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Child, 7, dead after being pulled from swimming pool on Long Island
BAY SHORE (PIX11) – A child was pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool in Bay Shore Saturday evening, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The 7-year-old was found at a residence on North Thompson Drive around 8:25 p.m., police said. The child, who is from Brooklyn, was rushed to an area hospital and later […]
Medford man arrested for DWI following hit-and-run crash
Suffolk County Police today arrested a Medford man for driving while intoxicated following a hit-and- run crash that seriously injured an e-bike operator in Patchogue on July 21. Laquimn Greene was riding an e-bike eastbound on East Main Street when an eastbound Audi struck. Greene in front of 350 East...
Fatal Crash: 31-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In East Patchogue
The incident happened in East Patchogue, on Americus Avenue south of Brookhaven Avenue, at around 8 p.m. Thursday, July 18. Suffolk County Police said the man, Noe Moran Contreras, of East Patchogue, was operating a dirt bike when he lost control and struck a pole. He was taken by ambulance...
Man Who Killed Co-Worker Faces Sentencing
A Huntington Station man who pleaded guilty in May to stabbing his co-worker to death is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty before Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins to Manslaughter in the First Degree, and Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, both Read More ...
Prosecutors release BAC of suspect in deadly Long Island nail salon crash
DEER PARK, N.Y. -- New details were released Friday in the case involving an alleged drunk driver who slammed into a Long Island nail salon, killing four people.Suspect Steven Schwally, 64, is accused of plowing into the Hawaii Nail and Spa in Deer Park on June 28. Meizi Zhang, Yan Xu, salon co-owner Jiancai Chen and off-duty New York City Police officer Emilia Rennhack were killed in the crash. Nine other people, including a 12-year-old girl, were hospitalized. Schwally was also injured.Alleged drunk driver's blood alcohol level released in courtAccording to prosecutors, Schwally's blood alcohol level was .17, more than...
Huntington Station man, 67, killed in head-on crash on Main Road in Aquebogue
A Huntington Station man was killed in a head-on collision yesterday on Main Road in Aquebogue, just east of Union Avenue. The accident, which occurred at about 11:47 a.m., involved a 2018 BMW driven by Anthony Croce, 65, of Brooklyn and a 2002 Nissan operated by Matthew Schramm, 67, of Huntington Station, Riverhead Police said in a press release issued this morning. Both drivers, each the sole occupant of their vehicle, sustained significant injuries in the crash, police said.
Teen Pedestrian Dies In Waldorf Early Morning Crash
WALDORF, Md. — On July 21, 2024, shortly after 1:20 a.m., emergency personnel responded to a report of a pedestrian-involved crash on US Rt. 301, Crain Highway, in the area of Acton Lane in Waldorf. According to a preliminary investigation, a white 2019 Nissan Murano was traveling northbound on...
Leggo my Lego: Man Steals Pricey Building Block Set from Centereach Target, Cops Say
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 stole merchandise from a Centereach store. A man stole a Lego set, valued at approximately $230, from Target, located at 265 Pond Path, on...
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