Construction Begins On $27M Project To Improve Connectivity From LIE To Crooked Hill Road Construction Begins On $27M Project To Improve Connectivity From LIE To Crooked Hill Road
Construction Begins On $27M Project To Improve Connectivity From LIE To Crooked Hill Road Construction is now underway on a $27 million project to provide motorists quicker access from the Long Island Expressway to several shopping and recreation areas. On Thursday, Sept. 15, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the project to modify Exit 53 has begun. The goal of the project is to improve connectivity from the LIE to shopping, commerce, and recreation on and near Crooked Hill Road. The project will allow motorists to easily access several shopping areas in Commack, industrial areas in Brentwood, Deer Park, and Hauppauge, the Michael J. Grant campus of Suffolk County Community…
7 Charged During Sobriety Checkpoint At Busy Patchogue Intersection 7 Charged During Sobriety Checkpoint At Busy Patchogue Intersection
7 Charged During Sobriety Checkpoint At Busy Patchogue Intersection Seven people were charged during an overnight sobriety checkpoint overnight at a busy Long Island intersection. It was conducted in Patchogue at Waverly Avenue and North Service Road between 11:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, and 2:20 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department’s Highway Patrol Bureau conducted the joint operation with New York State troopers. A total of 400 vehicles went through the checkpoint. The following people were arrested and charged: Gloria Torres Lema, age 28, of Bellport was charged with aggravated driving while …
24-Year-Old From Northport Critically Injured In Head-On Fort Salonga Crash 24-Year-Old From Northport Critically Injured In Head-On Fort Salonga Crash
24-Year-Old From Northport Critically Injured In Head-On Fort Salonga Crash Police are investigating a head-on crash that has left a Long Island man with serious injuries. It happened around 4:40 p.m. Thursday, July 28 in Fort Salonga. Kenneth Gallagher, age 24, of Northport, was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck westbound on Fort Salonga Road when the vehicle collided head-on with a box truck that was traveling eastbound, Suffolk County Police said. Gallagher was transported by Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition, according to police.  The driver of the box truck, a 25-year-old Hauppauge m…
Suspect In String Of Business Burglaries Caught On Long Island Expressway Suspect In String Of Business Burglaries Caught On Long Island Expressway
Suspect In String Of Business Burglaries Caught On Long Island Expressway A suspect in a string of nine burglaries of businesses in Suffolk County was apprehended after a stop on the Long Island Expressway, police said. Following a months-long investigation, the suspect was located just after 10:10 p.m. Friday, July 22 in Dix Hills on the westbound LIE at Commack Road, Suffolk County Police. The man, Robert Blackmore, age 54, of Ronkonkoma, threw a rock at the glass, entered and stole cash from several businesses in Suffolk County since January, according to police.  Blackmore with nine counts of third-degree burglary for allegedly …
$34.2M Recovered For Thousands Of Service Members Defrauded By NY Jeweler $34.2M Recovered For Thousands Of Service Members Defrauded By NY Jeweler
$34.2M Recovered For Thousands Of Service Members Defrauded By NY Jeweler A New York-based jewelry chain will pay $34.2 million as part of a settlement with 18 states for “deceiving and defrauding” more than 46,000 service members and veterans, according to the New York Attorney General’s Office. Long Island-based Harris Jewelry, headquartered in Hauppauge, had been accused of using deceptive marketing tactics to lure active-duty service members to their financing program and of falsely claiming that investing in the program would improve customers’ credit scores. The company also made customers believe that protection plans were required to purchase jewelry and…
Former Fire Chief On Long Island Dies During Training At Age 49 Former Fire Chief On Long Island Dies During Training At Age 49
Former Fire Chief On Long Island Dies During Training At Age 49 A former Long Island fire chief suddenly died over the weekend while training with the Suffolk County Urban Search and Rescue Team, Hauppauge Fire Department said on Facebook.  Stephen A. Feron, age 49, suffered a medical event while attending a watercraft rescue operations training at Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Saturday, June 11, FirefightersCloseCalls.com Feron served as the chief of the Department from 2018 to 2019, the post read. His father, Stephen B. Feron, also served as chief of Department from 1985 through 1988. Neighboring fire departments came out …
