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Suspect Who Allegedly Forced Entry By Throwing Objects Nabbed For Suffolk County Burglary Spree
A suspect has been apprehended in connection to a spree of burglaries of Long Island businesses.
Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Squad detectives, Joseph Foresto, age 67, was charged with six commercial burglaries and an attempted burglary between Saturday, May 18, and Saturday, June 22.
During the burglaries, Foresto, a Lake Grove resident, forced entry by throwing objects through a glass door or window to enter the closed businesses.
Foresto was arrested at his home around 12:30 p.m. Monday, June 24, and cha…
Duo Nabbed For String Of Suffolk County ATM Burglaries
Two men have been accused of burglarizing multiple businesses and stealing ATMs on Long Island.
Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives, the two were arrested and charged with a series of commercial burglaries and an attempted burglary between Tuesday, March 5, and Monday, March 11.
During the burglaries, police say, John Mahoney, 41, of Mastic, and Jamie Volini, age 46, of East Patchogue, forced entry through broken doors and windows into closed gas stations and businesses and damaged or stole the ATMs.
Volini was located by police at the i…
Update: Suspect In Hit-Run Crash Killing 22-Year-Old Long Island Firefighter Arrested
Days after a beloved Long Island firefighter and aspiring EMT was killed in a hit-and-run crash, police have a suspect in custody.
Christopher Hlavaty, age 22, of East Patchogue, died Monday night, June 10, after his motorcycle was struck by a car near Main Street and Rider Avenue in Patchogue, according to Suffolk County Police.
Hlavaty was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
On Thursday evening, June 13, police revealed that 36-year-old Maria Guallpa-Bonilla, of Bellport, was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an incident in…
22-Year-Old Long Island Gun Trafficker Known As 'JuJu' Sentenced
A 22-year-old Long Island man who pleaded guilty to trafficking “ghost guns,” ammunition, and more to alleged gang members will now spend years behind bars, officials announced.
On Monday, Sept. 25, Jeramya Sloan, also known as “JuJu,” was sentenced to 46 months in prison for selling weapons across Suffolk County, according to the Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office.
Sloan, who is from Selden and East Patchogue, admitted to selling the guns from December 2019 through January 2021 to people he thought were Bloods gang members.
Of the eight gun transactions involved in his…
'Meet Me Outside': Heated Phone Call Led Long Island Man To Gun Down 37-Year-Old, Jury Finds
What began as an argument over the phone ended with a 37-year-old Long Island man shot to death, and now, two years later, his killer is facing decades in prison.
A Suffolk County jury found Michael Gilbert, age 29, of Riverhead, guilty of murder and related charges Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the shooting death of Tyrell Durham in Moriches.
According to prosecutors, on Nov. 26, 2021, Gilbert overheard a phone call in which his girlfriend, Lashonda Coles, asked Durham’s girlfriend why she was with “the guy that knocked her teeth out.”
The conversation was also overheard by Durham, who began yel…
Man Guns Down Niece's 23-Year-Old Boyfriend During Fight At Long Island Home, DA Says
A family argument escalated to a deadly shooting outside a Long Island home that left a 23-year-old man dead.
Brent Henry, age 59, of Riverhead, was indicted on murder charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Aug. 31, in the death of Ines Reyes.
According to prosecutors, the two men got into an altercation on Friday, Aug. 18, inside a Bellport home that Reyes shared with his girlfriend, Henry’s niece. It quickly escalated into a fist fight.
Reyes and his girlfriend then left the home and went to a relative’s house in East Patchogue, located on Amsterdam Avenue.
A short time later, Hen…
Centereach Man Charged After East Patchogue Woman Shot, Killed In Coram
A suspect is now in custody after the fatal shooting of a young woman on Long Island.
The shooting happened around 1:25 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 in Coram.
Suffolk County Police responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired in the rear parking lot of 24 Middle Country Road.
When officers arrived, they located the woman suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.
The woman, Martina Thompson, age 33, of East Patchogue, was transported to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue where she was pronounced dead.
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, police arrested Anthony Santiesteban, age 30, …
