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Michael Mashburn

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Michael joined the Daily Voice team in April 2022 covering news throughout New York, including the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island.

He previously worked as a radio reporter covering local news and traffic for ABC News Radio affiliates KTAR in Phoenix and KOMO in Seattle.

Michael graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in May 2014. 

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Lifestyle
Winning Lottery Ticket Worth $36K Sold At Freeport Convenience Store Winning Lottery Ticket Worth $36K Sold At Freeport Convenience Store
Winning Lottery Ticket Worth $36K Sold At Freeport Convenience Store Someone’s in for a massive payday. A winning lottery ticket promising a 5-figure payout was purchased at a Long Island convenience store. The top prize-winning TAKE 5 ticket–worth $36,252–was sold in Freeport, at the Bodega Familia at 357 North Main Street, New York Lottery said. It was purchased for the evening drawing held on Friday, Jan. 31. TAKE 5 drawings are televised twice daily, at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Players can check their ticket status on the New York Lottery website.

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Politics
NY Cops Teaming Up With ICE For Mass Deportations Of Undocumented Immigrants NY Cops Teaming Up With ICE For Mass Deportations Of Undocumented Immigrants
NY Cops Teaming Up With ICE For Mass Deportations Of Undocumented Immigrants A local police department in New York is teaming up with federal immigration officers to carry out President Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. On Long Island, ten members of the Nassau County Police Department will be embedded with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out targeted immigration enforcement, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. The enforcement efforts will target undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes in Nassau County. “I want to stress that this program is about illegal migrants who have committed crimes…

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News
Hanukkah Shooting: Gunman Admits Opening Fire Outside NY Synagogue With Children Present Hanukkah Shooting: Gunman Admits Opening Fire Outside NY Synagogue With Children Present
Hanukkah Shooting: Gunman Admits Opening Fire Outside NY Synagogue With Children Present A New York man who fired a shotgun outside an Albany synagogue on the first night of Hanukkah pleaded guilty to federal civil rights and firearm charges. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty to obstructing religious freedom by threat of force, unlawfully acquiring a firearm, and brandishing it during the crime in Albany federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The formal confession came more than a year after Alkhader took an Uber from Schenectady to Temple Israel in Albany, where he walked up the synagogue’s steps and pulled a shotgun from a duffel bag on Dec. 7, 2023. He the…

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News
Man Rammed Estranged Wife With Car After Years Of Stalking, Threats: Schenectady County Jury Man Rammed Estranged Wife With Car After Years Of Stalking, Threats: Schenectady County Jury
Man Rammed Estranged Wife With Car After Years Of Stalking, Threats: Schenectady County Jury A Schenectady man was convicted of attempted murder after intentionally striking his estranged wife with his vehicle in what prosecutors called a deliberate act of violence. Sherifullah Hashimi, 62, was found guilty on seven counts in all, mostly felonies, by a Schenectady County jury on Monday, Feb. 3, according to the district attorney’s office. The case stemmed from a violent incident at the Southgate Housing Complex on Frank Street in Schenectady on July 23, 2023. Multiple people called 911 reporting that a woman had been struck by a car. Surveillance video obtained by Schenectady Poli…

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Business
Video Shows Fiery Crash Into Restaurant In Farmingdale, Second Collision There In A Year Video Shows Fiery Crash Into Restaurant In Farmingdale, Second Collision There In A Year
Video Shows Fiery Crash Into Restaurant In Farmingdale, Second Collision There In A Year The family behind a Chinese restaurant on Long Island is pleading for safety improvements after their building was struck by a speeding driver, the second such crash there in a year. Emergency crews in Farmingdale responded to the fiery collision at Great Wall Kitchen, located near the intersection of Broadway and Boundary Avenue, just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3. An investigation found that a 57-year-old woman was driving a Hyundai SUV northbound on Broadway when she left the roadway, struck two parked vehicles, and slammed into the storefront, Nassau County Police said. The dri…

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News
Pickup Driver Ejected, Killed In Collision With Tractor-Trailer On Charlton Highway Pickup Driver Ejected, Killed In Collision With Tractor-Trailer On Charlton Highway
Pickup Driver Ejected, Killed In Collision With Tractor-Trailer On Charlton Highway One person was killed following a crash involving a tractor-trailer on a Capital Region highway. The wreck happened in Saratoga County, on State Route 67 (Amsterdam Road) in Charlton, at around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3. A tractor-trailer collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of West Line Road, ejecting the pickup driver, New York State Police said. The pickup driver suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured. State Route 67 was closed for nearly four hours between Jolly and Morrow roads while emergency crew…

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News
Bicyclist Struck, Killed Crossing Busy Street In Miller Place Bicyclist Struck, Killed Crossing Busy Street In Miller Place
Bicyclist Struck, Killed Crossing Busy Street In Miller Place A bicyclist was struck and killed crossing a busy Long Island street during the evening commute. The collision occurred in Miller Place, on Route 25A east of Hunter Avenue, shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3. Marc Wilke, 51, was riding his bike southbound across Route 25A when he was struck by an eastbound Nissan sedan, Suffolk County Police said. Wilke, of Patchogue, was taken by ambulance to Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. The Nissan driver, a 60-year-old woman from Mastic Beach, was not injured and remained at the scene. Her vehic…

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Police & Fire
Hempstead Girl, 12, Located Hours After Going Missing Hempstead Girl, 12, Located Hours After Going Missing
Hempstead Girl, 12, Located Hours After Going Missing A Long Island girl who was reported missing was located hours later. Heidy Tamatzin, 12, of Hempstead, had last been seen at around 11 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, according to Nassau County Police. She was reported missing early Tuesday, Feb. 4. Tamatzin has since been located, police said in an update Tuesday afternoon. No other details were given. Original report: Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing child from Long Island. Heidy Tamatzin, 12, of Hempstead, was last seen at around 11 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, according to Nassau County Police. She was reported missing…

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News
Murder-Suicide Ends In LA Fitness Parking Lot In Lindenhurst Murder-Suicide Ends In LA Fitness Parking Lot In Lindenhurst
Murder-Suicide Ends In LA Fitness Parking Lot In Lindenhurst Two men are dead following a suspected murder-suicide that ended outside a Long Island gym. Officers were called to a Lindenhurst residence on Nevada Street for a man lying in the front yard just before 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3. They found Marek Gusciora, 66, dead from a gunshot wound to his chest, Suffolk County Police said. A little over an hour later, detectives located Augustyn Jedra, 69, who is homeless, dead in a parked vehicle behind the LA Fitness on Park Avenue, roughly four blocks south of the Nevada Street scene, police said. Jedra died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound…

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News
LIRR Train Crashes Into Vehicle In Hewlett, Halting Service LIRR Train Crashes Into Vehicle In Hewlett, Halting Service
Lirr Train Crashes Into Vehicle In Hewlett, Halting Service A Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train collided with a vehicle near the Hewlett station, temporarily halting service on Monday, Feb. 3. An eastbound Far Rockaway train struck a car that was illegally on the tracks near the West Broadway grade crossing at around 1:15 p.m., an MTA spokesperson told Daily Voice. Nobody was injured in the ordeal, and the vehicle only suffered a clipped bumper. A preliminary investigation found that the grade crossing was functioning as intended, according to the MTA. LIRR Far Rockaway train service was temporarily suspended between Far Rockaway and Valley Stre…

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