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Two toddlers die in apparent drowning in Holtsville
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of two toddlers who were pulled unresponsive from a pond behind an apartment complex in Holtsville on Sept. 7. Fifth Precinct officers responded to a 911 call from a family member reporting two missing girls from an apartment in the...
Intoxicated Shirley Driver Had His Kids In Car When He Crashed In Mastic: Police
Gerardo Gonzalez Ramos, of Shirley, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 7, following the crash in Mastic, Suffolk County Police said. Police received tips that a Honda had plowed into two cars at 50 Mastic Blvd West a little before 8:30 p.m. As officers investigated, Gonzalez Ramos returned to the crash...
Smithtown American Airlines Mechanic Who Smuggled $250K Worth Of Cocaine On Flight Gets Prison
Long Island resident Paul Belloisi, age 56, of Smithtown, was sentenced to nine years in prison in Brooklyn federal court on Friday, Sept. 6, for possessing and importing cocaine. Belloisi, a former mechanic for American Airlines, was arrested in February 2020 after US Customs and Border Protection discovered 10 bricks...
Two teens arrested in Lake Ronkonkoma following dispute
Suffolk County Police today arrested two teens on Sept. 5 following a dispute during which one of them brought a knife to school in Lake Ronkonkoma. A 15-year-old male displayed a knife at his bus stop and was met by staff members as he exited the bus at Sachem High School North in Lake Ronkonkoma. The knife was recovered, and police were notified. The teen was arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree.
\Student From Lindenhurst Makes Threat Of Mass Harm To High School In West Babylon, Police Say
The threat was reported by a 911 caller at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. A 15-year-old boy, who attends Brennan High School in West Babylon, threatened to shoot people at the school during an online chat with other students from the school,. The threat was...
Man gunned down outside his Bronx home came to US from Jamaica to support his family
A Bronx man was fatally shot in a blast of bullets as he stepped out of his home Monday morning, police said. Denver Bernard, 46, was struck three times by a gunman who stepped out of a dark-colored vehicle near E. 216th St. and Laconia Ave. in Williamsbridge just before 8 a.m. and opened fire, cops said. Bernard died outside his home. He had recently immigrated to New York from Jamaica, a ...