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BABYLON CARDIOLOGIST AND REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that cardiologist Frank Pollaro, 55, of Deer Park, pleaded guilty to two counts of Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child. “This defendant’s actions not only violated the law but also betrayed the sacred trust placed...
Merchandise stolen from Target in Selden
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who allegedly stole from a Selden store in June. A man allegedly stole approximately $680 worth of electronic accessories from Target, located at 307 Independence...
Local electrical union, county officials donate safety equipment to students
A local electrical union and Suffolk County officials visited Lindenhurst High School’s home improvement class to talk about the importance of safety while working with electricity.A local electrical ...
16 residents of Long Island infected with dengue this year, CDC says
More than 140 New Yorkers, including up to 16 from Long Island, have been infected with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne illness transmitted in tropical parts of the globe, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. None of the New York cases has resulted in...
Long Island 'Dance Instructor' Sought Sexual Photos From 10-Year-Old Girls, DA Says
Taner Ocal, age 22, of Lindenhurst, was arraigned on 30 criminal counts, including possessing child pornography, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, July 11. According to prosecutors, Ocal contacted two 10-year-old girls in Texas on Instagram in June 2024 while pretending to be a dance instructor. He allegedly asked them...
Gilgo Beach killings: 1 year after arrest, suspect Rex Heuermann faces possibility of more charges
Rex A. Heuermann's arrest on murder charges in three Gilgo Beach killings one year ago broke open a case, using a witness' vehicle description and DNA found on a discarded pizza crust, that long had confounded investigators. One year later, the 60-year-old from Massapequa Park who had lived a seemingly...
Cardiologist from Deer Park pleads guilty to child porn charges
A Babylon-based cardiologist and registered sex offender pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said. Frank Pollaro, 55, of Deer Park, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis in Riverhead, Tierney said in a department news release. Pollaro, who pleaded guilty in 2011 to federal child pornography charges, faces a prison sentence of between four to eight years on the latest counts and must surrender his medical license when he is sentenced, the release said. He is due back in court Aug. 14.
HISTORY: The Miracle of Father Bernard Quinn
“They do not want to learn English, they are taken away the jobs of real Americans, their religious doctrine teaches disloyalty to traditional American values, and they are the cause of a higher crime wave.”. The above statements were the Ku Klux Klan’s argument for an anti-immigration platform, highlighted in...
MTA delays purchase of Port Jefferson Station superfund site planned for rail yard
The long-expected purchase by the MTA of a 40-acre section of a Port Jefferson Station Superfund site has been delayed at least till the end of the year — further postponing plans to build a rail yard at the former Lawrence Aviation Industries property. Plans for the rail yard,...
Notorious MS-13 Leader Pleads Guilty to Eight Murders, Including Teen Girls
Alexi Saenz, a top member of the MS-13 gang, admitted to eight killings and three counts of racketeering in federal court in Central Islip, New York, on Wednesday. Based on the plea deal, he could spend anywhere from 40 to 70 years in jail. Two Long Island teens, Nisa Mickens (15) and Kayla Cuevas (16), […]
MS-13 leader pleads guilty in case involving 8 killings, including deaths of Brentwood teens Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens
The leader of a powerful and violent Long Island MS-13 street gang on Wednesday acknowledged his role in the murders of two Brentwood teens and six others while pleading guilty to racketeering and weapons charges in federal court in Central Islip. Alexi Saenz, 29, will be sentenced to 40 to...
Janell Funderburke, of Coram, sentenced to 25 years to life in shooting of Suffolk Police Officer Michael LaFauci
A Suffolk police officer told a Coram man who admitted to trying to kill him when he shot him last year that he could never forgive him before the defendant was sentenced to an agreed-upon 25 years to life in prison Thursday. Janell Funderburke, 21, had pleaded guilty in June...
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