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Massapequa, NY
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70-Year-Old Faces Assault Charge After Crash Injuring Officer In Elmont
A Long Island man has been arrested after allegedly striking a police vehicle and then fleeing the scene. The incident took place in Elmont around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28. According to Nassau County officers, John Sferlazza, age 70, Elmont, was driving a 2004 Honda when he sideswipe the driver’s side of a Radio Motor Patrol vehicle causing damage and physical injury to the officer operating the vehicle. Sferlazza left the scene but officers that observed the incident performed a vehicle stop at Kiefer Avenue and Werns Avenue, police said. Officers arrested S…
Brentwood, NY
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Amityville Woman, Massapequa Resident Charged With Animal Abandonment
Two women are facing charges after allegedly abandoning several cats at a Long Island park. The Suffolk County SPCA said Crystal Cahill, age 39, of Amityville, and Catherine Gropper, age 32, of Massapequa, in Nassau County, trapped cats in East Islip under the pretense of neutering and returning the cats, but instead left three adult cats in Tanner Park in Copiague. The pair was charged with three counts each of animal abandonment and once count of conspiracy to commit a crime, both misdemeanors. Cahill and Gropper are scheduled to appear in First District Court in Central Islip on Thursd…
Massapequa, NY
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Long Island Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother
Laraine Pizzichemi was still weakened from a battle with pancreatic cancer when her grandson's 27-year-old former friend broke into her Long Island home in September 2017 and hacked her to death with a machete during a robbery. Exactly five years later to the day, the 73-year-old’s killer, Benjamin Lopez, of Levittown, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday, Sept. 13, months after a Nassau County jury convicted him of first-degree murder. Lopez was “out for revenge” when he and a co-defendant, Deangelo Gill, forced their way into Pizzichemi’s Levittown home on Sunday, S…
Massapequa, NY
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Firefighter Injured After Smoldering Fireworks Left In Dumpster On Long Island
One firefighter was burned on the leg after someone left smoldering fireworks in a dumpster on Long Island. The incident took place around 12:15 a.m., Tuesday, July 5 in Hicksville on 16 W Marie St. According to police, officers responded to a building fire caused by smoldering fireworks left in a dumpster next to the structure, said the Nassau County Police. Hicksville Fire Department and Westbury Fire Department extinguished the fire. One firefighter suffered a leg injury and refused medical treatment at the scene. No other injuries were reported. The county fire …
Massapequa, NY
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Duo Nabbed For Harassment Incident On Long Island Bus, Police Say
Two people have been arrested after allegedly threatening two women on a Nice bus on Long Island following a verbal altercation. The incident took place in Valley Stream on Wednesday, June 22. According to Nassau County detectives, Kiara Cooper, age 22, of Queens, and Quanmik Wells, age 32, Brooklyn, became involved in a verbal altercation on a Nice bus at the intersection of West Merrick Road and Arlington Avenue. During the dispute, Cooper pulled out a knife and threatened two women ages 18 and 43 years old, police said Police were flagged down by passengers a…
Massapequa, NY
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Wanted Man Retreats To Roof Of Hempstead Home Before Being Talked Down By Police
Police officers on Long Island were able to coax a wanted man off the roof of an area home as he sought to avoid being taken into custody, authorities announced. In Nassau County, detectives and police officers in Uniondale responded to a Clarendon Road home at approximately 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 5 to locate and apprehend 39-year-old resident Cregory Cole, who was wanted in Nassau County. Upon arrival, police said that Cole intentionally went to the roof of his home to prevent being taken into custody and refused to come down. In response, the Nassau County Police Department’s Emerge…
Bowie, MD
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Murderous East Coast MS-13 Leader From NJ Sentenced In MD To Life
A Jersey Shore MS-13 overlord who ran the gang’s East Coast operation was sentenced in Maryland to life in federal prison on Friday, April 1 for a “reign of terror” across several states, the U.S. Justice Department announced. Miguel Angel “Reaper” Corea Diaz, 41, of Long Branch, NJ will have to serve out the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The capture of Corea Diaz was “one of the biggest takedowns of a high-ranking MS-13 leader in the United States," a district attorney in Nassau County said after he was indicted on Long Island in December 2018. Corea Dia…
Massapequa, NY
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Hempstead Gang Member Convicted Of Violent Shooting
An alleged Bloods street gang member on Long Island with a lengthy rap sheet was convicted on multiple charges after allegedly shooting a man in a busy intersection and attempting to flee from justice, the DA announced. Hempstead resident Trevor Ford, age 30 was convicted on Tuesday, March 15 of assault and weapon possession charges for a May 2020 shooting in Hempstead. Specifically, Ford was convicted by a jury at trial of: Two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; Second-degree assault; Criminal possession of a firearm. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly s…
Massapequa, NY
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Uniondale Man Sentenced For Attempted Murder Of Four Nassau County Police Members
A Long Island man was sentenced for attempting to murder four police officers following a traffic stop. Duane Costa, age 40, of Uniondale, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 27, to 25 years to life in prison in the 2018 incident, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. He was convicted of four counts of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree criminal use of a firearm and three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon on Thursday, Dec. 16, Donnelly said. The DA's Office said Costa attempted to murder four Nassau County Police officers. Cost…
Brentwood, NY
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Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Synagogue
A repeat offender accused of threatening law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community in New Jersey and on Long Island did it again in Fort Lee, New Jersey, authorities said. Nassau County resident Bradley Goldberg, age 47, of Cedarhurst, had already spent a week in the Bergen County Jail after Fort Lee police said he pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against them when he was arrested again. Goldberg had been free all of 10 days when they said, he stood outside Chabad of Fort Lee “harassing worshippers entering and exiting the …
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Former Westchester Resident Reportedly Among Missing In Florida Condo Collapse
Current and former residents of the suburban New York City area, including Long Island and the Hudson Valley, are reportedly among the missing after a 12-story building collapsed in Surfside, Florida. Town of Surfside Police said about 99 people from the condo complex are unaccounted for after the incident that happened around 1:30 a.m., Thursday, June 24 just north of Miami Beach. Among those missing is a woman who once lived in Westchester, in the Village of Ardsley, her family told News 12. Others believed missing include a couple from Nassau County who were visiting relatives in S…
Brentwood, NY
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Multiple Fatalities Reported In Long Island House Fire
Click here for an updated story: Three Now Confirmed Dead, Four Injured In Long Island House Fire Multiple people have been killed in a house fire on Long Island. The house fire started around 5:38 a.m., Thursday, May 6 on Washington Street in Garden City, said Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Michael F. Uttaro. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found a heavy blaze coming from the home, Uttaro said. "Multiple fatalities were found in the home," he said. Uttaro said he could not put an exact number of the fatalities due to the fire and the overhaul taking pla…
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