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Five-Pocket Discount: Shoplifter Shoves Employee While Fleeing Long Island Target, Police Say Five-Pocket Discount: Shoplifter Shoves Employee While Fleeing Long Island Target, Police Say
Five-Pocket Discount: Shoplifter Shoves Employee While Fleeing Long Island Target, Police Say A shoplifter with a pants full of stolen goods assaulted an employee while fleeing a Long Island Target store, police said. Jose Rodriguez, 43, was arrested on robbery and related charges following an alleged theft at the Lawrence Target on Rockaway Turnpike on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Rodriguez entered the store at around 5:40 p.m. and proceeded to stuff stolen merchandise under his shirt and in his pants before exiting the business, Nassau County Police said. When a loss prevention worker confronted him outside, he allegedly shoved the employee before fleeing. Officers quickly located and arrest…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Trooper Shot Himself On Southern State Parkway Before Blaming 'Dark-Skinned Man,' Police Say Trooper Shot Himself On Southern State Parkway Before Blaming 'Dark-Skinned Man,' Police Say
Trooper Shot Himself On Southern State Parkway Before Blaming 'Dark-Skinned Man,' Police Say A former New York State Police trooper who claimed that a driver shot him, triggering a region-wide manhunt, made the whole thing up, prosecutors alleged. Thomas Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, surrendered to police Monday morning, Jan. 27, before being arraigned on a count of making a false report and related charges in Nassau County District Court. Mascia initially told colleagues that he was walking toward what he assumed was a disabled vehicle when he heard several shots fired by a “dark-skinned man” on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead shortly before midnight on Oct. 30, 2024…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Killing Guest At His East Quogue Home Man Accused Of Killing Guest At His East Quogue Home
Man Accused Of Killing Guest At His East Quogue Home A house guest has been apprehended shortly after an overnight murder at a Long Island residence. Southampton Town Police responded to Oakville Avenue in East Quogue after a man called 911 to report a person was found dead in the rear yard of the residence at around 9:50 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. The victim, Christopher Hahn, age 43, of Hampton Bays, was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy to be conducted by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office. Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives,…

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by Joe Lombardi