Winning $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Long Island Convenience Store Winning $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Long Island Convenience Store
Winning $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Long Island Convenience Store A winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a convenience store on Long Island, New York Lottery officials announced. The third-prize-winning ticket for the Saturday, July 15 drawing was purchased in Hicksville, at the Sunoco station located at 197 Old Country Road. It has four matching numbers plus the Powerball. The winning numbers for Saturday’s drawing are: 2-9-43-55-57 and the Powerball is 18. Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 11 p.m.
Gambling Bust: Trio From Different Delis Nabbed On Long Island Gambling Bust: Trio From Different Delis Nabbed On Long Island
Gambling Bust: Trio From Different Delis Nabbed On Long Island Three people from different Long Island businesses were arrested as part of a gambling-related bust, police announced. Nassau County Police announced the arrests, facilitated by the department’s Problem Oriented Police (POP) Unit, on Friday, July 14. In total, three businesses were found by the POP Unit to be using illegal gambling devices: JCA Express Deli, located at 480 Union Avenue in Westbury; La Frontera Deli and Mini Market, located at 427 Maple Avenue in Westbury; and Union Deli, located at 678 Union Avenue in New Cassel. Four gambling machines were seized from JCA Express De…
Recognize Him? Police Search For Long Island Burglar Recognize Him? Police Search For Long Island Burglar
Recognize Him? Police Search For Long Island Burglar Police are asking for the community’s assistance in locating a man who they say broke into a Long Island restaurant and made off with money and multiple bottles of alcohol. The incident occurred on Tuesday, June 27 in Hicksville, Nassau County Police reported. According to police, a man allegedly broke into the La Finca restaurant, located at 170 Broadway, at 3 a.m. through the rear patio window. The burglar stole an unknown amount of money from the cash register and three bottles of alcohol before he fled on foot, heading northbound on Broadway. He is described as a dark-skinned man …
Long Island Man Arrested For Punching, Throwing Food In Apparent Race-Based Crime Long Island Man Arrested For Punching, Throwing Food In Apparent Race-Based Crime
Long Island Man Arrested For Punching, Throwing Food In Apparent Race-Based Crime A Long Island man was arrested after police say he harassed and assaulted a trio based on their national origin. The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 30 at 6:45 p.m. in Hicksville, Nassau County Police reported. The victims, a 19-year-old male, his aunt, and his uncle, were on Woodcrest Road talking when 53-year-old Richard Bauman was driving by in his 2012 Hyundai Sonata. According to police, Bauman stopped his vehicle near the trio and began to throw food at the teen, unprovoked. He also yelled hateful, demeaning comments at the trio based on their national origin. When the teenag…
COVID-19: Couple Schemed To Steal Over $12K In Long Island Relief Funds, DA Says COVID-19: Couple Schemed To Steal Over $12K In Long Island Relief Funds, DA Says
Covid-19: Couple Schemed To Steal Over $12K In Long Island Relief Funds, DA Says A Long Island couple is now facing charges after they fraudulently obtained COVID relief fund money, officials claimed. Hicksville residents Michael Arbassio, aged 65, and Eileen Dantini, aged 61, were arraigned on Wednesday, May 17 for allegedly filing false documents so that they could claim tens of thousands in COVID relief money, according to the District Attorney’s office. According to the charges, Arbassio and Dantini had lived together as tenants in their Hicksville residence for 10 years, for which they paid monthly rent. However, on September 29, 2021, Arbassio allegedly submit…
Billy Joel Lists Waterfront NY Estate For $49M Billy Joel Lists Waterfront NY Estate For $49M
Billy Joel Lists Waterfront NY Estate For $49M Billy Joel is movin' out -- of one of his residences, at least. The legendary 74-year-old singer has listed his waterfront estate on the north shore of Long Island, located on Centre Island in Oyster Bay, for $49 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to its listing on Zillow, the estate, built in 1994, is 26 acres and includes: A 20,000-plus square-foot estate house currently under renovation with an elevator to all floors,  Helicopter pad, Floating dock and boat ramp on Oyster Bay Harbor, Four-bedroom gate/guest house with an attached three-bedroom apartment …
Long Island Man Busted For Driving High On Drugs, Crashing, Police Say Long Island Man Busted For Driving High On Drugs, Crashing, Police Say
