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Ship Captain Cops To Drugging, Raping Merchant Marine Cadet, 21, Moments Before Trial: Feds
A ship captain pleaded guilty to drugging and raping a U.S. Merchant Marine cadet during her course of study at the Long Island-based academy, authorities said.
John Merrone, 54, copped to five counts of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and abusive sexual contact moments before his trial could start Wednesday, July 15 in federal court in Brooklyn, the Justice Department said.
The Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point has been plagued for years by allegations of sexual abuse related to “sea years.” As part of the program, MMA cadets must complete extended time aboard a commercial vess…
Kardashian Bodyguard Killed In Motorcycle Crash Days Before 53rd Birthday
Celebrity bodyguard Mason Haynes, who worked with high-profile clients including the Kardashians, was killed in a motorcycle crash on July 4, just two days before his 53rd birthday.
A GoFundMe campaign started by Annabel Bass says Haynes was killed in the Saturday, July 4, crash, leaving behind his wife, Fay, and children, Brooke and Noah. Details of the crash were not immediately clear.
As news of his death spread, friends, colleagues, and former clients remembered the man they say made everyone around him feel safe.
"The world has been robbed of that rare thing… a genuinely good man."
Th…
Hazardous Haze Update: How To Protect Yourself, When Skies Will Clear
The eerie veil hanging over the Northeast is not ready to lift, and the health risk beneath it is growing.
Smoke from Canadian and northern Minnesota wildfires continued lowering air quality and visibility on Thursday, July 16, triggering alerts across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the eastern US.
The smoke was visible on satellite imagery from the National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters as upper-level winds carried it across the region.
Some of the plume looped into southern Virginia, West Virginia, and eastern North Carolina. Visibility …
LI Gas Station Bandit Gets Decades In Prison After Wild Cadillac Getaway: Authorities
A Long Island man convicted of holding up a gas station — and two prior felonies — has learned his fate.
Marion Maupin, 33, of Ridge, got 20 years to life for his latest crime, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday, July 15.
Maupin led a two-man team that robbed a Shell station in Yaphank around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, according to police. His accomplice, Raiquan Davis, watched the door while Maupin pointed a loaded handgun at the clerk’s head, investigators said.
After Maupin took cash from the register, he and Davis fled the scene in a white Cadillac, authoriti…
