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One Email Cost A Nassau County Business $160K In Cross-Country Scam: Police
A fraudster stole $160,000 from a Long Island business while operating from the other side of the country through an email scam, police said Friday, Sept. 4.
Dwayne Stewart, 51, of Oregon, was arraigned Friday for second-degree grand larceny in the scheme, which dated to late 2022, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Between Oct. 12, 2022, and Nov. 23, 2022, an unidentified Long Island business employee got an email that all their business’s online payment transfers were to go to a new Bank of America account, investigators said.
The employee complied and sent three payments totallin…
Drunk LI Driver, 67, Hit Sign, Kept Going — Then Flipped Lexus Into Fence: Cops
An elderly drunk driver on Long Island flipped her vehicle after crashing into a sign and a fence, police said.
Carolyn Magliochetti, 67, of Sag Harbor, was arrested at the scene Thursday night, Sept. 3, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Magliochetti was driving a 2019 Lexus on Noyack Road near Valley Road in Sag Harbor around 7 p.m. Thursday when she left the street and crashed into a street sign, investigators said. Magliochetti shrugged it off and continued down the road, then left the pavement again and hit a fence, cops said.
After striking the fence, Magliochetti’s vehicle…
Creep Flashed 5-Year-Old Girl, Mom Inside Nassau County Marshalls: Police
A Long Island man exposed his genitals to a 5-year-old girl and her mother inside a Marshalls store, police said.
Rory Anderson, 32, of Freeport, was arrested Thursday, Sept. 3 for the incident that occurred back on Wednesday, July 29, the Nassau County Police Department said.
The 5-year-old girl was inside the Marshalls on Sunrise Highway in Freeport when she noticed a man, since identified as Anderson, exposing his genitals, cops said. She immediately told her mother, who then called the cops, according to authorities.
Following an extensive investigation, Anderson was arrested and charg…
Wife Raised Alarm Before Husband Was Found Dead Beneath Long Island Dock: Police
A New York City man visiting Shelter Island with his family has died after going for a morning swim, police said.
Spencer M. Korwin, 38, of Manhattan, was found dead Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 2 under a dock in Shelter Island Sound near Crescent Beach, the Shelter Island Police Department said.
Korwin was last seen alive around 8 a.m. Wednesday, when he left the same dock for his swim, police said. Korwin was staying at a hotel on the island with his family, authorities said.
But when he didn’t return from the swim, Korwin’s wife told the hotel staff, who contacted emergency services aroun…
