Suspect Nabbed In Shooting Death Of Long Island Man Suspect Nabbed In Shooting Death Of Long Island Man
Suspect Nabbed In Shooting Death Of Long Island Man A suspect has been apprehended in connection to the shooting death of a Long Island man last week. The shooting happened in East Patchogue outside a residence on the 500 block of Taylor Avenue at around 5:10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21.  The victim, Tyrell D. Smith, 25, of Shirley, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, Suffolk County Police arrested a Mastic man in connection with the crime. Malik Roberts, 22, was apprehended in Brentwood at around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. Squad detectives c…
Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Using Long Island Home To Produce Ecstasy, Grow Pot Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Using Long Island Home To Produce Ecstasy, Grow Pot
Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Using Long Island Home To Produce Ecstasy, Grow Pot An electrician with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has pleaded guilty to using a stash house on Long Island to produce ecstasy and grown marijuana. Joseph Guida, 45, of Elmhurst, entered his plea on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.  According to court filings, Guida used a house in Mastic for more than five years to manufacture MDMA and marijuana for resale, said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. His operation was uncovered when officers with Customs and Border Protection interc…
LI Father Arrested For DWI While Coming Home From Son's Soccer Game, Police Say LI Father Arrested For DWI While Coming Home From Son's Soccer Game, Police Say
LI Father Arrested For DWI While Coming Home From Son's Soccer Game, Police Say A Long Island man driving home from an early morning soccer game was taken into custody over the weekend for alleged impaired driving with his 8-year-old son on Sunrise Highway, police said. Suffolk County Deputy Sheriffs arrested Mastic resident Daniel Styles, 49, at approximately 11:24 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 after he was pulled over on Sunrise Highway near exit 50. Police said that Styles proceeded to fail multiple Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, and he was arrested for violating the Child Passenger Protection Act (“Leandra’s Law”) when it was determined that he was allegedly drivi…
IDs Released For 20-Year-Old Killed, Teen Brothers Injured In Fiery Long Island Crash IDs Released For 20-Year-Old Killed, Teen Brothers Injured In Fiery Long Island Crash
IDs Released For 20-Year-Old Killed, Teen Brothers Injured In Fiery Long Island Crash A 20-year-old area man who was killed and two teenage brothers who were critically injured in a single-vehicle crash have been identified by police. William Smith, 20, of Mastic, was killed around 8:45 a.m., Friday, Sept. 13, while driving a 1996 Lexus eastbound on Pine Road when he lost control of the vehicle, which struck a tree and caught fire in front of 24 Pine Road, said the Suffolk County Police. Responding Seventh Precinct Police Officer David Collins, with the assistance of a Good Samaritan, was able to pull brothers, 16-year-old Rasin Jackson, and 15-year-old Zameer Jackson, both …
13-Year-Old Long Island Girl Seriously Injured In Crash 13-Year-Old Long Island Girl Seriously Injured In Crash
13-Year-Old Long Island Girl Seriously Injured In Crash A 13-year-old was seriously injured after she was hit by a motor vehicle while riding her bicycle on Long Island. The crash occurred just after 6:35 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19 in Mastic. The girl, Paiton Muens, of Mastic, was struck by a 2016 Toyota RAV4, being operated by Hugo Sinay-Boch, 30, while riding her bicycle northbound on Mastic Road, between Hampton Avenue and Main Avenue, Suffolk County Police said. Muens was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Sinay-Boch, also of Mastic, was not injured. The vehicle was impounded fo…
Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns
Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 12 Hookers, 26 Johns Female Paterson police posing as prostitutes Tuesday night bagged 26 johns, while their male colleagues snatched up a dozen streetwalkers who offered them sex for money, authorities said. It was the second time in little over a month that ABC/Vice unit detectives worked both sides of Van Houten and E.18th streets at what continues to be an open-air prostitution market, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Wednesday. Paterson police conducted a similar sting in the exact same spot on July 2, arresting 27 johns and 14 hookers, authorities said at the time. This time, a total of 38…
