Massapequa, NY
News
String Of Scams Steals Over $500,000 From Long Island Residents String Of Scams Steals Over $500,000 From Long Island Residents
String Of Scams Steals Over $500,000 From Long Island Residents Three separate scams, all happening in the span of a week, have targeted older Nassau residents and cost them thousands of dollars each. On Monday, April 24, the Nassau County Police Department reported a string of cons that targeted the citizens, all of whom were over the age of 65. The first reported incident happened in Farmingdale on Thursday, April 6, when detectives reported that a 69-year-old woman received a call from someone claiming to be an Apple employee. The scammer convinced the victim that her computer and all accounts had been compromised. In order to keep her money s…

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by Sophie Grieser
Massapequa, NY
News
'Deepfake' Targeted Law Proposed By NY DA 'Deepfake' Targeted Law Proposed By NY DA
'Deepfake' Targeted Law Proposed By NY DA A New York district attorney has unveiled a plan to propose new legislation that would protect citizens in the event that their personal images are digitally manipulated for sexual content. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly hopes that her proposal, called the “Digital Manipulation Protection Act,” would close any loopholes left open by the current New York State law. The proposal was announced Tuesday, April 18, alongside the news that a 22-year-old Seaford man had been sentenced for stealing and manipulating underage girls’ photos for use on a pornographic website. Earl…

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by Sophie Grieser
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced
Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced A Long Island man was sentenced to time behind bars and now must register as a sex offender for creating and sharing "deepfaked" sexually explicit content of women when they were underage. Seaford resident Patrick Carey, age 22, will serve six months in jail and spend 10 years on probation for publishing this information, as well as encouraging others to harass those whose pictures he uploaded, the Nassau County District Attorney announced on Tuesday, April 18. The charges against Carey allege that from September 2019 to just a few hours before his arrest in September 2021, he took images o…

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by Sophie Grieser
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Woman Wires Over $1,000 In 'Support' Scam, Police Say Long Island Woman Wires Over $1,000 In 'Support' Scam, Police Say
Long Island Woman Wires Over $1,000 In 'Support' Scam, Police Say A scam involving the app AnyDesk has resulted in a Long Island woman losing over a thousand dollars, authorities said. On Friday, April 7 at around 4 p.m., a Seaford woman was trying to access Amazon Prime on her television when an error message popped up on the screen, according to Nassau County police. The message read that the woman’s Amazon Prime account had been locked, and instructed her to call 1-848-246-1786. After calling the number, she was instructed that she needed to download the AnyDesk app in order to unlock her Amazon account.  Police said the victim was also instruc…

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by Sophie Grieser
Massapequa, NY
Obituaries
16-Year-Old Killed In Long Island Crash Had 'Passion For Life,' Aspired To Join Air Force 16-Year-Old Killed In Long Island Crash Had 'Passion For Life,' Aspired To Join Air Force
16-Year-Old Killed In Long Island Crash Had 'Passion For Life,' Aspired To Join Air Force Support is rising for the family of a 16-year-old girl who was killed in a single-vehicle crash near a Long Island intersection that left three other teens hospitalized. Angelia Dominguez, of Seaford, died Sunday, Jan. 8, from injuries suffered in the crash, which occurred at around 3:30 a.m. in Old Brookville on Chicken Valley Road, according to Nassau County Police. Earlier Report: ID Released For 16-Year-Old Seaford Girl Killed In Old Brookville Crash Investigators said Dominguez was driving a 2008 Nissan westbound on Chicken Valley Road when she lost control and struck a tree nea…

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by Michael Mashburn
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
ID Released For 16-Year-Old Seaford Girl Killed In Old Brookville Crash ID Released For 16-Year-Old Seaford Girl Killed In Old Brookville Crash
ID Released For 16-Year-Old Seaford Girl Killed In Old Brookville Crash The identity has been released for a teenage girl who was killed in a single-vehicle crash near a Long Island intersection in which three boys were hospitalized. It happened around 3:35 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 in Old Brookville. A 2008 Nissan was traveling westbound on Chicken Valley Road when the 16-year-old female operator lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree near the intersection of Brookville Lane, Nassau County Police said.  The operator of the vehicle, now identified as Angelia Dominguez, of Seaford, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Nassau County Police …

