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Long Island child burns down 2 homes with fireworks, police say
LEVITTOWN, N.Y. -- A Long Island man is accused of giving 4th of July fireworks to an 11-year-old child, sparking a fire that damaged both his and his neighbor's homes.Police said they responded to several fireworks-related incidents Thursday across Nassau and Suffolk counties.Karamjit Singh, 33, of Levittown, was charged with arson, reckless endangerment, unlawfully selling fireworks to someone under 18, unlawfully possessing fireworks and endangering the welfare of a child. Nassau County Police said he supplied the 11-year-old with the fireworks and then told the child to light them. The fireworks malfunctioned, causing a shed to burst into flames. The flames spread to...
1 Person dies and 10 are injured when a power boat crashes into the Long Beach jetty
The Alamitos Bay jetty in Long Beach was struck by a 48-foot power boat on Wednesday night, resulting in one fatality and other injuries. When the Long Beach Fire Department arrived to the scene at 9:21 p.m., they discovered 11 persons there, including a man in his 50s who had perished in the collision.
Missing Teens Killed By ‘Demon’ Wave At Popular New York Beach
Two bodies were recovered from the waters near where two New York teens went missing. The teens went missing about two weeks ago. Teens Go Missing After Swimming In Queens, New York. Elyjha Chandler, 16, and 17-year-old Christian Perkins went missing in the waters at Jacob Riis Park on June...
11-year-old survivor of deadly July 4th NYC crash faces long road to recovery: ‘He witnessed everything’
The youngest victim of the suspected drunk driver who plowed into a Fourth of July celebration on the Lower East Side faces a long road to recovery — after narrowly escaping with his life and losing the father-figure who raised him in the horrific crash. Jakob Velazquez, 11, was cared for almost his entire life by Herman Pinkney, who was one of the three people killed when self-proclaimed “addict” Daniel Christopher Hyden, 44, allegedly drunkenly ran his 5,000-pound pickup truck into a group of revelers at Corlears Hook Park Thursday night. “Jakob is very emotional,” his grandmother Donna Rosario, 59, told The...
Teen sisters die after being pulled from Coney Island water
NEW YORK - Two teenage sisters pulled from the water in Coney Island have been pronounced dead. The two teens, 17 and 18, went into the water Friday night at around 8 p.m., after lifeguards were off duty. Emergency responders arrived on the scene with boats and divers. The girls were pulled from the water in critical condition at around 9:30 p.m. and rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where they were pronounced dead just after 10 p.m. Their names haven't yet been released. "I saw a lot of cops and firemen running towards the situation, and then the next thing you know, the family...
Innocent bystander fatally stabbed in violent NYC road rage fight, leaving his shattered family reeling
A Bronx dad was fatally knifed by a road-raging maniac who went berserk on innocent bystanders after a fender-bender — as the victim’s family wonders how they’ll go on without him. Ronald Gomez-Mesa, 29, stood up to defend himself against as-yet-unidentified man behind the chaotic scrum Tuesday outside a Morris Heights bodega, according to his family and a brutal video obtained by The Post. The attacker stabbed Gomez-Mesa in the chest, killing him and casting his tight-knit family into despair. “I don’t know how we will go on,” His sister Ronaysi told The Post. “No one can imagine the pain we are going...
7-Year-Old Drowns At Home In East Meadow On July 4th
Officers responded to a residence in East Meadow on 2nd Avenue just before 4 p.m. Thursday, July 4, after a report of a 7-year-old boy who was not breathing from an apparent drowning accident in a swimming pool, Nassau County Police said. When officers arrived, the boy was already removed...
Dog found tied to pole with note off Southern State Parkway on Long Island
Police are looking for the person responsible for abandoning a dog off a highway on Long Island.Troopers responded to the Southern State Parkway westbound in the area of Exit 21 on Monday around 5:30 a.m.A white female English mastiff was found tied to a light pole by her leash with a dog bowl filled with food and a note."This is 'Roxi,' a trained American bull mastiff," the note said. "She is four years old. She has been fed and given a flea bath, she may still have issues with them. See that she gets good care."The gentle dog was taken...
8-year-old stabbed to death in Queens, suspect fatally shot by police
NEW YORK -- A police officer shot and killed a man who allegedly stabbed an 8-year-old boy to death in Queens on Thursday, the New York City Police Department said.The stabbing likely stemmed from a domestic dispute, police said, but the details were still unclear. Police said the 20-year-old suspect and the 8-year-old male victim may be brothers or step-brothers. No names were immediately released.The incident occurred inside an apartment building on 94th Avenue in the borough's Jamaica neighborhood. Around 5:20 p.m., police say a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed in the back left the building and ran down...
NYPD officer Emilia Rennhack mourned at emotional LI wake week after horrific nail salon crash
Teary-eyed loved ones mourned NYPD officer Emilia Rennhack at her wake on Friday — one week after she and three other people were killed when a suspected drunk driver barreled into a Long Island nail salon. Scores of fellow police officers, as well as NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and Mayor Eric Adams, gathered at New Hyde Park Funeral Home to pay their respects to the 30-year-old officer who was getting her nails done at a Deer Park salon on June 28 when the tragedy unfolded. “She not only believed in the American dream and pursued that dream, but she wanted...
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