Two Brothers Killed In Crash Between Car, SUV On Long Island
An investigation is underway after two brothers were killed in an overnight crash on Long Island.
It happened just after 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, in Mount Sinai.
Darrius Jones, age 16, of Coram, was driving a 1998 Ford Mustang southbound on County Road 83, and made a left turn onto Canal Road, where the car collided with a northbound Jeep SUV driven by Alaina Dimaria, age 28, Suffolk County Police said.
Jones was transported to Stonybrook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
His brother, Darrell Jones, age 28, of Coram, who was a passenger in the Fo…
Ex-Suffolk DA Spota, Aide Sentenced For Corruption
Two former high-ranking Suffolk County government officials have been sentenced to jail following a six-week federal jury trial.
Former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J. Spota and Christopher McPartland, his former anti-corruption aide were each sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 10, by US District Judge Joan M. Azrack, to five years in prison.
Additionally, Spota, age 79, of Mount Sinai, was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.
The sentences stem from the defendants’ December 17, 2019 convictions for trying to cover up a prisoner’s beating at a Hauppauge …
One Killed, Two Seriously Injured In Head-On Long Island Crash
This story has been updated.
One person was killed and two others were seriously injured in a head-on crash on a busy Long Island roadway.
It happened around 6:25 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 in Mount Sinai.
Charles Dassaro, age 33, of Rocky Point, was driving a 2017 McLaren 570 eastbound on Route 25A, near West Gate Drive, when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed into the westbound lanes, and crashed head-on into a 2019 Jeep Wrangler, Suffolk County Police said.
Dassaro was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Med…
Long Island Man Indicted For String Of Burglaries, ATM Theft, DA Says
A Long Island man faces up to 15 in prison for a string of alleged commercial burglaries in November 2020.
Kieran Fichtner, age 27, of St. James, was arraigned last week on charges associated with the burglaries, as well as for the alleged theft of an ATM machine along with an accomplice, an accomplice, Michael Parise, 46, of Stony Brook, said Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini.
“These two individuals are alleged serial burglars who were targeting businesses and driving crime in our community,” Sini said.
Fichtner was charged multiple misdemeanors, as well as several fe…
Two Long Island Cops Suspended Over Alleged Abuse Captured On Bobycam Video, Police Say
Two police officers from Long Island have been suspended and four others, including a supervisor, have been placed on modified duty after bodycam video shows the two officers pushing and kicking a suspect who took police on a pursuit.
The two Suffolk County officers were suspended for the incident which took place on Tuesday, Feb. 23, in which the suspect, identified as Christopher Cruz, 30, who is undomiciled, fled from officers in a stolen vehicle and hit two police cruisers, said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart.
According to Hart, the incident occurred when o…
