Michael Mashburn

Reporter

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Michael joined Daily Voice in April 2022, reporting on breaking news and community stories across New York’s Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island. His coverage ranges from major incidents and investigations to human-interest features, with a focus on clear, accurate reporting that connects readers with the stories shaping their communities.

Prior to joining Daily Voice, he worked in radio news, reporting and anchoring for ABC affiliate KTAR in Phoenix and delivering news and traffic reports for KOMO in Seattle through iHeartMedia. He has also written and anchored national news content distributed to radio stations across the country through NBC News Radio.

Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Arizona State University in May 2014.

Michael Mashburn's Contributions

Liberty, NY
Breaking News
Kicked In Door Reveals Child Rapist In Liberty Motel Room, Police Say Kicked In Door Reveals Child Rapist In Liberty Motel Room, Police Say
Kicked In Door Reveals Child Rapist In Liberty Motel Room, Police Say A Sullivan County man is facing multiple felony charges after police said they found him inside a motel room with a minor during an urgent welfare investigation. Officers with the Village of Liberty Police Department launched an investigation on Tuesday, Feb. 3, after receiving information that an adult male may have been unlawfully in the company of a juvenile, police said. During the investigation, officers were tipped off that the juvenile may have been inside a room at a local motel. Police identified the motel and specific room number and responded immediately, authorities said. After…

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by Michael Mashburn
Saint James-Nesconset, NY
Breaking News
Cop Death: Drunk Driver Hit 125 MPH Before Slamming Into Officer Mom In Saint James, DA Says Cop Death: Drunk Driver Hit 125 MPH Before Slamming Into Officer Mom In Saint James, DA Says
Cop Death: Drunk Driver Hit 125 MPH Before Slamming Into Officer Mom In Saint James, DA Says Extreme speeds, a graphic aftermath, and a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit were all revealed in the drunk-driving crash that killed Nassau County Police Officer Patricia Espinosa, prosecutors said. A bail application filed in Suffolk County Court Friday, Feb. 6, states Espinosa’s patrol vehicle was found upside down after the early-morning crash on Route 347 in Saint James on Saturday, Jan. 31. She was discovered hanging inverted inside the vehicle, and it took emergency responders more than 30 minutes to free her, prosecutors said. Espinosa was rushed to Stony Brook Uni…

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by Michael Mashburn
Valley Stream, NY
Your Community
Valley Stream Coach Admits Blackmailing Minors Into Sending Sexually Explicit Images Valley Stream Coach Admits Blackmailing Minors Into Sending Sexually Explicit Images
Valley Stream Coach Admits Blackmailing Minors Into Sending Sexually Explicit Images A former Long Island high school assistant coach admitted in federal court that he sexually exploited dozens of minors online, using threats and blackmail to coerce children into sending explicit images. Joseph Garofalo, 21, of Valley Stream, pleaded guilty in Central Islip Thursday, Feb. 5, to sexual exploitation of a child, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. At the time of the crimes, Garofalo was employed as an assistant lacrosse coach at Valley Stream Central High School. Investigators determined he used social media to contact minors and engage …

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by Michael Mashburn
Mineola, NY
Breaking News
Disabled Woman Sexually Abused By Driver As Nassau Nonprofit Ignored Red Flags, Lawsuit Alleges Disabled Woman Sexually Abused By Driver As Nassau Nonprofit Ignored Red Flags, Lawsuit Alleges
Disabled Woman Sexually Abused By Driver As Nassau Nonprofit Ignored Red Flags, Lawsuit Alleges A Long Island nonprofit that serves people with developmental disabilities is accused of failing to stop a longtime employee from sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman in its care. The Nassau County Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC) is named in a lawsuit filed in Nassau County Court in January, accused of failing to protect a woman with severe autism who was repeatedly assaulted by an AHRC van driver over several years, according to court filings. The victim, identified in court records as L.Y., is a woman in her late 20s whose intellectual functioning is comparable to t…

