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Illegal Dumpers Seen Flipping Off Witness At Long Island Wetlands Get Fitting Punishment Illegal Dumpers Seen Flipping Off Witness At Long Island Wetlands Get Fitting Punishment
Illegal Dumpers Seen Flipping Off Witness At Long Island Wetlands Get Fitting Punishment A Long Island couple will avoid jail time in lieu of a more creative punishment after they were busted dumping their junk in protected wetlands. Husband and wife Fabio and Judith Monasterolo, both of Holbrook, pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Oct. 16, for illegally dumping cinder blocks and concrete near tidal wetlands in Brookhaven. According to prosecutors, Mr. and Mrs. Monasterolo, ages 51 and 55, respectively, were photographed dumping items from their pickup truck into the wetlands near Jefferson Drive and Grove Road in Mastic Beach in April 2023.…
Ex-LI Town Employee Pockets Dead Mom’s Pension Payments Totaling Over $56K, DA Says Ex-LI Town Employee Pockets Dead Mom’s Pension Payments Totaling Over $56K, DA Says
Ex-LI Town Employee Pockets Dead Mom’s Pension Payments Totaling Over $56K, DA Says A former town employee on Long Island is accused of stealing his dead mother’s public pension payments totaling tens of thousands of dollars. Moses Johnson, age 63, of Huntington, was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 11, on suspicion of grand larceny. Johnson, a former employee at the Town of Huntington, allegedly pocketed 15 unauthorized payments totaling over $56,000 between April 2021 and June 2022, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Investigators said the stolen funds were transferred to his bank account from an account belonging to his mother, who died in April 2021. …
COVID-19: Long Island Nurse Paid Off Mortgage By Selling Phony Vaccine Cards COVID-19: Long Island Nurse Paid Off Mortgage By Selling Phony Vaccine Cards
Covid-19: Long Island Nurse Paid Off Mortgage By Selling Phony Vaccine Cards A pediatric nurse from Long Island is facing jail time after admitting that she sold phony COVID-19 vaccination cards and then laundered the proceeds. Amityville resident Julie DeVuono, age 51, owner of Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare, pleaded guilty to felony forgery and money laundering charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Sept. 15. She admitted that between June 2021 and January 2022, she sold people forged COVID-19 vaccine cards and then entered false information claiming the customers had received a vaccination into the New York State Immunization Information System (NYSIIS). C…
Man Guns Down Niece's 23-Year-Old Boyfriend During Fight At Long Island Home, DA Says Man Guns Down Niece's 23-Year-Old Boyfriend During Fight At Long Island Home, DA Says
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…
New Update: Second Man Charged In Brutal Assault On Gay Couple At Long Island Beach New Update: Second Man Charged In Brutal Assault On Gay Couple At Long Island Beach
New Update: Second Man Charged In Brutal Assault On Gay Couple At Long Island Beach A second suspect is facing hate crime charges in connection with an unprovoked attack on a lesbian couple at a Long Island beach. Thomas Gair, age 66, of Patchogue, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 9, on suspicion of assault and harassment, according to Suffolk County Police. Prosecutors said the victims were at Patchogue’s Mascot Dock on Mother’s Day, watching the sunset and taking photos together, when Gair and another man began making derogatory comments about their sexual orientation. Earlier Report: Man Assaults Lesbian Couple, Urinates On Car At Patchogue Beach Over Sexual Orienta…
Face Paint-Wearing Rapist Admits Breaking Into Long Island Home, Sexually Assaulting Woman Face Paint-Wearing Rapist Admits Breaking Into Long Island Home, Sexually Assaulting Woman
Face Paint-Wearing Rapist Admits Breaking Into Long Island Home, Sexually Assaulting Woman Nearly three years after a woman was raped inside her Long Island home, the man who broke in and attacked her has confessed. Joseph Johnson, age 33, of Wyandanch, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Suffolk County Court on Friday, July 28. According to prosecutors, Johnson admitted to breaking into the victim’s Wyandanch home on Sept. 19, 2020. He then raped the woman before stealing cash and fleeing. After the break-in, the victim put up several security cameras in and around her home. Two days later, Johnson returned to the property and cut their wires or turned them away from the hom…
Long Island Dealer Who Sold Heroin, Cocaine To Cop Gets Decades In Prison Long Island Dealer Who Sold Heroin, Cocaine To Cop Gets Decades In Prison
Long Island Dealer Who Sold Heroin, Cocaine To Cop Gets Decades In Prison A convicted drug dealer from Long Island who was busted with a cache of hard drugs after selling heroin to an undercover cop will spend decades in prison. Johnnie Funderburke, age 38, of Bellport, was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, July 13. It came after a jury found him guilty on over a dozen drug and weapons charges in June 2023. Earlier Report: Life In Prison Possibility For Bellport Dealer Who Sold Heroin, Cocaine To Suffolk County Cop According to prosecutors, Funderburke sold heroin to an undercover detective from the Suffolk…
Man Assaults Lesbian Couple, Urinates On Car At Long Island Beach Over Sexual Orientation: DA Man Assaults Lesbian Couple, Urinates On Car At Long Island Beach Over Sexual Orientation: DA
Man Assaults Lesbian Couple, Urinates On Car At Long Island Beach Over Sexual Orientation: DA An unprovoked attack on a lesbian couple at a Long Island beach has resulted in hate crime charges against one of two men believed responsible. Joseph Kess, age 40, of Patchogue, was indicted for assault and criminal mischief in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, June 28, in connection with the Mother’s Day attack at Patchogue’s Mascot Dock. According to prosecutors, two young women were at the beach on May 14, 2023, watching the sunset and taking photos together, when Kess and another man began making derogatory comments about their sexual orientation. The incident escalated when Kess uri…
Deadly Crash: 'Serial' Drunk Driver Sentenced For Long Island Wreck That Killed 27-Year-Old Deadly Crash: 'Serial' Drunk Driver Sentenced For Long Island Wreck That Killed 27-Year-Old