Long Island Man Busted For Driving High On Drugs, Crashing, Police Say A Long Island man was charged with alleged DWAI/drugs and possession of drugs following a single-vehicle crash. The incident took place in Nassau County around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in the area of 7 Newbridge Road in Hicksville. According to Nassau County Police, officers responded to the scene of an auto accident in which Patrick Schlereth, age unknown, of East Meadow, had lost control of his 2022 Subaru Outback when he struck two parked cars causing his vehicle to overturn. An investigation was conducted and Schlereth was placed under arrest without incident, po…
Fatal DWI Crash: Long Island Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide Fatal DWI Crash: Long Island Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide
Fatal DWI Crash: Long Island Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide A Long Island man could spend decades in prison for allegedly driving drunk and causing a crash that killed another driver.  Oscar Argueta, age 36, of Hicksville, was arraigned on charges including aggravated vehicular homicide for his role in a high-speed Hempstead crash that killed one man and seriously injured his wife, the Nassau County DA reported on Tuesday, April 11. Earlier Report: ID Released For Person Killed In Hempstead Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say According to prosecutors, Argueta was traveling northwest on Greenwich Street in Hempstead on June 26, 2022,…
Money, Vehicles Swiped From Long Island Dealership In Early-Morning Burglary Money, Vehicles Swiped From Long Island Dealership In Early-Morning Burglary
Money, Vehicles Swiped From Long Island Dealership In Early-Morning Burglary Police are searching for a group of burglars that broke into a Long Island motorcycle dealership and made off with money and bikes. The thieves broke into the Hicksville Champion Honda Motorsports, located at 544 Old County Road, on Monday, April 10, at around 2:30 a.m., Nassau County police reported. While the number of suspects is unknown, police said the burglars took off in an unknown direction with multiple motorcycles and an undetermined amount of cash. Authorities are investigating the case. Detectives are asking anyone who knows about the crime to call Nassau County Crime Stopp…
Seeing Green: $1,000,000 Powerball Prize Claimed By Long Island Man Seeing Green: $1,000,000 Powerball Prize Claimed By Long Island Man
Seeing Green: $1,000,000 Powerball Prize Claimed By Long Island Man One Long Islander’s bank account just got a major deposit. Edward Bodrewicz of Hicksville has officially claimed his million-dollar second prize for matching the first five numbers in the Monday, February 6 Powerball drawing, according to the New York Lottery. The winning numbers were 05-11-22-23-69 and Powerball 07. Lottery officials say Bodrewicz received a single lump sum of $651,000 after the required withholdings. He purchased the ticket at Farmingdale Petroleum in Hicksville, located at 400 South Oyster Bay Road. According to the New York Lottery website, the state’s Powerball g…
Truck Driver Killed By Teen On Shoulder Of I-95: Maryland State Police Truck Driver Killed By Teen On Shoulder Of I-95: Maryland State Police
Truck Driver Killed By Teen On Shoulder Of I-95: Maryland State Police A pair of New Yorkers were involved in a fatal crash on I-95 in Harford County overnight, according to Maryland State Police. Rajwinder Singh, 22, of Hicksville, was killed on Wednesday, April 5, when he got out of his disabled tractor-trailer on the side of the interstate in Abingdon and was struck by Roosevelt resident Abbas Zaheer, 19, who police say lost control of his Toyota Camry. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, troopers from the JFK Memorial Highway Barrack were called to a stretch of southbound I-95 in Abington to investigate a reported pedestrian strike. Detectives sa…
4 Nabbed Selling Tobacco, Alcohol To Minors On Long Island, Police Say 4 Nabbed Selling Tobacco, Alcohol To Minors On Long Island, Police Say
4 Nabbed Selling Tobacco, Alcohol To Minors On Long Island, Police Say Four Long Island men were arrested for allegedly selling alcohol and tobacco products to minors during an undercover operation. The operation dubbed "Project 21," initiative took place in Nassau County on Thursday, March 23.  According to officers, the Problem Oriented Policing Unit with the assistance of underage agents, the following people were arrested and charged with unlawfully dealing with a child and sale of age-restricted products to a minor: Jeffrey A Frattini-Cox, age 34, Hicksville, sold alcohol and tobacco products to a minor at 1 Smoke Shop at  3275 …