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15-Year-Old Boy Missing For Days From Nassau County Home: Police
A 15-year-old boy has been reported missing after leaving his Long Island home, police announced on Friday, Aug. 7.
Mathew Valentin, 15, was last seen leaving his residence at 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, according to the Nassau County Missing Persons Squad. His disappearance was reported to police at 2:50 p.m. Friday.
Valentin is described as 5-foot-2 and approximately 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black pants, a black sweatshirt, and gray slides, detectives said.
Police believe Valentin may be in the Lynbrook area.
Anyone with informa…
Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Released By NJ Police Department, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit
A New Jersey woman is suing a town and its police department, claiming officials released unredacted video last year showing her exposed breast while she was in police custody, leading to the footage being viewed hundreds of thousands of times online (lawsuit attached at the bottom of this news article).
Adrianna Smith, a Mount Olive resident, filed the 17-page lawsuit in Passaic County Superior Court on Tuesday, July 28, against the Township of Little Falls, Little Falls Police Department, civilian records clerk Robert Scalera, and unnamed employees and supervisors.
Smith was arrested by L…
PA Creep Sent Explicit Messages To Minor, Captured In Nassau County: Police
An accused child predator from Pennsylvania was arrested on Long Island, authorities said Friday, Aug. 7.
Shane Michael Rossi, 40, of Nazareth, PA, was wanted for felony unlawful contact with a minor, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Rossi was arrested back on Jan. 27 following an investigation by the Nazareth Police Department, authorities said. He was accused of sending “multiple inappropriate messages and explicit images” to a victim.
By May 2026, Rossi was the subject of a bench warrant out of Northampton County, PA, according to Nassau County police. He was located at Pulls t…
Fentanyl, Explosives, And ‘Tranq’ In Nassau Home Get Drug Dealer Prison Time, DA Says
A Long Island man found with fentanyl, xylazine, and explosives in his home is headed to prison.
Anthony Gianatiempo, 35, of Westbury, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 7 to six years behind bars after pleading guilty to selling drugs and attempted weapons possession, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Gianatiempo sold $820 worth of cocaine, fentanyl, ketamine, heroin, and alprazolam (Xanax) to a person in Cantiague Park on June 18, 2025, according to the district attorney’s office.
That sale led to a raid on Gianatiempo’s apartment on Aug. 5, 2025, in which investigators recovere…
Nassau Dunkin’ Donuts Burglar Tries To Make Coffee Before Fighting Cops: Police
A New York City man who broke into a Dunkin’ Donuts on Long Island was arrested following a struggle with cops, authorities said.
Senai Haywood, 25, of Jamaica, Queens, entered the store on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park around 10:40 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, the Nassau County Police Department said.
An employee making a delivery spotted Haywood and told him to leave, police said. But Haywood ignored the employee, went behind the Dunkin’ counter and started making himself a coffee, cops said.
When the 25-year-old male employee again confronted Haywood, Haywood struck him in the chest three…
