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Throwing Dog Poop On Driveway Leads To Suffolk Senior's Arrest: Police Throwing Dog Poop On Driveway Leads To Suffolk Senior's Arrest: Police Throwing Dog Poop On Driveway Leads To Suffolk Senior's Arrest: Police
Throwing Dog Poop On Driveway Leads To Suffolk Senior's Arrest: Police This case stinks! An elderly Long Island man threw dog poop on another person’s driveway, leading to his brief arrest, police revealed Tuesday, Oct. 13. William Ferrato, 71, of Amagansett, was charged with third-degree criminal tampering for the incident on Tuesday, Sept. 15, the East Hampton Town Police Department said. Ferrato “intentionally threw dog feces onto the driveway of the victim” around 3:45 p.m. that day in Amagansett, police said. The victim complained Thursday, Sept. 24 to East Hampton police, authorities said. Cops booked Ferrato for about two hours Wednesday, Sept. 30, th…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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Retired UConn Prof’s Son Faces Bomb Charges Years After Dad Said He Gave Him Explosive Material Retired UConn Prof’s Son Faces Bomb Charges Years After Dad Said He Gave Him Explosive Material Retired UConn Prof’s Son Faces Bomb Charges Years After Dad Said He Gave Him Explosive Material
Retired UConn Prof’s Son Faces Bomb Charges Years After Dad Said He Gave Him Explosive Material A Connecticut man charged with making bombs after police searched his home during a domestic disturbance investigation was previously accused of making explosives in a 2010 case that led to his father’s arrest.  Aleksi Javanainen, 30, was arrested on Oct. 3 at his home on Hanks Hill Road in Mansfield. He was charged with illegally possessing explosives, manufacturing bombs, and three misdemeanor counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, Connecticut State Police said. According to his arrest warrant, police began investigating after a woman told troopers that Javanainen kept unlocke…

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by Josh Lanier
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Severely Emaciated Dog Rescued From Suffolk Home, Husband And Wife Charged: Authorities Severely Emaciated Dog Rescued From Suffolk Home, Husband And Wife Charged: Authorities Severely Emaciated Dog Rescued From Suffolk Home, Husband And Wife Charged: Authorities
Severely Emaciated Dog Rescued From Suffolk Home, Husband And Wife Charged: Authorities A Long Island husband and wife were hit with animal cruelty charges after their dog was found severely emaciated, weighing nearly half his expected weight, authorities said. Michael O’Brien, 39, and Jenecia O’Brien, 37, both of Sound Beach, failed to provide enough food, water, and veterinary care for their dog, Kobe, from early this year into October, the Suffolk County SPCA said Tuesday, Oct. 13. Kobe, a 5-year-old Coonhound-Boxer mix, weighed just 37 pounds when he was brought for veterinary care, well below the expected 65 to 67 pounds for a dog of his breed and age, the SPCA said. Kob…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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Worker Trapped In Asphalt Silo After Falling Backward At NJ Plant Worker Trapped In Asphalt Silo After Falling Backward At NJ Plant Worker Trapped In Asphalt Silo After Falling Backward At NJ Plant
Worker Trapped In Asphalt Silo After Falling Backward At NJ Plant A 26-year-old worker was rescued after he was trapped inside an asphalt bin in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, authorities said. At 6:03 a.m., officers responded to AE Stone at 1435 Doughty Rd., after Cameron Briggs fell backwards into a recycled asphalt bin, Egg Harbor Township police said.  A partial collapse of the asphalt occurred and Briggs, a Mays Landing resident, ended up trapped in a seated position with his legs straight out and asphalt over his waist, police said. Workers called for emergency assistance after they spent 20 minutes trying to free him, police said. Br…