Deadly Crash: 'Serial' Drunk Driver Sentenced For Long Island Wreck That Killed 27-Year-Old A 15-time felon with a history of driving drunk will spend more than a decade in prison for causing a DWI crash on Long Island that killed a 27-year-old man. Jordan Randolph, age 43, of Bellport, was sentenced to 12 1/2 to 25 1/2 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Friday, June 16. It followed his jury conviction for aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges in the death of Johnathan Flores Maldonado. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, Randolph had been out drinking for hours on Jan. 12, 2020 when he got behind the wheel of a Cadillac ATS while “extremely intoxicated…
Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing
Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing A 20-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing another man to death in a traffic circle near a Long Island park. Gelber Lopez Perez, of Riverhead, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, June 15, in the death of 26-year-old Tony Fernando Alvarado Ajcuc. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, it was around 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, when Lopez Perez got into an argument with one of two friends he was with at Riverhead’s Grangabel Park. Earlier Report: 20-Year-Old Stabs Man To Death In Riverside, Police Say During thei…
Child Rapist Who Confessed In Secret Recordings Gets 50 Years, Long Island Judge Rules Child Rapist Who Confessed In Secret Recordings Gets 50 Years, Long Island Judge Rules
Child Rapist Who Confessed In Secret Recordings Gets 50 Years, Long Island Judge Rules A Long Island man will spend decades in prison for sexually abusing a young girl whose secret audio recordings led to his conviction. The Suffolk County man, who the DA’s office is not naming in order to protect the identity of the victim, was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Friday, June 2. It followed his April 2023 jury conviction on multiple charges, including first-degree rape. According to prosecutors, the defendant began sexually abusing the victim when she was 10 years old. The abuse continued until the child was 11. The defendant later made “incriminatin…
Long Island Father Admits Raping Biological Daughter After Giving Her Sleeping Pills Long Island Father Admits Raping Biological Daughter After Giving Her Sleeping Pills
Long Island Father Admits Raping Biological Daughter After Giving Her Sleeping Pills A Long Island father could spend years behind bars after admitting that he raped his biological daughter. The 45-year-old South Huntington resident, who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect the identity of the victim, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 31. According to the DA’s office, the defendant admitted that his 21-year-old daughter was spending the night with him in February 2022 when he gave her an Advil PM. The woman later awoke to her father rubbing her back and her buttocks. When she realized what was happening, the man pinne…
Deadly Stabbing: Man Who Admitted Murdering Long Island Ex-Girlfriend Gets Decades In Prison Deadly Stabbing: Man Who Admitted Murdering Long Island Ex-Girlfriend Gets Decades In Prison
Deadly Stabbing: Man Who Admitted Murdering Long Island Ex-Girlfriend Gets Decades In Prison More than a year after a 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death outside of her Long Island home, her killer from upstate New York is facing decades in prison. Kason Parker, age 35, of Albany, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 31. It came weeks after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend Meghan Kiefer in October 2021. Earlier Report: Stabbed 54 Times: Man Admits Murdering Coram Ex-Girlfriend On First Day Of Trial According to prosecutors, Kiefer, age 27, had returned to her Coram home with a frie…
Medford 20-Year-Old Sentenced For Hate Crimes Targeting Day Laborers, Including Strangulation Medford 20-Year-Old Sentenced For Hate Crimes Targeting Day Laborers, Including Strangulation
Medford 20-Year-Old Sentenced For Hate Crimes Targeting Day Laborers, Including Strangulation A Long Island man who admitted to targeting Hispanic men before bringing them to remote locations and violently attacking them is heading to prison. Christopher Cella, age 20, of Medford, was sentenced to 3 ½ years behind bars Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Suffolk County Court after pleading guilty to multiple hate crimes, including strangulation and assault. Earlier Report: Selden Man Admits To Targeting, Attacking Hispanic Men Cella, who was 19 at the time, was arrested in September 2021 after Suffolk County Police said he lured day laborers into his vehicle on three separate occasions bef…
Drug Trafficker Caught With 'Enough Fentanyl To Potentially Kill 1M' Sentenced In NY Drug Trafficker Caught With 'Enough Fentanyl To Potentially Kill 1M' Sentenced In NY
Drug Trafficker Caught With 'Enough Fentanyl To Potentially Kill 1M' Sentenced In NY A convicted drug trafficker who was busted on Long Island with what prosecutors said was enough fentanyl to kill one million people will spend decades behind bars. Keston Braithwaite, age 39, of Brooklyn, was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison Friday, Sept. 23, by a Suffolk County judge. It followed his July 2022 convictions on eleven criminal counts, including operating as major drug trafficker and criminal possession of a weapon. Prosecutors said between August 2019 and May 2020, Braithwaite acted as a major supplier of a multi-million dollar drug distribution network based out of …
Long Island Teen Arraigned On Rape, Burglary Charges For Violent Assault Long Island Teen Arraigned On Rape, Burglary Charges For Violent Assault
Long Island Teen Arraigned On Rape, Burglary Charges For Violent Assault A 14-year-old on Long Island has been indicted for allegedly viciously attacking and sexually abusing a woman in front of her daughter during a violent burglary, authorities announced. On Tuesday, May 3, Suffolk County DA Raymond Tierney announced the unsealing of an indictment of a teen who has been charged with alleged rape and burglary offenses. Specifically, the teen - whose name has not been released - was charged with: Rape; Criminal sexual act; Two counts of assault; Two counts of burglary; Sexual abuse; Strangulation; Endangering the welfare of a child. According to the indictment…