Going Postal: $4M Check Theft Scheme Through JFK Airport Lands USPS Workers Prison Time
Two U.S. postal workers who stole more than $4 million in checks from John F. Kennedy Airport were sentenced Tuesday, April 14, federal authorities said.
Kevaughn Wellington, 33, got five years in prison, while his co-conspirator Ky-Mani Straker, 26, was sentenced to one year, the Justice Department said.
“The defendants' brazen selfishness not only violated the public trust, but directly harmed the citizens they were supposed to serve by illegally siphoning funds – resources those people were relying on – for their own personal gain,” Secret Service agent Matt McCool said.
Wellington, of …
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Pre-Dawn Brentwood Car Crash, Police Say
A Long Island driver struck and killed a young woman walking across the street early Wednesday morning, April 15, police said.
Melody Quinones, 21, of Brentwood, was in the roadway on Washington Avenue in Brentwood around 5:10 a.m. when a vehicle traveling southbound crashed into her, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
She was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.
A 20-year-old Brentwood man was driving the 2010 Volkswagen when he struck Quinones, cops said. He remained at the scene and was not injured in the c…
North Woodmere Father Of Four Dies Weeks After Devastating Tesla Wreck: Reports
A Long Island father of four has died from his injuries following a serious crash last month, according to reports published Wednesday, April 15.
Moshe (Moe) Kreindler, 39, suffered devastating injuries in the Thursday, March 19 wreck in Woodmere, Yeshiva World News reported. He was pronounced dead Wednesday morning.
Kreindler, a North Woodmere resident, was driving his 2023 Tesla on University Street and attempting to turn left onto Branch Boulevard when he collided with a 2019 Honda Accord, Nassau County Police said at the time.
Both drivers, including the 24-year-old man steering the Ac…
Bad Santa: SantaCon Organizer From Hewitt Spent $1.3M ‘Charity’ Cash On Lux Life, Feds Say
The organizer behind SantaCon stole more than $1 million meant for charity and spent it on lavish personal vacations, luxury properties, and a Michelin-star meal, federal authorities said Wednesday, April 15.
Stefan Pildes, 50, of Hewitt, NJ, pitched the annual bar crawl as a charity event, with proceeds going “directly to Santa’s charity drive.” With that pitch, he raised $2.7 million between 2019 and 2024, according to the feds.
But more than half of that money landed in an account belonging to “Creative Opportunities Group,” which Pildes controlled and used “freely to finance various per…
Body Of Oyster Bay's Brittany Kritis-Garip Found In Long Island Sound, Police Confirm
The woman found dead in Long Island Sound earlier this week has been identified as a Nassau County resident who may have been in a state of psychosis when she disappeared last month, police said Wednesday, April 15.
Brittany Kritis-Garip, 32, was last seen alive on Friday, March 20 around 8 p.m. in Oyster Bay, according to authorities. Her body was discovered Monday, April 13 just before 8 p.m. in Lloyd Harbor, police said.
Kritis-Garip’s death is believed to be noncriminal in nature, the Suffolk County Police Department said Wednesday. Her official cause of death remains under investigatio…
