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VIDEO: SUV Driver Deliberately Mows Down Geese In Hauppauge, $7.5K Reward Offered VIDEO: SUV Driver Deliberately Mows Down Geese In Hauppauge, $7.5K Reward Offered
Video: SUV Driver Deliberately Mows Down Geese In Hauppauge, $7.5K Reward Offered The search is on for a Long Island driver who intentionally struck and killed multiple geese on at least two occasions. Animal rights organizations across Suffolk County are offering a combined $7,500 reward for the arrest and prosecution of the driver, who was caught on video deliberately running over two geese on Wednesday, April 15 in Hauppauge. The clip, shared by the Suffolk County SPCA, shows a white Jeep SUV speeding down Wireless Boulevard and running over the geese. It then shows the driver appearing to circle back around to double check the geese are dead before again speeding off…
DWI Driver With 0.16 BAC Admits Deadly Wrong-Way Wreck On I-787: Authorities DWI Driver With 0.16 BAC Admits Deadly Wrong-Way Wreck On I-787: Authorities
DWI Driver With 0.16 BAC Admits Deadly Wrong-Way Wreck On I-787: Authorities A New York man has admitted to driving drunk and killing another man in a wrong-way crash on I-787, authorities said Tuesday, April 21. Lewis Thomas, a 44-year-old Coxsackie man, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter and DWI, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. He faces five to 15 years in prison at his sentencing hearing on July 15. Thomas was driving south in the northbound lanes of I-787 near Exit 2 in Albany around 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2025, when he collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Eric Hurley, police said. Hurley, a 38-year-old man who’d been re…
Amityville Nun Celebrates 113th Birthday — And Status As World’s Oldest Sister Amityville Nun Celebrates 113th Birthday — And Status As World’s Oldest Sister
Amityville Nun Celebrates 113th Birthday — And Status As World’s Oldest Sister A Long Island nun recognized as the world’s oldest sister celebrated her 113th birthday on Monday, April 20. Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, of Amityville, held a small celebration at The Sisters of St. Dominic, the group shared on Facebook. She has been recognized as the world’s oldest nun since April 30, 2025, when an older sister in Brazil died at age 116. Francis was born in Central Islip and joined the sisterhood in 1931, when she was just 17 years old, according to Guinness World Records. She has seen 10 popes during her lifetime, and part of her 113th birthday celebration incl…
Life Or Death Legal Fight: Farmingdale Family Sues Hospital Over Man’s Fate Following Car Crash Life Or Death Legal Fight: Farmingdale Family Sues Hospital Over Man’s Fate Following Car Crash
Life Or Death Legal Fight: Farmingdale Family Sues Hospital Over Man’s Fate Following Car Crash A family and a hospital on Long Island are squaring off in court over the life of a young man seriously injured in a car crash — and the family won a major victory on Monday, April 20. Tony Gestone, a 23-year-old Farmingdale man, suffered life-threatening injuries in the wreck on Thursday, April 9, his family wrote in an online fundraiser. His injuries included brain damage, spinal damage, and two collapsed lungs. After the single-car crash on Wantagh State Parkway, Gestone was extricated from his pickup truck and rushed to Nassau University Medical Center, according to Newsday. At the hosp…
Luxury Apartment Complex In Halfmoon Sold For First Time Since 2014 Opening Luxury Apartment Complex In Halfmoon Sold For First Time Since 2014 Opening
Luxury Apartment Complex In Halfmoon Sold For First Time Since 2014 Opening A luxury apartment complex in the Capital Region has changed hands for the first time since it was built in 2014. The Kensington at Halfmoon was sold by Richbell Capital to MLG Capital, a Wisconsin-based real estate private equity firm. The deal was brokered by advisory firm JLL Capital Markets. Richbell Capital built and developed The Kensington and opened the complex in 2014. It eventually grew to 200 units spread across 20 buildings. The property sits at 1 Kensington Court in Halfmoon, about 12 miles north of Albany and 10 miles south of Saratoga Springs. Floor plans range from an 860-s…