Man, Woman Rescued From Water After Two Boats Crash At Moriches Inlet Man, Woman Rescued From Water After Two Boats Crash At Moriches Inlet
Man, Woman Rescued From Water After Two Boats Crash At Moriches Inlet A man and woman were rescued from the water after two boats crashed on Long Island. Marine Bureau Officers John Falcone and George Schmidt were onboard Marine Mike when they heard a Coast Guard call about a boat in unknown distress near their location. They responded to Moriches Inlet at approximately 7:15 p.m. Saturday, July 13 and found a man and a woman in the water after they jumped from their 16-foot center console HSX boat just before a 34-foot Cabo boat struck it, Suffolk County Police said. The officers pulled the operator of the HSX, Ted Felice, and his passenger, Joan Grauer, to …
Good Samaritan Stops Woman Accused In Hit-Run With School Bus In Mastic, Police Say Good Samaritan Stops Woman Accused In Hit-Run With School Bus In Mastic, Police Say
Good Samaritan Stops Woman Accused In Hit-Run With School Bus In Mastic, Police Say A Good Samaritan apprehended a woman who allegedly was involved in a hit-and-run with a school bus in Mastic on Friday morning, July 12. Luz Maria Fuentes was driving a 2004 Toyota Siena on Mastic Road, near Mastic Boulevard, when her vehicle allegedly struck the rear of a mini school bus with three children and two adults on board at approximately 7:45 a.m.,  Suffolk County Police said. Fuentes fled and, a short time later, her vehicle struck a trailer that was attached to a pickup truck traveling on Mastic Road and fled, according to police. A Good Samaritan reportedly followed Fuen…
18 Accused Of Running Heroin, Cocaine Distribution Ring Across Western Suffolk County 18 Accused Of Running Heroin, Cocaine Distribution Ring Across Western Suffolk County
18 Accused Of Running Heroin, Cocaine Distribution Ring Across Western Suffolk County Eighteen suspects on Long Island are facing charges after being indicted for allegedly operating a heroin and cocaine distribution ring in Suffolk County. An investigation was launched by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department in December last year into the alleged trafficking of drugs in western Suffolk County. The investigation determined that Daniel Ayala, of Babylon, along with his co-conspirators, allegedly trafficked “significant quantities of narcotics into Suffolk County, including crack and powder cocaine and heroin." Jason Brewton…
Know Her? Woman Accused Of Stealing From Mastic Store Know Her? Woman Accused Of Stealing From Mastic Store
Know Her? Woman Accused Of Stealing From Mastic Store Seen her? A reward has been issued for information that leads to the arrest of a woman caught on camera stealing from a Suffolk County dollar store earlier this year. The Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Seventh Precinct Crime Section investigators have released a surveillance photo of a woman who allegedly stole approximately $60 worth of baby items from Family Dollar on Montauk Highway on April 26 in Mastic. In response, the Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offered a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the woman. Anyone with inform…
Suspect In Mastic Hit-Run Crash At Large Suspect In Mastic Hit-Run Crash At Large
Suspect In Mastic Hit-Run Crash At Large Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Seventh Precinct Crime Section officers are on the lookout for a man allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash in Mastic. Police say the man, pictured above, was driving a silver 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse without any plates when he struck a 2012 Toyota 4-Runner on Montauk Highway near Sterling Place on Friday, June 7 around 6:52 p.m. The driver of the Mitsubishi fled the scene, heading eastbound on Montauk Highway, according to police. No injuries have been reported. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for…
Four Charged During  State Liquor Authority Inspections Of Suffolk Businesses Four Charged During  State Liquor Authority Inspections Of Suffolk Businesses
Four Charged During State Liquor Authority Inspections Of Suffolk Businesses Four store employees are facing charges following State Liquor Authority inspections in Mastic, Center Moriches and Shirley Friday night, June 21, Suffolk County Police said. The four were all issued field appearance tickets on the following charges: Angela DeCarmine, 40, an employee at Native Land Smoke Shop, 136 Poospatuck Lane, Mastic, for sale of E-Liquid nicotine to a minor. Hector Gunzalez-Cortez, 42, an employee at Tropico Minimarket, 165 Main Street, Suite A, Center Moriches, for unlawfully dealing with a child. Mushtaq Ahmad, 53, an employee of Valero Gas, 620 Montauk Hwy., E…