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Glen Cove Investment Broker Who Ran Ponzi Scheme Sentenced
Long Island resident Rand Heckler, age 67, of Glen Cove, was sentenced to up to seven-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday, May 15, the Nassau County District Attorney (NCDA) announced. Heckler was an investment broker in 2015 when he began his scheme, recommending that his friend and his friend’s son...
Fordham Manor: Armed Robbery Results in Homicide Investigation as Victim Suffers Cardiac Episode
An armed robbery that initially resulted in no physical injuries, and which took place in mid-February in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx, has been reclassified by the NYPD as a homicide, after one of the victims later suffered a cardiac arrest and died. As reported, the NYPD had...
City scooter share heading to Queens
The city Department of Transportation on Tuesday released a timeline to expand its scooter sharing program from the Bronx to a section of northern and eastern Queens this coming summer. DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, in a press release issued by his office, said the Bronx program has seen nearly four...
Over a dozen victims ambushed by NYC teen robbery crew at Bronx park in months-long spree: cops
A teen robbery crew ambushed more than a dozen victims — most around their own age — during a months-long violent mugging spree in and around the Bronx’s Claremont Park, police said this week. Three boys, 13, 14 and 17, plus an 18-year-old, Sincere Johnson, have been arrested in connection to the string of callous crimes that began back in January, the NYPD said — adding cops are still hunting for at least two more suspects. Most of the victims — some of whom were punched or threatened with knives during the muggings — were teenagers, as young as 14, though two...
Suffolk County man wins $5 million on lottery scratch-off game
Greater Babylon coverage is funded in part by The Argyle Theatre, where Broadway comes to Babylon. Click here for tickets to ‘A Bronx Tale,’ performing through June 16. A Babylon man has struck it rich with a New York Lottery scratch-off card that he purchased in Lindenhurst. William...
Queens’ hottest race you haven’t heard of
Though there are many primary races heating up the World’s Borough this June, there’s one plenty of people likely don’t know much about: The Queens Surrogate’s Court race. The Surrogate’s Court has jurisdiction over matters relating to the affairs of decedents, including the probate of wills...
NYPD officers tried to pull over car before Bushwick hit-and-run: police
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Police officers were trying to conduct a traffic stop when a man sped through an intersection and hit two women in Bushwick on May 9, according to the NYPD. One of the women, 71-year-old Juanita Vidal, was killed in the hit-and-run. Her 44-year-old daughter was critically injured, according to authorities. The […]
Southern State Parkway Closures Scheduled In Hempstead: Here's Where, When
On Friday, May 17, two lanes of the Southern State Parkway in Hempstead will closed at these locations, according to the New York State Department of Transportation:. Eastbound between the Cross Island Parkway and Exit 15 (Corona Avenue); and. Westbound between Exit 17 (Hempstead Avenue) and Exit 13 (Central Avenue).
Parades and tributes for Memorial Day
Central and Western Queens offer numerous opportunities for residents wishing to honor the nation’s fallen heroes for Memorial Day. Queens’ annual Memorial Day Observance ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 23. Honorees this year will include Sgt....
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