Gilgo Beach Killer Revealed To Ex-Wife Where He Murdered Seven Victims: Documentary Gilgo Beach Killer Revealed To Ex-Wife Where He Murdered Seven Victims: Documentary
Gilgo Beach Killer Revealed To Ex-Wife Where He Murdered Seven Victims: Documentary Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann told his ex-wife he killed seven of his eight victims in their Long Island basement. Asa Ellerup, who divorced Heuermann after his 2023 arrest, shared the details in an interview for “House of Secrets,” the Peacock documentary on the case. A teaser clip of Ellerup’s interview was released Monday, April 20. “I said to him, ‘So, Mr. Heuermann, I understand that you’re confessing to me on these murders, can you please tell me, how many of these women did you kill?’ He said eight,” Ellerup told the filmmakers. “He said I wasn’t home during all of them….Th…
LIRR Train Kills Farmingdale Man, 21, At Pedestrian Crossing LIRR Train Kills Farmingdale Man, 21, At Pedestrian Crossing
Lirr Train Kills Farmingdale Man, 21, At Pedestrian Crossing A young man was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train on Monday night, April 20, officials said. Cameron William Zappolo, 21, was walking where the trains cross Merritts Road in Farmingdale when the train hit him around 7:45 p.m., MTA leaders told Newsday. The train was traveling eastbound on the Ronkonkoma Branch, authorities said. Zappolo, of Farmingdale, was rushed to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he was pronounced dead, according to Newsday. Officials said Zappolo was not authorized to be on the tracks, and an initial investigation showed no eviden…
Patchogue Predator Who Forced Women Into Oral Sex At Knifepoint Learns His Fate Patchogue Predator Who Forced Women Into Oral Sex At Knifepoint Learns His Fate
Patchogue Predator Who Forced Women Into Oral Sex At Knifepoint Learns His Fate A Long Island man who preyed on vulnerable women and sexually assaulted them at knifepoint was sentenced to decades in prison on Tuesday, April 21, authorities said. Gary Conyers, a 57-year-old Patchogue resident, was given 27 years to life behind bars, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Conyers was convicted on Wednesday, March 18 on eight counts of predatory sexual assault related to six victims, prosecutors said. Between October 2023 and December 2023, Conyers lured the victims into his Patchogue residence with promises of drugs, money, or even just a place to shower, i…
Five Towns King Kullen Supermarket To Close After 45 Years Five Towns King Kullen Supermarket To Close After 45 Years
Five Towns King Kullen Supermarket To Close After 45 Years Another King Kullen supermarket location on Long Island is closing next month. The King Kullen in Hewlett at 1765 Peninsula Boulevard will close shop on Thursday, May 21, Newsday reported. The chain announced its decision on Monday, April 20, more than 45 years after the store first opened. King Kullen said it was “unable to reach favorable lease renewal terms” at the location, which anchors a shopping center, according to News 12 Long Island. But the landlord, Elias Properties, told Newsday no negotiations actually occurred between the two parties, instead saying that King Kullen simply d…
VIDEO: Hero Cops Smash Window To Save Three From Burning Car — Albany Man Now Charged VIDEO: Hero Cops Smash Window To Save Three From Burning Car — Albany Man Now Charged
Video: Hero Cops Smash Window To Save Three From Burning Car — Albany Man Now Charged One month after a fiery car crash that left three people trapped in a burning car, an Albany man has been arrested in connection with the wreck. Mohammad Haque, 20, was charged with three counts of felony second-degree assault and several other crimes for the crash, which led to a dramatic rescue of three passengers by NYPD officers and New York State Troopers, state police said Tuesday, April 21. Cops spotted Haque’s crashed, burning car off the right side of Grand Central Parkway near Exit 11 in Jamaica around 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, authorities said. Body-cam videos captured NYPD off…
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