Woman Accused Of Stealing $13K From Long Island Resident In Scam
A 22-year-old Long Island woman has been arrested for allegedly scamming a woman out of more than $13,000 after she was told her granddaughter had been arrested.
Kayla A. Roberts, of the Nassau County hamlet of East Norwich in the Town of Oyster Bay, has been arrested by the Nassau County Police on Thursday, Jan. 28, in Massapequa for the incident which took on Thursday, Jan. 21, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, a 74-year-old woman received a phone call on Tuesday, Jan. 19, from an unknown man claiming to be her granddaughter's lawyer, who stated she had been arrested…
Authorities: Fugitive Leader Of Crew That Burglarized Homes In NJ, Long Island, CT Captured
The accused leader of a burglary ring that stole more than $1 million in cash, jewelry, electronics and more from homes in North Jersey, Connecticut and on Long Island was captured at a Jersey City motel, authorities confirmed.
Bryan Leandro Herrera Maldonado, 24, fought with his captors before being subdued, they said.
Authorities in January arrested three other accused members of the elaborate Queens-based Chilean burglary crew, who they said targeted luxury homes from Long Island’s North Shore to Miami and California.
They were identified as Boneek Alexander Quintero-Baeza, 33, Levy Fra…
Covid-19: Here's Long Island Positive Testing Rate; Latest Totals By County
Long Island saw a slight downturn in the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing, according to newly released data on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Of a total of 72,668 test results reported on Saturday, Sept. 12 to New York State yesterday, 725, or 0.99 percent, were positive.
Here are positivity testing rates for the last five days on Long Island:
Tuesday, Sept. 8: 1.8 percent
Wednesday, Sept. 9: 1.0 percent
Thursday, Sept. 10: 1.3 percent
Friday, Sept. 11: 1.4 percent
Saturday, Sept. 12: 1.2 percent
In Nassau County, 78 new cases were confirmed on Saturday (down five from a day earlier) wi…
