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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...
Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After Slamming Into Tree On Long Island
It happened around 12:05 a.m. Saturday, July 6, in Ronkonkoma. According to Suffolk County Police, the victim was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe on Express Drive North when the vehicle veered off the road at the corner of Breeze Avenue. It hit a street sign, crossed the lawn of 4195...
GoFundMe Created After Peter Pan Diner Destroyed By Fire
The community is showing its support for the owners and employees of the Peter Pan Diner in Bay Shore after the restaurant was destroyed in an overnight fire. Firefighters were called to the building, located at 999 Sunrise Highway, just before 2 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, for a commercial fire.
'Drink driver' accused of downing 18 pints before smashing car into nail salon killing four
Suffolk County Police said Steven Schwally, of Dix Hills, had been speeding through the parking lot when he drove his SUV through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park at around 4:30 p.m. Friday
Long Island man nabbed for illegal possession of fireworks, assault rifles, handguns
A man was arrested on Long Island after police caught him with 15 boxes of fireworks, assault rifles, handguns and other weapons accessories in his home on the Fourth of July, Suffolk County Police said.
Long Island fireworks mishap at home injures several, damages cars on July 4th
LONG ISLAND - Four people were injured, and several cars were damaged, after a firework went astray during a display at a Long Island home, Suffolk County police said. The incident happened on July 4th around 10 p.m. at a home on Foxrun Court in Port Jefferson Station. According to...
2 Men Dead In Separate Drownings At Wyandanch, East Northport Homes
The first incident happened at an East Northport home on Ketay Drive South shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, July 4. Suffolk County Police said John Vormbaum, age 79, was found unresponsive in a pool. An officer performed CPR, but Vormbaum was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital. Emergency crews were called...
Wanted for Medford Petit Larceny
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole merchandise from a Medford store in April. A man allegedly stole power tools from Lowe’s, located at 2796 Route 112, on April...
Teen In Critical Condition Following Long Island Crash
A 17-year-old was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a freeway crash, police said. It happened in Plainview on Tuesday, July 2. According to Nassau County Police, the teen boy was driving north on Route 135 in a 1998 Toyota Corolla. Just before 4:15 p.m., he collided with a 26-year-old woman, als…
Fisherman rescued 80 miles from shore by off-duty police officer
An off-duty cop fishing in the ocean about 80 miles away from the Shinnecock Inlet helped rescue an East Patchogue boater who had punctured both of his legs with a fishhook while trying to catch a yellow fin tuna. Suffolk County Police Second Precinct Officer William Parmenter heard a mayday...
Man Dies After Being Pulled From Pool in East Northport
An East Northport man died after he was pulled out of a pool on Thursday, police said. Second Precinct officers responded Thursday to a 911 call reporting a man found unresponsive in a pool, located at 136 Ketay Drive South, at approximately 4:50 p.m. John Read More ...
Merchandise swiped from Lowe’s in Medford
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole merchandise from a Medford store in June. A man allegedly stole two Husqvarna chainsaws, valued at $799 combined, from Lowes, located at...
NYPD Officer and Three Others Die in Tragic Drunk Driving Incident
Steven Schwally, of Dix Hills, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated after he crashed his SUV into Hawaii Nail & Spa, resulting in the tragic death of four people, including an NYPD officer, Emilia Rennhack. Nine other individuals were injured in the incident. A Tragic Day at...
English mastiff left tied to pole on busy roadway by leash with food, water and short note
In Wantagh, Long Island, the mystery remains about the person responsible for abandoning a dog off a highway on Long Island. A Garden City sanitation worker had been driving to work on Monday morning when he spotted the dog frantically barking for help. When he stopped, he noted how scared the dog was and stayed a few feet away for safety reasons although the dog did not seem aggressive at all. State police arrived and were able to help. The dog is not microchipped.
Plainview man arrested for illegal fireworks sale in Inwood
An investigation by the 4th Precinct’s Problem Oriented Policing unit yielded an arrest of a Planview resident for the alleged sale of illegal fireworks at a discount store in the Inwood Shopping Plaza at 581 Burnside Ave., Inwood in July 4. The officers saw Cheng Wu Wang, 49, allegedly...
SCPD Unites Narcan Training with Purple Rock Project at Patchogue Alive at 5
Combines education with healing for parents who have lost children to O.D. & Fentanyl. The Suffolk County Police Department and the Purple Rock Project joined together on June 27 at Patchogue’s Alive at 5 street event and trained countless people in the use of Naloxone (Narcan) and distributed 352 doses of the life-saving antidote to opioid overdose.
DWI arrest in fatal crash
Nassau County Police arrested an East Meadow woman after a fatal crash which occurred in Old Bethpage on Friday, June 28th. According to police detectives, Cheryl Bergenstock, 64, struck a 2019 Toyota Corolla while she was driving her 2023 Subaru Forester on Round Swamp Road near Winding Road. The driver of the Corolla, Alan Goldsand, age 82.
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