Drunk Driver Who Killed Grandma In Cutchogue Crash, Fled To Poland Dragged Back To Face Justice
A Long Island resident who killed a woman in a drunken car crash, then fled to Poland to avoid the consequences, has been returned to the U.S., authorities said Tuesday, March 24.
Adam Chrzanowski, 45, arrived in the U.S. on Monday, March 23 to face charges in the death of Elizabeth Post, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.
Chrzanowski, previously of Riverhead, crossed a double yellow line while trying to pass another vehicle while driving a 2021 Toyota RAV4 eastbound on Main Road through Cutchogue around 6 p.m. on March 6, 2022, investigators said.
His vehicle slammed head-…
High Speeds, High On Weed: LI Driver Cops To Killing Sister, Friend In Pot-Fueled 123 MPH Wreck
A Queens man admitted he was high on marijuana and speeding at 123 mph when he lost control of a vehicle and crashed, killing his sister and her friend, prosecutors said Tuesday, March 24.
Jaden D’Souza, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges in the wreck that killed his sister, 21-year-old Haily D’Souza, and her friend, 23-year-old Crystal Alba-Figueroa, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
“His reckless disregard for his passengers – his family and friends – ended with his sister and a friend dead, and another passenger who is lucky to be aliv…
Gunfire At Baby Shower Leads To Hefty Sentence For Central Islip Man
A man who opened fire outside a baby shower, sending bullets into a parked vehicle, will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced as a repeat offender, authorities said.
Michael Lyles, a 37-year-old Central Islip man, was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison after a shooting outside a baby shower in North Amityville, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Monday, March 23.
Lyles was attending the baby shower at the North Amityville Fire Department on Jan. 27, 2024, when a fight broke out and spilled outside, Suffolk County prosecutors said. Surveillance video showed Ly…
Illegal Gambling Room At Uniondale Deli Busted, Cops Say
A Long Island deli was running an illegal gambling room in the back before Sunday’s arrest of the owner, authorities said Monday, March 23.
Jose Amaya Barquero, 51, had six electronic gaming machines in the back of G&G Deli and Grocery in Uniondale, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Cops searched the deli around 7:25 p.m. on Sunday, March 22 as part of a quality of life initiative, the police department said. They discovered a hidden room accessible by remote magnetic latch, investigators said.
Inside the room were the six illegal machines and $6,096 in cash, authorities said. …
