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Driver, 32, Dies After Truck Hits Tree, Overturns On Long Island Driver, 32, Dies After Truck Hits Tree, Overturns On Long Island
Driver, 32, Dies After Truck Hits Tree, Overturns On Long Island A 32-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle crash on Long Island. Joseph Scappatore, of Greenlawn, succumbed to injuries sustained when his Chevrolet pickup truck struck a tree on Greenlawn Road near Ducharme Lane in Greenlawn, Suffolk County Police announced Monday, March 10. The wreck happened at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, as Daily Voice reported. Scappatore was heading northbound on Greenlawn Road when his vehicle left the roadway, crashed into a tree, and overturned, police said. He was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition. No ot…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Gone In 60 Seconds: $135K In Trailer, Car Parts Stolen From Long Island Dealership Gone In 60 Seconds: $135K In Trailer, Car Parts Stolen From Long Island Dealership
Gone In 60 Seconds: $135K In Trailer, Car Parts Stolen From Long Island Dealership Apparently, some people don’t believe in paying retail. Suffolk County Police are on the hunt for two bold thieves who rolled out of a Riverhead dealership with a trailer full of auto parts—without ever signing a lease or haggling over interest rates. The dynamic duo pulled into the parking lot of Eagle Chevrolet on Old Country Road around 7:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, casually hitched up a $60,000 trailer, and drove off as if they had just closed a deal on the lot. But the real kicker? The stolen trailer wasn’t empty; it housed $75,000 worth of automotive parts, bringing the total loss to…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Road Rage Rampage: Tesla Driver, Passengers Attack Another Car On Long Island, Police Say Road Rage Rampage: Tesla Driver, Passengers Attack Another Car On Long Island, Police Say
Road Rage Rampage: Tesla Driver, Passengers Attack Another Car On Long Island, Police Say A Tesla driver and his passengers allegedly unleashed their rage on another vehicle during a traffic dispute in Melville, Suffolk County police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Jayson Otero-Savage, 18, was driving a 2022 Tesla T3 south on Walt Whitman Road near the Northern Parkway entrance ramp when he cut off a 2017 Chevrolet Impala and stopped abruptly around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, detectives said. Otero-Savage and two male passengers then got out of the Tesla. One passenger stood by while Otero-Savage and the other passenger repeatedly punched and kicked the Chevrolet, causing …

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by Jillian Pikora
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20-Year-Old Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Setting Long Island Blaze 20-Year-Old Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Setting Long Island Blaze
20-Year-Old Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Setting Long Island Blaze A volunteer firefighter from Long Island is facing charges after allegedly setting a brush fire. Suffolk County Police said Jonathan Quiles, age 20, intentionally set the fire in a wooded area on Mount Vernon Avenue in Medford at about 3:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.  The blaze also damaged a 2004 Chevrolet parked nearby. Following an investigation by the Suffolk County Police Arson Section, detectives arrested Quiles, a resident of Medford. He faces charges of: Arson in the fourth degree Arson in the fifth degree Reckless endangerment in the second degree Quiles is scheduled for ar…

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by Joe Lombardi