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Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Long Island Motel Fight: Police Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Long Island Motel Fight: Police Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Long Island Motel Fight: Police
Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Long Island Motel Fight: Police A 57-year-old woman stabbed a man multiple times with a kitchen knife during an argument inside a Long Island motel room, sending him fleeing to the front desk for help, police said. Tammy Taylor was arrested following the stabbing, which occurred in Nassau County around 11:06 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, according to Nassau County Police Department Second Squad detectives. Officers responded to the motel after receiving a report of a disturbance involving Taylor and a 47-year-old man, investigators said. The two had been arguing inside one of the motel rooms when the confrontation turned phys…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Selma Blair Seen In Court, Lawyer Provides Apparent Reason For Flight Arrest: Reports Selma Blair Seen In Court, Lawyer Provides Apparent Reason For Flight Arrest: Reports Selma Blair Seen In Court, Lawyer Provides Apparent Reason For Flight Arrest: Reports
Selma Blair Seen In Court, Lawyer Provides Apparent Reason For Flight Arrest: Reports New details are coming to light in the arrest of actress Selma Blair following an apparently bloody flight from Los Angeles to JFK Airport on Sunday, Oct. 11. The "Hellboy" and "Cruel Intentions" actress has been charged with two counts of assault for kicking a Port Authority Police Department officer following what was described as a bloody altercation on a flight from Los Angeles to JFK Airport on Sunday, Oct. 11, ABC News reports. Blair, 54, missed several doses of a "powerful" medication and hit her head before the ordeal, the New York Post reports citing the actress' lawyers. One attor…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Second Cornell Gang Rape Case Defendant Seeks To Remove NY AG Letitia James From Case: Report Second Cornell Gang Rape Case Defendant Seeks To Remove NY AG Letitia James From Case: Report Second Cornell Gang Rape Case Defendant Seeks To Remove NY AG Letitia James From Case: Report
Second Cornell Gang Rape Case Defendant Seeks To Remove NY AG Letitia James From Case: Report A second man accused in a high-profile sexual assault lawsuit involving Cornell University is seeking to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James from the criminal investigation, arguing that her public comments about the accuser raise questions about her impartiality as special prosecutor.  Winston Lee, one of seven former fraternity members named in the lawsuit, filed a motion in Tompkins County criminal court on Friday, Oct. 9, asking a judge to bar James from overseeing the investigation and participating in any future grand jury proceedings, NBC News reported. The filing com…

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by Ben Crnic
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Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In NY House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In NY House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In NY House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home
Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In NY House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home A former pediatric nurse, foster mother, and longtime fire department auxiliary member has been identified as the woman killed in a Capital Region house fire that also left her husband of 62 years, a lifelong firefighter, without a home. Donna A. (Baker) Stewart, 81, died Friday, Oct. 9, after a fire broke out at her home on Old River Road in Niskayuna, according to her obituary published by Bowen & Parker Bros. Funeral Home. Her husband, Robert N. "Rocky" Stewart, a longtime member of the Verdoy Volunteer Fire Department, is now mourning his wife while facing the loss of the home they …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Long Island Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates Long Island Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates Long Island Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates
Long Island Car Thefts: Brooklyn Teen Arrested After Stolen Kia Found With Swapped Plates A 19-year-old Brooklyn man has been arrested in connection with two vehicle thefts on Long Island, including one in which a stolen car was recovered with license plates taken from another vehicle, Nassau County police announced Monday, Oct. 12. The suspect, Sebastian Bedoya, of East Rockefeller Street in Brooklyn, was arrested Sunday, Oct. 11, following an investigation into the September thefts in Elmont, according to Nassau County Police Department Fifth Squad detectives. The first theft was reported Thursday, Sept. 10, when officers responded to an Elmont home after a victim discovered a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self: Police Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self: Police Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self: Police
Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self: Police A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend, held her and her four children hostage, then shot himself in the head following a multi-county police chase has died, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12. Tobias John-Allen Click, of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, was pronounced dead at approximately 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, by the Cumberland County Coroner's Office, according to an update from East Lampeter Township Police. Click died from injuries sustained from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said. His death came one d…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Sixth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases Sixth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases Sixth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases
Sixth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases A 39-year-old woman with a recent measles diagnosis has become the US's sixth measles-associated death as the outbreak climbed past 1,100 cases in Pennsylvania. The woman died Saturday, Oct. 10, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office announced Monday, Oct. 12. She had several underlying conditions, including a past diagnosis of measles that had been treated, the coroner said. Her death meets the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s definition of a measles-associated death, according to the advisory. The coroner’s office did not release her name or further details that could identify…

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by Jillian Pikora
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119 Amtrak Workers Implicated In $12M Fraud Scheme; 2 NY Medical Providers Sentenced 119 Amtrak Workers Implicated In $12M Fraud Scheme; 2 NY Medical Providers Sentenced 119 Amtrak Workers Implicated In $12M Fraud Scheme; 2 NY Medical Providers Sentenced
119 Amtrak Workers Implicated In $12M Fraud Scheme; 2 NY Medical Providers Sentenced At least 119 Amtrak employees across seven states and Washington, D.C., were implicated in a $12 million health care fraud scheme — the largest employee criminal conspiracy in the railroad's history, federal investigators said. Three men connected to the scheme, including a Pennsylvania Amtrak employee and two New York medical providers, were sentenced in federal court in New Jersey on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Thursday, Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The defendants were Devon Burt, 53, of Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Michael DeNicola, 64, a former New York pod…

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by Jillian Pikora