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man Indicted For North Amityville Impaired Driving Crash That Paralyzed Victim, DA Says Man Indicted For North Amityville Impaired Driving Crash That Paralyzed Victim, DA Says
Man Indicted For North Amityville Impaired Driving Crash That Paralyzed Victim, DA Says A 27-year-old man was charged with vehicular assault after allegedly driving while impaired by drugs on Long Island and rear-ending another vehicle in a crash that caused a victim to become paralyzed in all four limbs. Tristan McLaughlin, of Seaford, was indicted on charges related to the crash that happened in North Amityville in October, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced on Wednesday, Jan. 4. “When you make the decision to get behind the wheel, you make the commitment to respect the lives and safety of others on the road,” Tierney said. This defendant’s alleged …

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by Nicole Valinote
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
102-Year-Old Dies From Injuries After Massapequa Crash Involving Nassau County Police Vehicle 102-Year-Old Dies From Injuries After Massapequa Crash Involving Nassau County Police Vehicle
102-Year-Old Dies From Injuries After Massapequa Crash Involving Nassau County Police Vehicle A 102-year-old local man has died from injuries a week after a two-vehicle Long Island crash involving a police cruiser. The crash happened just before 8:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9 in Massapequa. That's when a marked Nassau County Police vehicle was traveling southbound on Hicksville Road responding to an emergency call, when the man driving in a 2012 Hyundai Elantra traveling northbound attempted to make a left turn onto North Suffolk Avenue, according to the Nassau County PD.  The operators of both vehicles were transported to local area hospitals by Nassau County Police Medics. O…

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by Joe Lombardi
Massapequa, NY
News
Police ID Elderly Woman Killed In Long Island House Fire That Also Burned Chief Police ID Elderly Woman Killed In Long Island House Fire That Also Burned Chief
Police ID Elderly Woman Killed In Long Island House Fire That Also Burned Chief Authorities have identified an elderly woman who died in a Long Island house fire that also sent a fire chief to the hospital. Gloria Monk, age 80, of Seaford, was killed when flames broke out at her Riverside Avenue home at around 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, Nassau County Police said. Earlier Report: Woman Dies After Seaford Home Becomes Engulfed By Flames By the time members of the Wantagh Fire Department arrived, they found the home’s second floor engulfed in flames, said Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal James Hickman. Monk was pronounced dead at the scene. Crews rescued…

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by Michael Mashburn
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Dies After Seaford Home Becomes Engulfed By Flames Woman Dies After Seaford Home Becomes Engulfed By Flames
Woman Dies After Seaford Home Becomes Engulfed By Flames One woman was killed and another injured during a roaring house fire on Long Island, in which a fire chief was also burned.  The blaze broke out in Seaford around 6:15 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 2464 Riverside Ave. The first arriving fire chiefs from the Wantagh Fire Department found heavy fire on the second floor of the home, said Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal James Hickman.  The chiefs found one woman dead on the second floor and rescued another, Hickman said. While making the rescue, one of the chiefs also was burned, he added. The injured were taken to Nassa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Chain-Reaction North Amityville DWAI Crash Leaves Copiague Man Seriously Injured: Police Chain-Reaction North Amityville DWAI Crash Leaves Copiague Man Seriously Injured: Police
Chain-Reaction North Amityville Dwai Crash Leaves Copiague Man Seriously Injured: Police A chain-reaction Long Island crash involving an allegedly impaired driver left one person seriously injured overnight. It happened Saturday, Oct. 29 at about 8:30 p.m. in North Amityville. A Seaford man was driving a 2020 Nissan Frontier northbound on Route 110 when the vehicle struck the rear of a 2006 Toyota Sienna driven by a Copiague resident in the left turning lane at Nathalie Avenue, Suffolk County Police said. The impact of the crash pushed the Sienna into the southbound lanes of Route 110 where it struck a 2016 Toyota Camry and a 2011 Nissan Maxima that we…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
4 Accused Of Selling Drugs Disguised As Candy At 2 NY Stores, Including 1 Near School 4 Accused Of Selling Drugs Disguised As Candy At 2 NY Stores, Including 1 Near School
4 Accused Of Selling Drugs Disguised As Candy At 2 NY Stores, Including 1 Near School Four men have been accused of selling drugs, some disguised as candy bars, at two stores, including one near a school. Following community complaints on Long Island, Suffolk County Police executed search warrants at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Exit 42 Deli, located at 270 Spur Drive South in Bay Shore, and Legit 100 Smoke Shop, located at 165 Higbie Lane in West Islip,  During the operations, police seized large quantities of mushrooms with psilocybin, concentrated cannabis, marijuana, and cocaine. Additionally, detectives discovered narcotics package…

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by Joe Lombardi