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Long Island dad accused of striking girl at soccer game
A Long Island father is facing criminal charges after being accused of striking an 11-year-old girl during a soccer game last month. According to court documents, Michael Stallone pleaded not guilty to charges of assault, endangering the welfare of a child and drug possession stemming from the Sept. 28 game in Uniondale. During the Sunday afternoon game, two girls collided…
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Long Island man had enough fentanyl in home to kill 3.5 million people, DA says
A 43-year-old Long Island man has been indicted on drug trafficking and other charges after law enforcement seized cocaine, 33 pounds of narcotics and enough fentanyl to kill 3.5 million people from his Bellport home, the Suffolk County district attorney’s office said Friday. The suspect, Remon Gibson, was arraigned Wednesday on the charges, which also include criminal possession of a…
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Two Brooklyn men arrested in connection to Long Island store robbery
The Nassau Police Commissioner announced the arrest of two Brooklyn men who were charged with assault, robbery and kidnapping in relation to an incident that was caught on camera back in August. Police believes the subjects are involved in other robberies. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Chang reports.
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Long Island woman found stabbed to death in home's basement: Police
A woman was found stabbed to death in the basement of a Long Island home, according to police, and a suspect has been charged in her murder. Police were called to a home on Botsford Street in Hempstead just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and found a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed multiple times, Nassau County police said. The woman,…
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Kids linked to NY nurse's $1.5 million fake vaccine card scam barred from school
A suburban New York school district has barred patients of a former nurse practitioner who pleaded guilty to running a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card scheme.
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Children of 85-year-old Long Island woman charged in connection with her beating death
Two adult children of an 85-year-old Long Island woman were arrested and charged in connection with her death after she was found with injuries stemming from abuse, according to police.
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Hazmat crews return to rescue animals from nightmare Long Island hoarding house
Authorities are expected to return to a Long Island home Friday to clear more animals, after more than 200 birds and many cats were found in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen. The Nassau County SPCA was called after a service worker went to the Woodbury home on Wednesday and saw dead…
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13-year-old on Long Island delivers his aunt's baby with help from dispatcher
A 13-year-old boy on Long Island was honored for jumping in to action to help deliver his aunt’s baby, with an assist from a police dispatcher. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Hundreds of birds and other animals seized from Long Island veterinarian's home
A tip led investigators to a pretty terrible hoarding situation at a Long Island home owned by a veterinarian, and what investigators found was so bad, the property is expected to be condemned. The Nassau County SPCA said they found over 200 animals cramped so tightly and among garbage, no more than two people at a time could even enter...
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200+ exotic birds, other animals found hoarded inside Long Island veterinarian's house
A house owned by a veterinarian on Long Island was found to be filled with more than 200 birds and other animals in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen.
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Charges dropped against Kimberly and Gianna Gotti
The wife and daughter of John Gotti Jr., the former head of the notorious crime family, were arrested during a brawl at a high school basketball game on Long Island. On Tuesday, the assault charges against them were dismissed. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Assault charges dropped against John Gotti Jr.'s wife, daughter after Long Island wig melee
Charges have been dropped against John Gotti Jr.’s wife and daughter after an on-court brawl at a Long Island high school basketball game earlier this year led to the two getting arrested for assault. Charges were dropped Tuesday against the former mob boss’ daughter, Gianna Gotti, and her mother, Kimberly Gotti, in connection with the Feb. 8 fray at Locust…
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Long Island community center to be demolished, but program parents rely on will stick around
Nassau County residents who depended on a community center now have reason to celebrate, even after the county closed the center in July — putting the future of a crucial early childhood development program in limbo. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Police issue alert after terrifying home invasion on Long Island
Suffolk County police are warning people about a man who allegedly pretended to be a delivery worker as part of a ruse to rob a home. Armed with a gun and zip ties, he terrorized a family in Commack. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.
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DWI suspect slips cuffs, steals cop car in joyride: NY police
Police on Long Island said they had to arrest a man twice on Friday after a suspected DWI driver gave officers the slip and got away with one of their cruisers. Troopers first tracked down the 37-year-old driver around 5:30 a.m. after reports of property damage on the Southern State Parkway in Baylon, the New York State Police said. The…
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Fire rips though commercial building on Long Island
Pei-Sze Cheng reporting on a fire that ripped through a commercial building on Long Island.
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Man sentenced in drunken drive for diner soup that killed 61-year-old father
A Long Island man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for striking and killing a diner patron while under the influence of alcohol as he tried to drive off with his soup takeout, the district attorney announced. Willem Specht, 63, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault and aggravated driving while intoxicated in the…
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Haulin' Aus: Using Australian shepherds to crack down on Long Island's wild geese
Pei-Sze Cheng reporting on a wild geese crackdown on Long Island.
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2 killed in Long Island crash after man runs red light into car full of teens: police
A red-light crash resulted in the deaths of two people and sent four others to the hospital early Saturday morning, police on Long Island said. The double-fatal collision happened in West Babylon around 1 a.m. Saturday, Nassau County police said. Michael Desmond, 33, had allegedly blown a red light at the intersection of Great East Neck Road and Railroad Avenue…
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Pro-Palestinian protester wearing keffiyeh charged with violating Nassau County's face mask ban
A pro-Palestinian protester has been charged with violating a suburban New York City county’s new law banning face masks in public. Police in Nassau County say the 26-year-old was arrested Sunday afternoon during a protest in front of a synagogue in Cedarhurst. They say officers questioned the man because he had been concealing his face with a keffiyeh. Police say...