Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Crash At Long Island Intersection 21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Crash At Long Island Intersection
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Crash At Long Island Intersection Police are investigating a crash at a busy Long Island intersection that killed a woman overnight. It happened around 11 p.m. Monday, July 4 in Lindenhurst. A 23-year-old Copiague woman was driving a 2009 Toyota sedan westbound on Sunrise Highway (Route 27) when the vehicle turned left onto southbound Straight Path and was struck on the passenger side by an eastbound 2020 Honda SUV driven by a 33-year-old Oakdale man, Suffolk County Police said. Emely Tejada, 21, of Amityville, a front-seat passenger in the Toyota, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Amityville Woman Killed, Two Others Injured In Copiague Crash Amityville Woman Killed, Two Others Injured In Copiague Crash
Amityville Woman Killed, Two Others Injured In Copiague Crash Police are investigating a crash that killed a woman and seriously injured two other people on Long Island. It happened around 10:50 a.m. Thursday, June 6 in Copiague. Carolyn Merhige, age 85, of Amityville, was driving a 2019 Subaru Cross Trek eastbound on Sunrise Highway when she suffered what appears to be a medical emergency and struck a 2021 Dodge Durango that was stopped at a red light at the intersection of New Highway, Suffolk County Police said. Merhige was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where she was pronounced dead, said police.&nb…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
News
Know Him? Man Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card To Make Purchases In Amityville Know Him? Man Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card To Make Purchases In Amityville
Know Him? Man Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Card To Make Purchases In Amityville Police investigators on Long Island are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating a wanted man who allegedly used a stolen credit card that was taken from an unlocked vehicle earlier this month. In Copiague, police said that a wallet containing a credit card was stolen from an unlocked car on Great Neck Road between Tuesday, May 17, and Wednesday, May 18. According to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers, the credit card was then later used to make purchases at 7-Eleven on Merrick Road in Amityville. The incident remains under investigation. It is unclear how much was charged t…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Home Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Home
Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Home A fast-moving fire tore through a Long Island home, prompting a heavy response from first responders in the region. The blaze broke out shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 in Copiague inside a private residence on Dante Place, officials said A total of four departments responded to the scene to battle the blaze, which destroyed the Copiague home after it tore through the residence. It is unclear what caused the fire, which remains under investigation. No injuries were reported.

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by Zak Failla
Fort Lee, NJ
News
ID Thieves From Long Island, Queens Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' Bergen Prosecutor Says ID Thieves From Long Island, Queens Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' Bergen Prosecutor Says
ID Thieves From Long Island, Queens Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' Bergen Prosecutor Says Fourteen credit cards stolen from different victims were found in a secret compartment of a vehicle owned by a Queens man who was arrested with an accomplice from Long Island during a stop in Leonia, authorities said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotic Task Force also found cocaine in the “sophisticated electronically operated” stash compartment after stopping Jose Pichardo, 36, of Corona and Robert Diaz, 37, of Copiague on Thursday, March 31. The investigators charged both men with credit card theft, ID theft and minor drug possession and sent them to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Police Search For Duo Involved In Assault Of 78-Year-Old Man In Copiague Police Search For Duo Involved In Assault Of 78-Year-Old Man In Copiague
Police Search For Duo Involved In Assault Of 78-Year-Old Man In Copiague Police have asked the public for help locating two people connected to the assault of a 78-year-old man in a Long Island parking lot.  The incident happened at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 14, in Copiague, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. A suspect assaulted the victim in the parking lot of Spiffy Lube Autocare, which is located at 990 Montauk Highway, and fled the scene in a white Mercedes Benz G-Wagon SUV with a black bumper and roof, SCPD reported.  The suspect was described as being a white man, who is between about 30 and 35 years old and about 6 feet …

