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$5.5 Million Stolen Car Scam Across NY Lands Two Half-Brothers Behind Bars: DA
A sprawling New York car theft and resale scheme that netted $5.5 million and shafted more than 120 car owners has been wrapped up with guilty pleas, authorities said Monday, Sept. 14. Ringleaders Mark McCall, 34, and Keith Agard, 32, admitted their roles in running the vast operation across Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, Westchester, and Orange counties, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Of the 33 individuals and two corporations named in the initial June 2025 indictment, 34 have pleaded guilty, prosecutors said. Only one case remains pending. Half-brothers McCall, of Centereac…
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Video: NJ Friends, 24, Killed By NYC Train Seen Sitting On Tracks Moments Before, Report Says
Two 24-year-olds from New Jersey were killed after being struck by a subway train in Manhattan early Sunday morning, Sept. 13, authorities said. According to the NY Post, video shows Navam Kaul, of Sayreville, and Malaika Chitre, of Dayton, sitting on the tracks moments before they were struck by the train just before 3:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. The NYPD confirmed that Chitre and Kaul were killed by a southbound 4 train at the Spring Street subway station. Police responding to a 911 call for two aided individuals found Kaul and Chitre on the roadbed, police said. EMS pronounc…
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8.2M NY Households To Get Energy Rebate Checks Worth Up To $200 — Here's Who's Eligible
Millions of New Yorkers will soon find energy rebate checks worth up to $200 in their mailboxes — and eligible households won't have to apply to get the money, officials said. The checks will begin going out across New York on Monday, Sept. 21 and continue through December, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday, Sept. 14. About 8.2 million households are expected to receive payments through the state's one-time $1 billion Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate, or POWER, program, according to the governor's office. Officials said eligible New Yorkers do not need to apply, r…
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Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After On-Stage 'Free Palestine' MetLife Stadium Sets
Macklemore has been removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour following backlash over his pro-Palestinian remarks during both of his opening acts at MetLife Stadium earlier this month, according to the Seattle rapper himself. Macklemore, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, announced his removal from Sheeran’s LOOP Tour in a lengthy Instagram statement Monday, Sept. 14, saying the decision followed pressure from stadium owners after his performances in East Rutherford on Friday, Sept. 4 and Saturday, Sept. 5. "Rolling Stone" also reported that Macklemore was removed from the remainder o…
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Malnourished Dog Abandoned In Suffolk County, Cops Search For Suspect
A malnourished dog was abandoned on Long Island, and cops are looking for the suspect. The mixed breed female dog was found Monday, Aug. 24 near Dawn Drive in Shirley, the Suffolk County Police Department said. “The dog was malnourished and brought for medical attention,” police said in a Monday, Sept. 14 news release. But investigators have been unable to locate the owner who abandoned the pooch, authorities said. Suffolk County police are offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case. Anyone with a tip is asked to call Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2…
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Mystery Surrounds Man Found Dead Near LI Strip Mall Before Dawn
A man was found dead off a Long Island road early Monday, Sept. 14, police said. Cops responded to an aided call around 4:05 a.m. in Uniondale, the Nassau County Police Department announced. When officers arrived, they found an “unknown male” in the area of 979 Nassau Road, just north of where the street passes over the Southern State Parkway, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, but no other details of the case were immediately released. The man was identified the following day. Click here for our updated report. A Facebook video showed crime scene tape sur…
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Suffolk Driver Careens Across Road, Into Utility Pole In One-Car Wreck: Police
A Long Island man was seriously injured in a one-car crash on Sunday night, Sept. 13, police said. The 30-year-old Middle Island man was traveling eastbound on Middle Country Road in a 2026 Nissan Rogue around 9:20 p.m. Sunday, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Suddenly, the Nissan crossed into the westbound lanes, left the roadway, and struck a telephone pole in front of 800 Middle Country Road, police said. The driver was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, and his vehicle was impounded for a safety check, c…
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Drunk Hit-And-Run Driver Who Left 61-Year-Old LI Woman To Die Pleads Guilty: Authorities
A drunk-driving Long Island man who killed a woman in a crash and briefly fled the scene has pleaded guilty, authorities said Monday, Sept. 14. Rajvir Bharaj, 34, of New Hyde Park, admitted to killing 61-year-old Lidia Rivera in the crash at his hearing Friday, Sept. 11, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said. After the collision, Bharaj drove away from the scene and called one of his pals, a New York City police officer, several times and also sent them a message asking, “should I leave?”, according to authorities. About 15 minutes after first responders arrived on scene, Bhara…
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LI House Candidate’s
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odeling Past Shockingly Resurfaces
A Long Island congressional candidate has a surprising past: modeling BDSM gear for a fetish sex shop. Chris Gallant, a 37-year-old Democrat, appeared in multiple photos for “Mr S Leather,” a San Francisco-based company selling a variety of products on its XXX-rated website, the New York Post reported Sunday, Sept. 13. Gallant’s attorney confirmed to the Post that he’d appeared in the pics. Pictures of Gallant were wiped from the internet — at his request, according to his lawyer’s comments to the Post — but are still visible on archived versions of the site. They can be found from 2011 to…
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More US Measles Deaths Of 2026 Reported
All of the measles deaths reported in the United States so far this year have occurred in Pennsylvania, where a third resident has died amid the nation’s largest outbreak, officials said. A 40-year-old Jefferson County woman died Saturday, Sept. 12, from complications associated with measles, Coroner Greg Furlong announced. Her name was not released, and the coroner did not disclose her vaccination status. “This is a heartbreaking loss for the family and an unfortunate reminder that measles can be a serious and potentially life-threatening disease,” Furlong said. The death is Jefferson Co…
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Missing Newlywed Dominick Bianchi Found Dead In Wooded NY Area, Police Say
A New York newlywed who disappeared from his home has been found dead, police announced. Dominick Bianchi, 35, of East Greenbush, was found dead in a wooded area, the East Greenbush Police Department said late Sunday, Sept. 13, nearly five days after he had been reported missing. Police did not say where or when Bianchi was found or release details about his death. His wife, Julianna Zyra, told ABC affiliate WTEN during the search that Bianchi had Type 1 diabetes and she was unsure whether he could monitor his blood sugar because his continuous glucose monitor was paired to the phone h…
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Fugitive With NY, NJ Criminal History Wanted In 21-Shot PA Bar Ambush Caught In Turnpike Chase
A man wanted for firing 21 rounds at five people outside a Pennsylvania bar was captured after a 15-mile Turnpike pursuit ended with troopers disabling his vehicle, police announced late Friday, Sept. 11. Kio Manuel Dejesus-Pena, 42, of Lewistown, was arrested early Friday after a license plate reader alerted a Pennsylvania State Police trooper to his vehicle near mile marker 250, according to an updated release from the Lewistown Police Department. The trooper was monitoring traffic through a construction zone when the alert connected the registration to Dejesus-Pena and an active warrant …
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