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Hempstead Man Sentenced to Up to 15 Years in Prison for October 2022 Crash that Killed Passenger
Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to up to 15 years in prison for an October 2022 crash on Jerusalem Avenue that killed a 26-year-old man and injured three other passengers, including the defendant’s teenage son. Donnell Hill, 52, pleaded...
UPDATE: Brooklyn man in custody, charged with kidnapping Brighton teen
BRIGHTON, N.Y. — A man in the Monroe County Jail, held by U.S. Immigration, is accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl from Brighton. The suspect is accused of driving to Brighton, picking up the 14-year-old girl, and driving her back to the Bronx. “Yesterday, on March 27th at about...
Teenager arrested in fatal Yonkers hit-and-run
Yonkers police have arrested a teenager in connection with a fatal hit-and-run this week that followed an argument between the victim and the suspect. Detectives working with the police AWARE Crime Control Center located the 17-year-old and the Mercedes Benz involved in the incident at a home in East Meadow, NY on Tuesday, a day after 21-year-old Jadon Bennett was struck on Van Cortlandt Park Avenue.
Officials: 2 Peruvian nationals charged in ‘distraction theft’ scheme at Trader Joe’s, other stores
Officials say Angel Giancarlo Bellido Cosio and Angel Eugenio Bances Chaponan rented vehicles using a fraudulent passport, traveled throughout the U.S., and stole wallets from unwary victims at Trader Joe’s and other stores
L.I. cemetery reinters woman's remains in family plot after grave mix-up
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. -- A burial mix-up at a cemetery on Long Island has been corrected.In February, the Carletto sisters told CBS New York's Carolyn Gusoff that a stranger had been buried in their family plot at Beth Moses Cemetery in West Babylon. Because of the mix-up, their mother, Sheila Carletto, had to be buried in a plot 150 feet away.The Carletto sisters said their grandfather had purchased the deed to four plots through a social club in 1976, but the cemetery's vice president told CBS New York they had no record of that because the social club kept all the records.Hundreds of private burial societies manage who gets buried in the cemetery and where, according to Beth Moses.Wednesday, Sheila Carletto's remains were reinterred in her family's plot. The bodies were moved at the expense of the cemetery.The Carletto family says they still plan to file a lawsuit.
Nassau DA: Florida Man Indicted for E-Prescribing Scheme, Issuing Thousands of Prescriptions Nationwide
Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Florida man was indicted on criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal diversion charges for allegedly commandeering the e-prescribing privileges of multiple doctors across the country to issue thousands of narcotic prescriptions for controlled substances. Devin Anthony Magarian, 21, from...
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