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Judge deports Old Westbury Billionaire back to China
Maybe the Old Westbury house is on the market. Chinese billionaire Hui Qin used to troll around the North Shore in his Rolls-Royce. But last September, after a big fight with his Chinese wife at their mansion on Applegreen Drive, he was arrested.
Nassau cops arrest suspect in Americana Manhasset jewelry store heist
An international fugitive arrested for allegedly stealing a $17,500 Chopard watch from an Americana Manhasset jewelry store on Long Island was arraigned this past weekend in Nassau County District Court on Felony Larceny charges.
L.I. woman who owned Valley Stream printing press charged with welfare fraud
The New York State Attorney General's office says they've caught another welfare cheat. Sharlie Knight, 45, who told the court clerk she lives in Valley Stream, N.Y., pleaded Not Guilty before Judge Veronica Irwin last week to charges of 2nd and 3rd degree Welfare Fraud and Filing a False Instrument in Nassau County District Court -- C, D and E Felony charges.
L.I. woman pleads guilty to forging checks, stealing cash from disabled clients at her law firm job
A Hempstead woman who was fired from her law firm job after more than half a million dollars disappeared from the trust accounts of handicapped clients has pleaded Guilty to Forgery and Grand Larceny -- 8 Felony convictions -- for stealing money out of trust accounts of disabled clients.
Massapequa house squatter pleads guilty to trespassing
A Long Island man who was arrested for Trespassing last year after he was caught in a vacant house has agreed to a plea offer from the Nassau County District Attorney. Kenneth Tillery, 53, pleaded Guilty before Judge David Goodsell to a reduced charge of Disorderly Conduct, minutes before his criminal trial was to begin in Nassau County District Court.
Cops crack carjacking case, charge suspects in 2023 Glen Cove Road gas station heist
It was almost the perfect crime. Two car thieves pulled into a Bolla Market/Mobil gas station on Glen Cove Road in Old Westbury last June with one car and left with two. Now, say police, they’ve got ’em.
L.I. driver hit cop with his BMW and fled: Police
An Elmont man who allegedly tried to run over a police officer as he left the scene of an accident is in jail today, more than a month after the alleged incident. Judge Jaclene Agazarian set the man's bail bond at $160,000 during his arraignment last Friday, April 12, 2024.
Dead bodies discovered outside house in New Cassel, Long Island
Children on their way to school Monday morning made a grim discovery as they walked past a Long Island house. Nassau County detectives are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were discovered outside a private house on Roman Avenue in New Cassel.
L.I. man steals police car outside Levittown 7-Eleven, crashes it on Hempstead Turnpike: Nassau cops
A Valley Stream man jumped into a Nassau County police car Thursday night on Hempstead Turnpike and crashed it at a busy intersection, half a mile away, an assistant district attorney told a judge at his arraignment this week.
Old Westbury squatter arrested in $3.5 million Growing Up Gotti mansion w/ stolen truck in driveway
A GPS on a stolen truck led Long Island police to the driveway of a famous Old Westbury mansion this week that used to be the home of the home of Teflon John Gotti. Victoria Gotti and her future ex-husband, mobster Carmine Agnello, owned it next. They were divorced in 2003.
L.I. EMT attacked in Lynbrook house that called for ambulance
A Lynbrook man is in custody this morning after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting an Emergency Medical Technician responding to a 9-1-1 call for an ambulance. Lynbrook police officers arrested Aoun Ali, 24, at a house on Piccadilly Downs late last night just before midnight.
L.I. drug dealer who was linked to 2 overdose deaths is sentenced
A L.I. drug dealer was sentenced today to 4 years in an upstate N.Y. prison. Donnell Lewis, 41, was arrested on April 18, 2022, after investigators said they had connected him to 3 narcotics overdoses, police said in a press release at the time.
Verdict in Praying While Black trial stuns Nassau County prosecutors
The Nassau District Attorney's office racked up yet another loss at trial this week in a Mineola courtroom. Over and over, count after count, the words rang across the courtroom, clear as a bell from the jury foreman: “Not Guilty... Not Guilty... Not Guilty...”
Volleyball Coach, 22, Commits Suicide on LIRR Tracks
A 22-year-old volleyball coach who was arraigned Friday on statutory rape charges after an affair with a teenage student has committed suicide, police say. Nassau County Police shut down the Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island Railroad late last night to investigate a fatal hit by a LIRR train at the Syosset train station, the Long Island Rail Road said in a public announcement.
L.I. woman arrested on welfare fraud charges after she buys a house
A woman who worked part time for a Roslyn used luxury car dealer is accused of signing up for benefits from N.Y.’s Dept. of Social Services and living in a low-income housing complex in Oceanside, Long Island, with subsidized rent Section 8 subsidized housing complex since 2018, was arrested Thursday, March 14, 2024, and charged Friday, March 15, with Welfare Fraud, Grand Larceny and 3 counts of filing “False Instruments” by investigators for the Nassau County DA’s office.
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Civil rights activist and investigative journalist C.J. Teevan has covered L.I. news for the New York Times, computerized housewares for Gannett Newspapers, and retail trends for consumer and business magazines. She lives in Roslyn, N.Y. with 3 dogs.
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