Crime

Two adult defendants were arrested along with a juvenile after Nassau County BSO officers recovered a stolen loaded 9mm handgun, knives, and cannabis during a Uniondale traffic stop in the early morning hours of November 21, 2025. …
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Carolyn Tolin, 46, of Centereach, pleaded guilty to major felony narcotics charges after prosecutors said she ran a nationwide drug distribution network from her garage using the dark web, postal carriers, and local delivery services. …
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Albaro Chacon, 38, was found guilty after a Suffolk County jury trial of attempted first-degree assault and related charges for stabbing the mother of his children while several young family members were present. BAY SHORE, NY– Today,…
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David Beckham Adam, 19, was arrested following a Fourth Squad investigation into the theft of a high-value bracelet from Kravit Jewelers. OCEANSIDE, NY - Nassau County Police Fourth Squad reports the arrest of a Queens man in…
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Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where the 17-year-old shooting victim was pronounced dead following the incident in North Amityville. File photo: WoodysPhotos, licensed. NORTH AMITYVILLE, N.Y. – A 20-year-old North…
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Powdered fentanyl and a plastic straw similar to what prosecutors say was used in the Brentwood case, where an eight-month-old suffered opioid poisoning while in the care of an adult. This image is not evidence from the investigation. File…
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Jimmy Harry Velasquezgomez, 44, of Mastic, was indicted on charges of sexually abusing children at a Medford TJ Maxx. Authorities have not clarified his current immigration status. Photo: Suffolk County Police. MEDFORD, N.Y. - A Mastic…
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Jonathan Green, 37, was arrested after allegedly becoming combative with police at a McDonald’s on Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence, where two officers were injured during a struggle to take him into custody. LAWRENCE, N.Y. - Nassau…
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Irving Brenor, 18, of Queens Village; Jayson Jaya, 20, of Elmhurst; and Giam Leal-Cardenas, 19, of College Point. The three Queens men were arrested by Nassau County’s Major Case Squad for their alleged roles in a series of residential…
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Jawarren Booker, 29, of Ridge, was indicted on charges of Burglary in the First Degree and Rape in the First Degree for allegedly breaking into a 74-year-old woman’s Holbrook apartment and sexually assaulting her during a home invasion. …
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A SWAT police officer stands outside a residence during a narcotics investigation. Detectives executed a court-authorized search warrant at a Brentwood home in the case, seizing cocaine, firearms, cash, and drug-distribution equipment.…
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Side-by-side images of Steven Briecke, the convicted sex offender identified through new DNA testing as the man responsible for the 1997 murder of Ann Lustig and the 1996 rape of an 82-year-old Kings Park psychiatric patient. Authorities…
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Ji Chen, 30, of Flushing, Queens, was arrested by Nassau County Police for allegedly offering unauthorized massage services at a North Bellmore spa. After her arrest, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took her into…
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Sharon Zharfati, 51, of Woodmere, was arrested and charged with Robbery and Assault after allegedly attacking an 84-year-old man following a minor car crash on Broadway in Woodmere. WOODMERE, N.Y. - Nassau County Police announced the…
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Melissa Koprowski, 32, of Yaphank, was sentenced to four to twelve years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and related charges for a 2024 crash in Middle Island that killed 75-year-old Esther Guy and injured her…
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Brent Henry, 61, of Riverhead, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty of Murder in the Second Degree for fatally shooting 23-year-old Ines Reyes outside a home in East Patchogue. SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. -…
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A daytime view of the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station, where prosecutors say five defendants targeted two victims during an armed carjacking in August 2025. File photo: Picturesque Japan, licensed. RONKONKOMA, NY - Suffolk…
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Amanda A. Fraser, 23, of South Richmond Hill, Queens, was arrested and charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree after an 84-year-old woman was found with a stab wound at a Bay Drive home in Massapequa. MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. - A…
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Sergio Ariel Guevara, 27, of New Cassel, was arrested after police said he stabbed a taxi driver during an altercation in Westbury on October 29, 2025. Officers applied a tourniquet to the victim’s arm before transporting him to the…
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Xiujuan Zhang, 51, of Flushing, Queens, was arrested following an investigation by Nassau County Police into an unlicensed massage operation on Jerusalem Avenue in Massapequa. She was issued an appearance ticket and subsequently…
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Joseph Borrello, 52, was arrested by Nassau County police following an investigation into a string of burglaries reported throughout October 2025 across multiple Nassau communities. NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. - Detectives from the Nassau…
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Willie Hart, 61, of Yaphank, was found guilty of Murder in the Second Degree for the 2023 killing of his girlfriend, Candace Woodruff, inside the cab of his tractor-trailer outside a Patchogue motel. Booking photo by Nassau County Police…
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Adrian Raghunanan, 26, of Queens, was arrested after allegedly striking a 66-year-old pedestrian with his pickup truck in East Rockaway while driving intoxicated. The victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. EAST ROCKAWAY, NY…
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Chi Hung Leung, 50, of Brooklyn, was arrested after allegedly striking a Nassau County Highway Patrol Officer with his vehicle while driving intoxicated on the Long Island Expressway in East Hills. Police say he then attempted to flee and…
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Prosecutors said Alvarez DeReyes allegedly drove to a friend’s home in Mastic following the crash, where she left her vehicle. Approximately two hours later, she returned to the crash site accompanied by friends and was subsequently taken…
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A worker examines the control panel of an industrial trash compactor similar to the one involved in a fatal accident at Arrow Linen Supply Company in Garden City, where a 42-year-old employee was killed after falling into the machine. File…
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Asif Qureshi, 53, of Bellerose, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Aleena Asif, who was found dead in their Herricks home on October 17, 2025. HERRICKS, NY - Nassau County…
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Freddie Rice, 34, of Bay Shore, was found guilty of sex trafficking and promoting prostitution for coercing multiple women into commercial sex acts through drug addiction and financial control. He faces up to 50 years to life in prison. …
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Jeremias Anaribamoran, 48, of Central Islip, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the fatal shooting of Gustavo Godinez-Carcamo. Federal immigration authorities have filed a detainer to take custody of Anaribamoran for…
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Enyi Chen, 44, of Flushing, Queens, was arrested in Plainview after allegedly attempting to defraud a senior of more than $121,000 in an elder scam investigation by Nassau County Police. Chen is in the country illegally and is facing…
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