Pregnant Coram Mom In ‘Vegetative State’ After Crash With Dump Truck, Fundraiser Launched
A Long Island mother of two suffered a “severe and irreversible” brain injury in a car crash last month, leaving her in a vegetative state and unlikely to recover, according to her loved ones.
Tanya Fernandez, 39, was seven months pregnant at the time of the crash on Wednesday, April 15, her family wrote in an online fundraiser.
Fernandez’s child was delivered via emergency C-section and remains in the NICU, organizer Tatiana Fernandez wrote in the GoFundMe.
“Tanya also leaves behind her 8-year-old son, Sebastian, who could always be found glued to his mother's side,” Tatiana Fernandez wro…
Long Island Man Torches SUV In New Cassel Parking Lot: Cops
A Long Island man torched an SUV in a parking lot, then fled the scene Thursday, April 30, police said.
Oma Puzie, 52, covered a gray 2011 Honda Pilot in accelerant before setting the vehicle on fire in a parking lot at 735 Prospect Avenue in New Cassel, the Nassau County Police Department said Friday, May 1.
Firefighters and police responded to the fire around 4:50 p.m. Thursday, and the Westbury Fire Department extinguished the flames, cops said. No one was injured in the incident.
Puzie, of Hempstead, was located nearby and arrested. He was charged with third-degree arson, and his arrai…
Teen Hauling 150 Pounds Of Marijuana Busted In Clifton Park: Police
A teenager hauling 150 pounds of marijuana was arrested in the Capital Region on Monday, April 27, state police said.
Louie Diabo, 19, was pulled over while driving on Interstate 87 through Clifton Park for vehicle and traffic violations, New York State Police said Thursday, April 30.
Diabo, of Hogansburg, near the Canadian border in Franklin County, was carrying 150 pounds of marijuana packed into vacuum-sealed bags inside his vehicle, cops said.
The teen was arrested at the scene, arraigned in Clifton Park court on a charge of first-degree criminal cannabis possession, and released …
MS-13 Machete Attacks Land Teen LI Gangsters Lengthy Prison Terms: Authorities
Two teenage Long Island MS-13 gangsters have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for a pair of machete attacks, authorities announced Thursday, April 30.
Pedro Martinez Velasquez and Kelvin Martinez, both 19, were sentenced to 12 years behind bars and five years of probation, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
The duo pleaded guilty on Feb. 24 to attempted murder, conspiracy, and assault for two group attacks in 2024, one at a Hempstead soccer field and the other at a Uniondale laundromat, prosecutors said.
In the first assault, Velasquez and Martinez were part o…
Glen Head Doc Sold Percocet, Xanax, Adderall Scripts With Son: Authorities
A Long Island doctor offered opioid and amphetamine prescriptions to anyone willing to pay in a blatant scheme with his son, authorities said Thursday, April 30.
Richard Taubman, 71, and his 33-year-old son, Eric, were arraigned Thursday on more than 20 charges for the scheme dating to 2022, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Taubman, of Glen Head, had previously worked as an OBGYN and retired, but then opened a new non-surgical weight loss practice in Islandia in early 2022, prosecutors said.
From April 2022 through June 2022, Taubman wrote dozens of prescriptions for Perc…
