Beach Rage: Teens Chase Driver, Smash Car In Bayville Parking Lot, Cops Say
Two teenagers beat up two cars on Long Island with a bat and a lacrosse stick, including accosting one man who asked them to stop littering, police said Thursday, May 28.
A 38-year-old man spotted the 17-year-old and 16-year-old male suspects around 4 p.m. Monday, May 25 tossing trash on the ground in the parking lot for Stehli Beach in Bayville, the Nassau County Police Department said.
After he “questioned their conduct,” the teens responded “disrespectfully” and the man left, according to Nassau County police.
But as the man was trying to leave, the teens got into a 2021 Mercedes-Benz a…
Elmont Man Takes Home $1.3 Million On Powerball Ticket — See Where He Bought It
A Long Island man took home $1.3 million after buying a second-prize-winning Powerball ticket at a gas station in Nassau County, officials revealed Tuesday, May 26.
Jacques Mutombo, of Elmont, matched all five white balls in the March 23 Powerball drawing — the only person to do so in the entire country, according to Powerball data.
Mutombo also paid an extra dollar for a “powerplay” promotion, allowing him to double the standard $1 million payout to $2 million when the numbers 12, 18, 47, 56, and 63 were revealed.
However, he still failed to match the Powerball number (1) and was denied a…
0.18 Bac-driver Who Killed Two Friends In Albany Wreck Sentenced To Prison
A New York woman who killed two of her friends in a devastating drunken car crash has been sentenced to prison time, authorities said.
Imahjai Sutherland, 25, got between six years, eight months and 20 years behind bars on Wednesday, May 27, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
“I feel like I've been losing time, moving through days in a fog filled with emotional anxiety and deep depression,” said Tina Wade, mother of crash victim Cepelynn Johnson, at Sutherland’s hearing. “There are moments when I don't even recognize myself anymore. The grief is constant, heavy, and inescapa…
Fast Food Fury: Bat, Pipe, Hammer Used In McDonald’s Lot Beatdown In Cairo, Police Say
Three New York men beat two McDonald’s customers with a bat, a metal pipe, and a hammer in a parking lot assault on Tuesday, May 26, state police said.
Michael W. Martin, 31; Joseph Holloway, 34; and Cody Holloway, 29, were arrested and charged with several assault and menacing counts for the attack in Cairo, New York State Police said Wednesday, May 27.
Martin, of Durham, and the Holloways, of Cairo, approached two victims in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on Route 32 through Cairo around 5 p.m. Tuesday, state police said.
The attackers brandished various weapons, including the bat, pipe…
Head-On Hampton Bays Car Crash Caused By Drunk Driver, Police Say
A drunk driver on Long Island caused a head-on collision, sending another man to the hospital Tuesday night, May 26, police said.
Johany Ortiz Valdez, 49, was arrested on two DWI charges following the wreck in Hampton Bays around 9:30 p.m., the Southampton Town Police Department said.
The crash occurred near East Montauk Highway and Bittersweet Avenue South, authorities said. Responding officers determined Oritz Valdez was driving drunk and collided head-on with the other vehicle, according to police.
The other driver suffered head injuries but was in stable condition, his sister told Span…
