Pennsylvania Victims' Stolen Funds Routed Through Islip Coinbase Account: Police
A Long Island man is accused of taking thousands of dollars stolen from two Pennsylvania residents in a phone scam scheme, police announced on Monday, June 1.
Chancellor McKee, 22, of Islip, was arrested after an investigation into unauthorized transfers from two victims' bank accounts, according to Suffolk County Police.
The Pennsylvania residents had $2,500 and $4,500 separately removed from their accounts and transferred into a Coinbase cryptocurrency account belonging to McKee on Nov. 12, 2025, investigators said.
Police said the victims had fallen for a phone scam before the money w…
Central Islip Brothers, 19 & 20, Deported Without Warning Despite Pending Legal Status: Lawyer
Two Long Island brothers who spent nearly half their lives in the US were abruptly deported, despite having no criminal record and a pending path to legal residency, their attorney claims.
Jose Trejo Lopez, 20, and Josue Trejo Lopez, 19, were deported to El Salvador on Wednesday, May 7, just weeks after a New York Family Court granted them legal guardianship—an important step in their effort to remain in the US legally, their attorney, East Islip immigration lawyer Ala Amoachi, said.
The brothers, originally from El Salvador, came to the US in 2016 at ages 10 and 11 with their mother, fleei…
Caught On Video: Suspect Admits Shooting 31-Year-Old To Death Outside Long Island Restaurant
Nearly two years after a man was shot to death outside of a Long Island restaurant, the victim’s killer has confessed.
Ismael Rodriguez-Rosado, age 29, of East Islip, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, June 5, in the death of 31-year-old German Ariel Montes De Oca Ramirez in August 2021.
According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, the two got into an altercation outside of the Mi Nueva Encanto Restaurant, located in Central Islip on Carleton Avenue, at around 1 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2021.
Earlier Report: Suspect Nabbed In Fatal Shoo…
Amityville Woman, Massapequa Resident Charged With Animal Abandonment
Two women are facing charges after allegedly abandoning several cats at a Long Island park.
The Suffolk County SPCA said Crystal Cahill, age 39, of Amityville, and Catherine Gropper, age 32, of Massapequa, in Nassau County, trapped cats in East Islip under the pretense of neutering and returning the cats, but instead left three adult cats in Tanner Park in Copiague.
The pair was charged with three counts each of animal abandonment and once count of conspiracy to commit a crime, both misdemeanors.
Cahill and Gropper are scheduled to appear in First District Court in Central Islip on Thursd…
Woman Charged With Stealing $400K From Seaford, Rockville Centre Churches, Police Say
A Long Island office administrator has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $400,000 from two area churches.
Iris Gomez, age 39, of East Islip, was charged on Wednesday, July 13 for the larcenies that occurred from August 2019 through January 2022 in Nassau County.
According to Nassau County detectives, police were notified that Gomez, working as an office administrator for St. William the Abbot Roman Catholic Church located at 2000 Jackson Ave., in Seaford, and Diocese of Rockville Centre located at 992 N Village Ave. in Rockville Centre, had been gene…
Man Commits Violent Acts Against Employees At Sayville Movie Theater, Police Say
A Long Island man committed violent acts against two movie theater employees, including a teenager, police announced.
A physical altercation in Sayville occurred outside Sayville Cinemas, located at 103 Railroad Ave., between a female employee and a customer on Saturday, June 18, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Suffolk County Police said.
East Islip resident Donald Ahlers Jr., age 55, grabbed and squeezed the female employee’s neck and after a 16-year-old employee tried to intervene, he attacked the boy, punching him in the head and gouging his eye, said police.
Following an investigation…
ID Released For Woman Killed In Fairfield County Crash
A Long Island woman who died a day after a two-vehicle crash in Fairfield County has been identified by police.
Suffolk County resident Lauren Orlando, age 38, of East Islip, died on Sunday, Jan. 23, following a crash in Stamford with another vehicle, said Sgt. Jeffrey Booth, of the Stamford Police Department.
The crash took place around 8:20 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 22, at the intersection of Broad Street and Greyrock Place, Booth said.
According to the Stamford Police Department’s Collison Analysis and Reconstruction Squad, a 2020 Honda Civic being operated by Orlandowas traveling no…
