old Carlos Guillen in 2022, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Garcia, of Central Islip, designed a plan to rob Guillen at gunpoint after meeting up in Central Islip on Oct. 1, 2022, investigators said.
Guillen, of Bay Shore, invited Garcia into his vehicle, then Garcia pulled the gun, authorities said. But instead of handing over what Garcia wanted, Guillen panicked and accelerated the vehicle, …
Mistaken Identity Murder Of LI Father Lands Killers Decades In Prison: Authorities
Two Long Island partners-in-crime were sentenced Thursday, Aug. 6 for gunning down an unarmed father in a case of mistaken identity, authorities said.
Christopher Fernandez, 29, got 25 years to life, and Oliver Schor, 24, got 22 years to life, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
The two men were convicted of killing 49-year-old Michael Hartmann in his backyard on Nov. 2, 2022, in Bohemia. Prosecutors said Fernandez led the plan, believing his missing cellphone was in Hartmann’s home, according to Newsday.
“Mr. Hartmann did nothing wrong – he was shot at his own home – and h…
Still Free: John Gotti’s Grandson Misses Promised Kidney Donation Date Again, Not Jailed
John Gotti’s grandson has once again failed to donate a kidney to his mother, despite promising the transplant to delay his prison sentence.
Attorneys for Carmine G. Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, said he’s ready for the transplant, but his mother, Victoria Gotti, has a serious infection requiring another delay, the New York Daily News reported.
Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury ruled Thursday, Aug. 6 that if Agnello donates the kidney before Monday, Aug. 10, he can still have his sentencing delay, Newsday reported. In that case, he would report to prison on Sept. 18.
But if the transplant doesn’t ha…
Drunk Driver Hits Utility Pole, Tree In Long Island Wreck: Police
A drunk driver wrecked his car into a utility pole on Long Island early Thursday, Aug. 6, police said.
Franklyn Carpio Garcia, 27, of Southampton, was driving at the intersection of Noyack Road and Water Mill Towd Road around 12:06 a.m., the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Carpio Garcia’s vehicle left the road, striking a utility pole and a tree before coming to rest, investigators said. However, Carpio Garcia was not injured, according to police.
Cops booked Carpio Garcia on two counts of DWI and held him for morning arraignment, authorities said. His crash was one of five DWI ar…