Drunk teen driver faces 25 years for Cross Island Parkway crash
Teen driver indicted for high-speed crash that killed 17-year-old and injured four others on Cross Island Parkway Queens, NY – A 19-year-old from Jamaica, Queens has been indicted on multiple felony charges…
Long Island Contractor Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Connection with Hurricane Sandy
Alexander Almaraz, the owner of Design Concepts Group LLC (DCG) in Freeport, New York, has been charged in a 20-count indictment with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud in…
Botched robbery suspects slashed victim’s face with box cutter in Staten Island
NEW YORK, NY – A 34-year-old man sitting in his vehicle was slashed during a robbery committed by three suspects outside a Staten Island business last weekend. Today, police released a video…
Drunk driver gets 2 to 6 years in prison for fatal crash on Gowanus Expressway
NEW YORK, NY – A Staten Island man responsible for the death of a passenger while driving drunk on the Gowanus Expressway on March 11, 2021, has been sentenced to prison after…
Staten Island convenience store robbed at gunpoint
NEW YORK, NY – A man armed with a gun entered a Staten Island convenience store on Sunday but was refused by the store employee. According to police, at around 7:30 pm,…
Staten Island girl reported missing again
NEW YORK, NY – Police are once again asking the public for assistance in locating a 12-year-old girl who has been reported missing from her Staten Island home. Ariyah Garcia Smith was…
Police investigating hate crime at Staten Island synagogue after man runs through fence
NEW YORK, NY – A man ran through a fence at a Staten Island synagogue during the Saturday sabbath, and police are now investigating the incident as a hate crime. According to…
17-year-old Coney Island stabbing victim has died
NEW YORK, NY – 17-year-old Nyheem Wright, who was stabbed near his Neptune Avenue home in Coney Island on Friday, has died. Wright was stabbed by an unknown subject at around 3:30…
Long Island man who falsified docs to steal home from 89-year-old woman heading to prison
BROOKLYN, NY – A North Babylon man who defrauded an 89-year-old woman out of her home by falsifying documents is going to prison. Unfortunately, the woman passed away six months after being…
Staten Island 12-year-old feared missing, police
NEW YORK, NY – Police on Staten Island late Monday night announced they are searching for 12-year-old Ariyah Garcia-Smith. Detectives with the 121st Precinct said Garcia-Smith left her home at 3 pm…
Arrest made in fatal Staten Island stabbing incident
NEW YORK, NY – Detectives have identified the killer wanted for stabbing 37-year-old Nicholas Nelson Wednesday night. A 37-year-old man was stabbed and killed in front of a Staten Island home on…
Man stabbed in neck, killed in Staten Island
NEW YORK, NY – A 37-year-old man was stabbed and killed in front of a Staten Island home on Wednesday. Police responded to 25 Elizabeth Street in Staten Island at around 7:55…
Former Executive Director of Long Island Charity Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Embezzlement
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Senior United States District Judge Edward R. Korman sentenced Wafa Abboud to a term of imprisonment of 33 months. As part of the sentence,…
Former Registered Broker Sentenced to 5 Years’ Imprisonment for Conspiring with Long Island Boiler Room to Pump and Dump Stock on Unsuspecting Elderly Investors
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Lawrence Isen, a former registered broker who participated in a criminal conspiracy to promote and manipulate the price of shares in publicly traded companies,…
Rock Island Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking
Davenport, IA – Jayvontae Dashwan Bland Robertson, age 29, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced on January 4, 2023, to 96 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and marijuana, and…
Ex-Correction Officer Charged with Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Rikers Island Jail
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Karin Robinson, a former correction officer employed by the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), with conspiracy to…
NYPD announces arrest in October murder on Staten Island
NEW YORK, NY – A 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder in connection to an October shooting death on Staten Island. According to detectives with the 123rd Precinct, Masud Khan,…
Long Island Medical Doctor Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Morris Barnard, a gastroenterologist practicing in Great Neck, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Gary R. Brown to 30 months in…
Rhode Island Teacher Sues School That Let Him Go After He Ditched Their Union
Rhode Island Teacher Sues School That Let Him Go After He Ditched Their Union John Hugh DeMastri on January 5, 2023 A Rhode Island educator sued his former school on Dec. 30…
Nathan Bishop Middle School Students Complete First Rhode Island “Discovering Justice” Program
PROVIDENCE – In record time, a jury sitting in federal court in Providence returned a verdict for the plaintiff, finding that a school principal violated her 4th Amendment rights. The student, suspended…
Staten Island Ferry service suspended due to high tides, wind
NEW YORK, NY – A passing winter storm has just made commuting in and out of New York City even worse. With coastal flooding and flooding of several major arteries in the…