Drug Dealer ‘Mike Gangster’ Busted In Mastic Fentanyl Overdose Death: Authorities
A 72-year-old Long Island drug dealer whose fentanyl and xylazine led to another man’s overdose has been indicted, authorities said Tuesday, April 28.
Michael Dirago, of Hauppauge, sold the illegal drugs that killed a 53-year-old man in Mastic, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Dragic’s contact was saved in the man’s phone as “Mike Gangster,” investigators said.
First responders rushed to the overdose call on Sept. 14, 2024, at the 53-year-old’s home, but he was found unresponsive in his bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. His cause of death was rul…
LI Woman Goes Berserk After Valley Stream Crash, Injures Two Cops: Police
A Long Island woman injured two police officers while resisting arrest after causing a car crash on Monday, April 27, police said.
Tiffany Saint-Gilles, of North Valley Stream, crashed into a parked car in a Valley Stream lot around 7 p.m. Monday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
When the 23-year-old woman in the parked car got out to exchange information, Saint-Gilles walked away and refused to cooperate, investigators said. Cops arrived on the scene and located Saint-Gilles, but she was “extremely uncooperative,” police said.
Saint-Gilles ignored officers’ commands to provide id…
Stony Brook Student Arrested For Dorm Room Drug Deals: Police
A Stony Brook University student was busted selling meth and ketamine out of his dorm room on Monday, April 27, police said.
William Turri, 20, was charged with four counts of possession and one count of selling controlled substances and will be held overnight until his arraignment Tuesday, April 28, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Following an investigation, cops searched Turri’s dorm room in Mount Hall on the Suffolk County campus around 12 p.m. Monday, police said. They found “methamphetamines, ketamine, and items used for drug sales,” authorities said.
Turri, originally from…
Bankrupt Grocer Last Seen In 2015 Returns To Long Island — And It's Coming To East Meadow
Former Long Island grocery chain Pathmark, bankrupt and absent from the area since 2015, is making a return on Friday, May 1.
The brand owner, Allegiance Retail Services, revealed Tuesday, April 21 that a Pathmark Daily store will open at 625 Merrick Avenue in East Meadow, according to industry publication Grocery Dive.
Allegiance owns a variety of grocery brands in the tri-state region and will be converting a Super Foodtown store into the Pathmark Daily, with 15,000 square feet on the main floor, Newsday reported.
The store will carry standard grocery fare and Best Yet-branded items, acc…