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by Michael Mashburn
National Interest
Her Son Froze To Death After Cop Dad's Abuse, Now Center Moriches Mom Faces Foreclosure Her Son Froze To Death After Cop Dad's Abuse, Now Center Moriches Mom Faces Foreclosure
Her Son Froze To Death After Cop Dad's Abuse, Now Center Moriches Mom Faces Foreclosure The mother of an 8-year-old Long Island boy who froze to death after years of abuse is now facing foreclosure on her home and is asking the public for help as she works to protect her surviving children. Justyna Zubko-Valva and her children are at risk of losing their home as a foreclosure case heads to court on Wednesday, Feb. 5, nearly six years after her son Tommy’s death shocked the region, she revealed in a GoFundMe campaign. Tommy died in January 2020 after being forced to sleep in an unheated garage during below-freezing temperatures at his Center Moriches home, prosecutors said. His…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
Breaking News
Brentwood Health Aide Caught On Camera Slapping Disabled 5-Year-Old, DA Says Brentwood Health Aide Caught On Camera Slapping Disabled 5-Year-Old, DA Says
Brentwood Health Aide Caught On Camera Slapping Disabled 5-Year-Old, DA Says A Long Island home health aide was indicted after prosecutors alleged he was caught on camera repeatedly slapping and mistreating a five-year-old child with disabilities. Bruno Valenzuela, 34, of Brentwood, pleaded not guilty to endangering an incompetent person and acting in a manner injurious to a child in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Feb. 5. Valenzuela was arrested in January after the boy’s father returned home to their Port Jefferson Station residence and noticed red marks and bruising on the child’s chest and arms, as Daily Voice reported. An investigation found that Valenzuela …

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by Michael Mashburn
Saint James-Nesconset, NY
Breaking News
Cop Mom Killed By Drunk Driver In St. James Laid To Rest Ahead Of Suspect’s Arraignment: Police Cop Mom Killed By Drunk Driver In St. James Laid To Rest Ahead Of Suspect’s Arraignment: Police
Cop Mom Killed By Drunk Driver In St. James Laid To Rest Ahead Of Suspect’s Arraignment: Police As family, friends, and fellow officers gathered to honor a Nassau County Police officer, the man accused of killing her in a drunk-driving crash was being held ahead of his arraignment. Matthew Smith, 20, of Hauppauge, was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct in Selden following his arrest for driving while intoxicated in connection with the crash that killed Patricia Espinosa, Suffolk County Police said. Smith is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, Feb. 6, at First District Court in Central Islip. The update came the same day a funeral Mass was held for the 42-year-old Espinosa, 42, who wa…

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by Michael Mashburn
National Interest
Kayla Reid Lochte Airs Messy Divorce As She Launches Comeback Podcast: Report Kayla Reid Lochte Airs Messy Divorce As She Launches Comeback Podcast: Report
Kayla Reid Lochte Airs Messy Divorce As She Launches Comeback Podcast: Report Nearly a year after filing for divorce from Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, Kayla Reid Lochte is speaking publicly for the first time about the end of her marriage, co-parenting their three children, and rebuilding her life. Lochte, 34, and her estranged husband Ryan are “not in a good place” as their divorce remains unresolved nearly a year after she filed, the Fairfax, Virginia, native told People. The couple shares three children: Caiden, 8, Liv, 6, and Georgia, 2. “I really pray that he becomes the father our kids deserve,” Kayla told the outlet, adding that the two are currently “par…

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by Michael Mashburn
Shelter Island, NY
Your Community
ICE Arrests Prompt 25% Of Students To Stay Home From Greenport School, District Says ICE Arrests Prompt 25% Of Students To Stay Home From Greenport School, District Says
ICE Arrests Prompt 25% Of Students To Stay Home From Greenport School, District Says Reports of federal immigration enforcement activity rippled through a Long Island community, leaving one in four students absent from school and prompting district leaders to reassure families. Approximately 25 percent of students were absent from the Greenport Union Free School District on Wednesday, Feb. 4, following reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the village, the district confirmed. Superintendent Beth Doyle said the district shifted to a closed campus for lunch for grades 7 through 12 so students could remain on school grounds and feel safe and secur…

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by Michael Mashburn
Mastic-Shirley, NY
Obituaries
Support Swells For Family Of Man Killed In Shirley Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Brother Support Swells For Family Of Man Killed In Shirley Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Brother
Support Swells For Family Of Man Killed In Shirley Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Brother Friends, coworkers, and neighbors are coming together to support the family of a Long Island man killed in a hit-and-run crash — and his brother, who remains in critical condition. Edgar Mejia, 31, of Mastic Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene after he and his brother, Omar, were struck by a passing vehicle along William Floyd Parkway in Shirley while changing a flat tire Thursday evening, Jan. 29, as Daily Voice reported. Omar was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Investigators later arrested Jonathan Shaver, 51, of Rocky Point, and cha…

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