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Mastic-Shirley, NY
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Mastic Beach Library Shut Down After ‘Reports Of Drug Dealing, Prostitution, Violence’
A Long Island library branch will shut down day-to-day operations due to security concerns, according to multiple reports. The Mastic Beach branch of Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library will close on Christmas Eve, Newsday reported. Last week, the library had announced a reduction in hours due to “ongoing safety and security concerns at and around the branch.” But library leaders took a big additional step Monday, Oct. 26 and voted to close the branch on Dec. 24, according to News 12 Long Island. Officials said they’re planning a different, though still community-oriented, use for …
Brentwood, NY
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New Details: Burglar Sexually Assaults Women During Break-Ins At Long Island Homes, DA Says
Prosecutors have released new details in a pair of violent home break-ins targeting elderly women on Long Island. Derrick Clancy, age 42, was formally charged in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in connection with the alleged burglaries and assaults at two homes in Mastic Beach. According to investigators, Clancy got into the first home early on Tuesday, Oct. 10, by cutting a hole in a window screen and crawling through. He then physically and sexually assaulted a woman who is over 70 years old while repeatedly claiming to have a knife, prosecutors said. Earlier Report: S…
Brentwood, NY
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Wedding Brawl: Man Bites Cop Trying To Break Up Fight At Long Island Venue, Police Say
A 22-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly biting a police officer during a fight at a wedding venue on Long Island. Suffolk County Police were called at around 7:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4, for a fight in Saint James, at the Flowerfield Celebrations venue on Mills Pond Road. Officers arrived to find several skirmishes that had broken out among the over 100 wedding guests. The brawl prompted several agencies to respond, including the Second, Fifth, and Sixth Precincts, as well as Smithtown Park Rangers and Head of the Harbor Police. As officers were trying to break up the fight, Jus…