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by Nicole Valinote
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Nassau County Detectives Shoot Man Who Threatened Them With Knife In Suffolk, Police Say Nassau County Detectives Shoot Man Who Threatened Them With Knife In Suffolk, Police Say
Nassau County Detectives Shoot Man Who Threatened Them With Knife In Suffolk, Police Say A man was hospitalized with serious injuries after he threatened detectives with a knife and they shot him, police reported.  The incident happened in Copiague at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, and it involved Nassau County Police detectives, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.  Suffolk Police said the detectives were interviewing a 39-year-old man outside of his home on Buchanan Avenue about an incident that happened in Nassau County at an earlier date when the man charged at the detectives and threatened them with the knife. The detectives shot the man, w…

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Alert Issued By Suffolk County Sheriff's Office For Man Wanted Since 2019 Alert Issued By Suffolk County Sheriff's Office For Man Wanted Since 2019
Alert Issued By Suffolk County Sheriff's Office For Man Wanted Since 2019 Know him? 
 An alert was issued by police investigators on Long Island as they attempt to locate a man who has been wanted for more than two years for failing to pay thousands of dollars worth of child support. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public's assistance in locating Andrew Alaggio, age 64, who is wanted on a Family Court warrant of arrest for failing to pay child support, authorities announced. As of December 2019 - when the warrant was issued for Alaggio’s arrest - he owed approximately $5,000 in back child support, according to the Sheriff's Office. Alaggio wa…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Obituaries
Longtime Director Of Funeral Home In Suffolk Dies Longtime Director Of Funeral Home In Suffolk Dies
Longtime Director Of Funeral Home In Suffolk Dies A longtime owner and director of a Long Island funeral home has died at the age of 89. David A. D’Andrea, of Copiague, formerly of Babylon, and the co-owner of the D'Andrea Brothers Funeral Home in Suffolk County died on Tuesday, March 8. Born and raised in Amityville, D'Andrea graduated from Amityville High School and went on to serve in the US Navy, said his obituary. He earned his license in mortuary science at Simmons Institute of Funeral Service in Syracuse and in 1957 opened D’Andrea Brothers Funeral Home in Copiague, a business that he ran with his brother Richard for more than 30 y…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suffolk County Man Killed In Crash With Mack Truck Suffolk County Man Killed In Crash With Mack Truck
Suffolk County Man Killed In Crash With Mack Truck A man was killed in a crash with a Mack truck on a busy Long Island roadway. Robert Favichia, age 57, of Copiague was killed around 5:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 25 in Lindenhurst. Favichia was driving a 2001 Dodge pickup truck eastbound on Montauk Highway when his vehicle struck a 2009 Mack truck that was backing out of an alley in front of 51 Montauk Highway, according to Suffolk County Police. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the Mack truck, Erik James, age 43, of Brentwood, was not injured. T…

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by Kathy Reakes
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Found Dead, Woman Seriously Injured Inside Long Island Home Man Found Dead, Woman Seriously Injured Inside Long Island Home
Man Found Dead, Woman Seriously Injured Inside Long Island Home Police on Long Island are investigating after a man was found dead and a woman in serious condition inside a home. Suffolk County police officers responded to the Copiague residence around 8:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 27. According to detectives, when officers arrived, they found a 79-year-old man dead and a 49-year-old woman seriously injured. The woman was rushed to a hospital in serious but stable condition, police said. Detectives are investigating the carbon monoxide levels inside the residence and say the nature of the incident appears to be non-criminal.

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by Kathy Reakes
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Crashes Into Nassau County PD Cruiser While Resisting Drug Charges Arrest, Police Say Man Crashes Into Nassau County PD Cruiser While Resisting Drug Charges Arrest, Police Say
Man Crashes Into Nassau County PD Cruiser While Resisting Drug Charges Arrest, Police Say A 33-year-old Long Island man was charged after authorities said he crashed into a police vehicle while resisting arrest on drug charges. Sean Crombie, of Copiague, was arrested following a fatal overdose investigation that occurred on Saturday, Dec. 25, in East Meadow, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Police were investigating the fatal overdose of a Nassau County resident.  NCPD said Crombie resisted arrest and tried to flee the scene in his vehicle and crashed into a Nassau County Police Department vehicle. After the crash, police were able to arrest Crombie, NCPD…

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by Nicole Valinote