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CRIME & SAFETY
Chaos on Montauk Highway: Pedestrian Airlifted to Stony Brook After Late-Night Collision, Suffolk Police Impound Kia for Investigation
Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Mastic last night. Brooke Gibbs was driving a 2024 Kia westbound on Montauk Highway, when the vehicle struck a southbound male pedestrian in the roadway, west of Park Avenue, at 10:26 p.m.
Divorcé who allegedly gunned down ex-wife, her lover in million-dollar LI home scowls as he emerges from precinct in handcuffs
The Long Island man who allegedly gunned down his ex-wife and her new lover inside their million-dollar home this week scowled as he emerged in handcuffs Friday morning. Daniel Coppola, 50, did not respond to questions as he and another inmate walked out of the 6th Precinct in Selden. He was dressed in green hospital scrubs with socks and no shoes as he was loaded into a waiting police vehicle for his arraignment in Central Islip. Coppola is charged with two counts of second-degree murder for supposedly fatally shooting his ex, Kelly Coppola, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Pohlman, as they slept in their...
DA: 39 people arrested as part of massive drugs, weapons takedown
More than three dozen people were arrested as part of a massive drugs and weapons takedown. Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney tells News 12 that 39 people have been arrested following long-term narcotics trafficking investigations. Fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and more were seized as part of these investigations between...
Man indicted for attempted murder in Long Island casino parking lot shooting
A man was indicted on Friday for allegedly shooting another man twice in the parking lot of a Long Island casino, causing serious injuries, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.
Pedestrian seriously injured in Mastic motor vehicle crash
Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously. injured a pedestrian in Mastic on Aug. 30. Brooke Gibbs was driving a 2024 Kia westbound on Montauk Highway, when the vehicle struck a. southbound male pedestrian in the roadway, west of Park Avenue, at 10:26...
30-Year-Old Has Been Missing Since Leaving Sag Harbor Pizzeria Over A Week Ago
Mario Potrero Feliciano, age 30, is described as being 5-foot-3, 140 pounds with medium length black hair and brown eyes, according to Southampton Town Police. He was reported missing by his sister after he did not return home from work on Thursday, Aug. 22. He was last seen leaving work...
Wanted for quick change scam in St. James
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two people who allegedly stole from a St. James store. Two women asked an employee at King Kullen, located at 472 Lake Ave., to make change for...
Brentwood Tragedy: Man Arrested for Murder After Fatal Shooting on Charter Oaks Ave, Victim Pronounced Dead at Hospital
Suffolk County Police last night arrested a man after he shot and killed another man in Brentwood. Third Precinct officers responded to a call reporting a man shot in front of 178 Charter Oaks Ave., at 6p.m. Upon arrival, officers located the victim. Joshua E. Jasmin, 30, was transported via...
Wading River man, 70, dies after being struck by a vehicle on Sound Avenue early Saturday morning
A 70-year-old Wading River man walking on Sound Avenue early this morning died at Peconic Bay Medical Center after being struck by a vehicle shortly after 6 a.m. this morning, Riverhead town Police said in a press release this afternoon. Police identified the victim as Douglas Sutherland. He was struck...
Drug dealer duo’s ‘delivery service’ ferried cocaine from Brooklyn to high-end Hamptons – for 3 times the street price: DA
A drug-dealing duo ran a Brooklyn-to-Montauk cocaine “delivery service” that catered to high-end Hamptons clients willing to pay three times the street price for a powdery fix, prosecutors said Thursday. Alexandr Dyatchin and Michael Khodorkovsky stashed cocaine and MDMA in Mercedes cars filled with “traps” — hidden compartments used for drug smuggling — and peddled those illicit wares to well-heeled customers on the East End of Long Island, according to prosecutors and a 74-count indictment leveled against the pair. “That cocaine was sold at basically three time the normal street value of cocaine,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said. “So, it...
Narcotics trafficking probe results in three indictments charging 29 people, including three with ties to local community: Suffolk D.A.
Three long-term investigations into narcotics trafficking spanning Brooklyn to Montauk resulted in 29 arrests on 329 total charges on three separate indictments, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced today. Two local residents and one former Riverhead resident were among the people arrested, according to a press release from the...
7 Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint In Central Islip
Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department’s Highway SAFE-T Team (Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team) conducted the joint operation in the LIRR parking lot in Central Islip located at 870 Suffolk Ave., from 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 until 2:35 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. The checkpoint was part...
Riverhead Police blotter: Aug. 30, 2024
A total of 35 incidents were reported by Riverhead Town Police on Aug. 30, 2024. Among them:. 7:15 a.m. Incident – Criminal Mischief, Sandy Hollow Court, Riverhead. No surveillance video is available at this time. 10:24 a.m. Arrest (For Prior Reported Incident). A person was arrested for menacing second.
Suffolk D.A. Tierney: Eight arrested after East End Drug Task Force investigation into fatal overdose in Albany County
A fentanyl overdose death in Albany County in June 2023 led to a long-term investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s East End Drug Task Force and the arrest of eight people during early morning raids of apartments in Riverhead and Greenport last Thursday, Suffolk D.A. Ray Tierney announced this afternoon.
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