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Meet The Ridgefield Park College Student Capturing Hofstra's March Madness Run Meet The Ridgefield Park College Student Capturing Hofstra's March Madness Run
Meet The Ridgefield Park College Student Capturing Hofstra's March Madness Run The players aren’t the only ones living the dream at March Madness. Hofstra University student Joe Orovitz, a Ridgefield Park, NJ, native, is a photographer working with the school’s athletic department, and he helped chronicle the men’s basketball team’s run to the NCAA Tournament. “Despite me being a student, I’m treated the same as a freelancer or full-time employee would be. It is a lot of pressure, but I have worked with them so much now that it has become like a routine for me,” Orovitz told Daily Voice. “There has been nothing that will have prepared me for shooting in the real world…
‘Just Took A Sip’: East Hampton Driver With Vodka Bottle Convicted Of DWI, Prosecutor Say ‘Just Took A Sip’: East Hampton Driver With Vodka Bottle Convicted Of DWI, Prosecutor Say
‘Just Took A Sip’: East Hampton Driver With Vodka Bottle Convicted Of DWI, Prosecutor Say A Long Island man caught driving drunk with a bottle of vodka at his feet was convicted of DWI, authorities announced Wednesday, March 18. Simon Bolivar Cruceta, a 62-year-old East Hampton man, faces a maximum of four years in prison following the guilty verdict, which the jury reached on Monday, March 16, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. “Drunk driving is not a victimless crime,” District Attorney Ray Tierney said. “It is a decision that puts every person on the road and sidewalks at serious risk of injury or death.” An East Hampton cop pulled Cruceta over for i…
Coke In A Can: Shirley Restaurant Duo Ran Drug Operation, Prosecutors Say Coke In A Can: Shirley Restaurant Duo Ran Drug Operation, Prosecutors Say
Coke In A Can: Shirley Restaurant Duo Ran Drug Operation, Prosecutors Say A Farmingville pair was indicted for allegedly selling fentanyl and cocaine out of a Jamaican restaurant in Shirley, authorities announced on Wednesday, March 18. Carlton Williams, 58, and Rohan Rose, 47, are accused of running a drug operation out of Williams’ restaurant, Stop n Nyamm, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. “A restaurant is a place where people come together over a meal, not a place where deadly drugs like cocaine and fentanyl should allegedly be bought and sold,” District Attorney Ray Tierney said. “These defendants allegedly did just that, turning a communit…
Federal Judge Overturns Arrest Of Long Island Resident Federal Judge Overturns Arrest Of Long Island Resident
Federal Judge Overturns Arrest Of Long Island Resident An ICE arrest of a Long Island man was unlawful and demonstrated “a woeful lack of training and understanding of legal principles” from veteran officers “oblivious to the illegality of these practices,” a federal judge wrote in an opinion released Monday, March 16. William Enrique Sanchez Alfaro, a 25-year-old Suffolk County resident originally from El Salvador, was detained by ICE officers on Feb. 6 but has since been released. He applied to New York’s Eastern District for relief, and Judge Gary R. Brown responded with an explosive condemnation of ICE’s tactics. An evidence hearing “reveal…
NY Teen Student Raped By Albany High School Teacher, State Police Say NY Teen Student Raped By Albany High School Teacher, State Police Say
NY Teen Student Raped By Albany High School Teacher, State Police Say A New York teaching assistant and high school sports coach was arrested for raping a teen girl he met through school, state police said Wednesday, March 18. Jared Baldizon, a 27-year-old Albany man, was charged with third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sexual act, both felonies, authorities said. Cops began investigating the case on Friday, March 6, after receiving reports of a past sexual abuse of a child. Baldizon was working as a teacher’s assistant and assistant track and field coach at Broadalbin-Perth High School in Broadalbin when he met the victim, state police said. He began…
$2.8 Million Theft From Missing Old Brookville Couple Leads To Guilty Plea $2.8 Million Theft From Missing Old Brookville Couple Leads To Guilty Plea
$2.8 Million Theft From Missing Old Brookville Couple Leads To Guilty Plea A Queens woman suspected of stealing $2.8 million from a missing Long Island couple pleaded guilty to the fraud on Tuesday, March 17 — but the whereabouts of the couple and her co-conspirator remain unknown. Qiuju Wu, a 58-year-old Flushing resident, copped to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to federal court documents in New York’s Eastern District. Wu and a fellow schemer, Yinye “Roy” Wang, stole the millions from Old Brookville residents Peishuan Fan and JuanJuan Zwang in June and July 2025, three months after the couple was last seen, authorities said. Despite Wu…
Body Found After Fire Engulfs Freeport Trailer, Cause Under Investigation Body Found After Fire Engulfs Freeport Trailer, Cause Under Investigation
Body Found After Fire Engulfs Freeport Trailer, Cause Under Investigation A body was found in a burned out trailer on Long Island on Tuesday night, March 17, after firefighters doused the flames. First responders were alerted to the blaze in Freeport after cops on patrol spotted it near 30 Commercial Street around 11:45 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said. The trailer was engulfed in flames, but crews quickly extinguished the blaze. But once the fire was out, the emergency responders located a body inside the trailer. The person was declared dead at the scene and identified only as a male, police said. Nassau County authorities are investigating the p…
MURDER: Basement ‘Execution’ Of Roommate Ends In Conviction For Bay Shore Man MURDER: Basement ‘Execution’ Of Roommate Ends In Conviction For Bay Shore Man
Murder: Basement ‘Execution’ Of Roommate Ends In Conviction For Bay Shore Man A Long Island man accused of “executing” his roommate and then fleeing the state has been convicted of murder, authorities announced Wednesday, March 18. Darwin Josue Maldonado Vanegas, 32, was found guilty in the murder of Daniel Nunez-Hernandez in Bay Shore, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Maldonado Vanegas and Nunez-Hernandez were both renting rooms in a Bay Shore basement last spring, according to investigators. Nunez-Hernandez was found dead on a couch in the apartment around 11:15 p.m. on April 3, 2025, from gunshot wounds to the chest and arm. Witnesses heard two…
NYC-Born Writer Brian Doherty Dies After Fall Into San Francisco Bay NYC-Born Writer Brian Doherty Dies After Fall Into San Francisco Bay
Nyc-born Writer Brian Doherty Dies After Fall Into San Francisco Bay Brian Doherty, a libertarian author and historian who was born in Queens, died from a fall in California, according to his coworkers at Reason magazine. He was 57. Doherty was found dead Thursday, March 12 from a fall at Battery Yates park along the San Francisco Bay in Sausalito, Reason wrote. At the time, he was attending an art gathering at the World War II-era installation, and Reason’s Matt Welch wrote that in recent years he’d “suffered from a series of physical ailments and setbacks that left him walking with a cane. “It is likely that condition contributed to his deadly tumble,” We…
Schools Superintendent Who Slammed Into Motorcyclist In Sayville Sentenced Schools Superintendent Who Slammed Into Motorcyclist In Sayville Sentenced
Schools Superintendent Who Slammed Into Motorcyclist In Sayville Sentenced A former Long Island school superintendent was sentenced Tuesday, March 17, for a car crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist. Michael Hynes, 55, got five years of probation for the November 2024 wreck in Sayville, according to Newsday. He’d previously pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular assault in the case. At the time of the crash, Hynes was superintendent of Port Washington Union Free School District, though he’d announced his planned departure a few weeks prior to the crash. The district moved up his final day following his arrest. Hynes, of Sayville, was driving a 2019 H…
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