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Massapequa ‘American Idol’ Star Overcame Stutter To Reach Top 20: Here’s How To Vote For Him Massapequa ‘American Idol’ Star Overcame Stutter To Reach Top 20: Here’s How To Vote For Him
Massapequa ‘American Idol’ Star Overcame Stutter To Reach Top 20: Here’s How To Vote For Him Long Island's Jesse Findling will take one step closer to making his dream come true on “American Idol” on Monday night, March 16 when he performs as one of the show’s top 20 contestants. Fleming, a 20-year-old born and raised in Massapequa Park, has been one of the most talked-about singers on the show’s 24th season for his ability to overcome his stutter while performing. “Singing has always been something I’ve loved because I don’t stutter when I sing,” Findling told Binghamton University News. “It was always like an escape for me and a way for me to say things without worrying about wha…
Power Outages, Flooding Possible In Monday Night Thunderstorm On Long Island Power Outages, Flooding Possible In Monday Night Thunderstorm On Long Island
Power Outages, Flooding Possible In Monday Night Thunderstorm On Long Island A powerful thunderstorm is expected to bring significant wind gusts and about an inch of rain to Long Island on Monday night, March 16, according to weather forecasters. Nassau and Suffolk counties will both be under wind advisories due to the storm until 4 a.m. Tuesday, with National Weather Service meteorologists predicting isolated gusts up to 55 mph. High winds are projected throughout the island, with maximum-strength gusts possible from Montauk to Riverhead to Islip and even just east of John F. Kennedy Airport, according to the National Weather Service. “Gusty winds will blow around…
Shots Fired At Moving Car In Hampton Bays, Juvenile Suspect Arrested: Police Shots Fired At Moving Car In Hampton Bays, Juvenile Suspect Arrested: Police
Shots Fired At Moving Car In Hampton Bays, Juvenile Suspect Arrested: Police A Long Island juvenile opened fire on a moving vehicle with two people inside over the weekend, but no one was hurt, authorities said Monday, March 16. The juvenile suspect, who was identified only as a male, was arrested hours after the shooting on Saturday, March 14, the Southampton Town Police Department said in an alert. Cops began investigating after a person pulled up to police headquarters in Hampton Bays around 6:45 p.m. and reported their vehicle was struck by gunfire while they were driving on Red Creek Road near Dewey Lane, police said. The vehicle had multiple bullet holes, but …
Teen Girl Disappears From Halfmoon Home, Cops Say Teen Girl Disappears From Halfmoon Home, Cops Say
Teen Girl Disappears From Halfmoon Home, Cops Say A 17-year-old New York girl went missing Sunday, March 15 from her home in Halfmoon, authorities said. Cheyenne Quick was reported missing Monday, March 16 by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. She was last seen wearing a dark red coat and blue jeans. Cheyenne is 4 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs around 215 pounds, according to a missing persons alert. She has brown hair and brown eyes. No further details about her disappearance were released. Anyone who spots her is encouraged to call the Saratoga County Sheriff at 518-885-6761.
MTA Cop, Wife Lose Long Island Apartment In Devastating Fire MTA Cop, Wife Lose Long Island Apartment In Devastating Fire
MTA Cop, Wife Lose Long Island Apartment In Devastating Fire An MTA police officer and his wife lost their apartment in a devastating fire last week on Long Island, according to an online fundraiser launched for the couple. Omar and Alana Johnson escaped the flames unharmed but lost all their possessions to the blaze, according to a GoFundMe launched Friday, March 13. “The road to rebuilding will be long, and right now they are starting over from scratch,” organizer Ryan McHale wrote in the fundraiser. Omar Johnson is an MTA police sergeant who “has dedicated his career to serving and protecting the public,” McHale wrote. “Day in and day out, he sh…
Corinth Man Punches Victim In Face, Steals Phone, Smashes TV In Wild 3 A.M. Assault: Police Corinth Man Punches Victim In Face, Steals Phone, Smashes TV In Wild 3 A.M. Assault: Police
Corinth Man Punches Victim In Face, Steals Phone, Smashes TV In Wild 3 A.M. Assault: Police A New York man repeatedly punched a victim in the face, stole their phone and smashed a television in a domestic incident early Sunday, March 15, authorities said. Dillan Madison, 31, was arrested and hit with a top charge of felony aggravated family offense, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said. He had previously been charged with the same crime within the past five years, police said. Cops responded to 56 Antone Mountain Road in Corinth just after 3 a.m. Sunday for a domestic disturbance call and arrested Madison at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. In addition to his physical as…
Corrections Officer Indicted After 106-MPH Amityville Crash Kills Unborn Child Corrections Officer Indicted After 106-MPH Amityville Crash Kills Unborn Child
Corrections Officer Indicted After 106-mph Amityville Crash Kills Unborn Child A state corrections officer has been indicted after prosecutors say he drove more than 100 mph through a residential street before crashing head-on into another car, seriously injuring two people and killing a pregnant woman’s unborn child. Andre-Marcel Devieux, 28, of Amityville, was indicted on assault and other charges following the crash in Suffolk County, District Attorney Ray Tierney announced Friday, March 13. Devieux was employed as a corrections officer at Fishkill Correctional Facility at the time of the crash, and investigators say his driving privileges were suspended. …
VIDEO: Man Bites Cop, Crawls Through Copiague Target In Long Island Sex Sting VIDEO: Man Bites Cop, Crawls Through Copiague Target In Long Island Sex Sting
Video: Man Bites Cop, Crawls Through Copiague Target In Long Island Sex Sting A Long Island man was seen on video biting a police officer and crawling through a Target in an attempt to resist arrest in what began as an attempt to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex, according to footage released by the group New York Predator Hunters (NYPH). NYPH shared a video of the man they identified as Mark Zimmerman, a 44-year-old from Massapequa, meeting them inside the Target in Copiague. The group said they had posed as a 14-year-old girl and set up a meeting with Zimmerman at the store in a “To Catch A Predator”-style sting. When Zimmerman arrived, the video shows a “preda…
Albany Woman Conned 92-Year-Old Into Sending $13K for ‘Lottery Taxes’: Cops Albany Woman Conned 92-Year-Old Into Sending $13K for ‘Lottery Taxes’: Cops
Albany Woman Conned 92-Year-Old Into Sending $13K for ‘Lottery Taxes’: Cops A New York woman swiped $13,000 from a 92-year-old woman by convincing her she won the lottery, police said Friday, March 13. Alicia Stanley, a 35-year-old Albany resident, told the victim in Glasgow, KY, she would need to pay taxes via cashier’s check to collect her winnings, the Albany Police Department said. The woman sent two cashier’s checks totalling $10,232, along with $2,800 in cash to an address in Albany, according to investigators. Stanley called the victim between Tuesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 5, according to police. Glasgow cops alerted Albany authorities on March 5, and…
Speeding Drunk Driver Faces 19 Charges In Death Of Cop In Saint James: Suffolk DA Speeding Drunk Driver Faces 19 Charges In Death Of Cop In Saint James: Suffolk DA
Speeding Drunk Driver Faces 19 Charges In Death Of Cop In Saint James: Suffolk DA A drunk-driving Long Island man who killed a Nassau County police officer was indicted Friday, March 13 on numerous charges, authorities said. Matthew Smith, 20, of Hauppauge, was accused of 19 crimes, including two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of Nassau County Police Officer Patricia Espinosa, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Smith’s blood-alcohol level was 0.20, and he was driving 70 mph in a 30 mph zone on Alexander Avenue before running a red light and slamming into Espinosa’s patrol vehicle at an intersection with Route 347 in Saint James arou…
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