Wrong-Way Driver Charged With DUI After Stealing Beer On Long Island Wrong-Way Driver Charged With DUI After Stealing Beer On Long Island
Wrong-Way Driver Charged With DUI After Stealing Beer On Long Island A Long Island man is facing jail time after allegedly driving drunk and then stealing beer from a gas station. Lance Broussand, age 37, of Hauppauge, was busted early Wednesday morning, June 8, after he was spotted driving the wrong way on Veterans Memorial Highway in Smithtown, according to Suffolk County Police. He then stopped at a Speedway store on Smithtown Bypass at around 2:30 a.m., where he stole two cases of beer, police said. Broussand was arrested in the store’s parking lot as he tried to leave, according to police.  He was charged with driving while intoxicated and petit …
ID Released For 26-Year-Old Killed In Hauppauge Crash That Left Four Others Injured ID Released For 26-Year-Old Killed In Hauppauge Crash That Left Four Others Injured
ID Released For 26-Year-Old Killed In Hauppauge Crash That Left Four Others Injured Police have released the identity of a Long Island man killed in a crash that also injured four others. Brendan Haverty, age 26, of Riverhead was killed around 1:30 a.m., Monday, June 6, in the two-vehicle crash in Hauppauge, said the Suffolk County Police. Daneris Garcia Marquez was driving a 2011 Ford Econoline westbound on Route 347 when her vehicle collided with a 2019 Toyota Camry traveling northbound on Brooksite Drive, driven by Abhishek Mukherjee, police said. See Earlier Story: One Killed, Four Injured In Hauppauge Crash Haverty, a passenger in the Toyota, was pronounced dea…
One Killed, Four Injured In Hauppauge Crash One Killed, Four Injured In Hauppauge Crash
One Killed, Four Injured In Hauppauge Crash Updated story: ID Released For 26-Year-Old Killed In Hauppauge Crash That Left Four Others Injured One person was killed and four injured in an early-morning crash on Long Island. The crash took place in Hauppauge, around 1:35 a.m. Monday, June 6 on Route 347 and Brooksite Drive. The person who died was a man, said the Suffolk County Police. Westbound Route 347 in Hauppauge was closed, but has since reopened, police said. Police have not yet released additional information, including the ID of the victim. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. This is a developing st…
Woman Charged After Fatal Hit-Run Long Island Crash Woman Charged After Fatal Hit-Run Long Island Crash
Woman Charged After Fatal Hit-Run Long Island Crash A 22-year-old woman has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run crash at a Long Island intersection. The crash happened around 10:15 p.m. Monday, May 23 in Hauppauge. A motor vehicle, believed to be a sedan, was traveling eastbound on Motor Parkway when it collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Moreland Road, Suffolk County Police said. The vehicle then left the roadway, and struck the woman standing on the sidewalk before fleeing the scene eastbound on Motor Parkway, according to police. The victim, identified as Cherokee Fletcher, age 28, of Commack, was pron…
Man Fleeing Scene Of Hauppauge Crash Struck, Killed By 18-Wheeler, Police Say Man Fleeing Scene Of Hauppauge Crash Struck, Killed By 18-Wheeler, Police Say
Man Fleeing Scene Of Hauppauge Crash Struck, Killed By 18-Wheeler, Police Say A man who was allegedly fleeing the scene of a single-car crash on Long Island was hit and killed by an 18-wheel truck. The incident took place in Hauppauge around 2:20 p.m., Wednesday, May 25. Joseph Suozzo, age 60, of Jupiter, Florida, was driving a 2006 Jeep Cherokee eastbound on Bridge Road when he veered off the road and struck a tree, said the Suffolk County Police. Suozzo fled the scene on foot and crossed onto Long Island Motor Parkway, which runs parallel to Bridge Road, and was struck by an 18-wheeler truck approximately 1,000 feet east of Milford Drive, police said. He was pron…
ID Released For Woman Killed In Hit-Run Long Island Crash ID Released For Woman Killed In Hit-Run Long Island Crash
ID Released For Woman Killed In Hit-Run Long Island Crash The identity has been released of a woman killed in a hit-and-run crash at a Long Island intersection. It happened around 10:15 p.m. Monday, May 23 in Hauppauge. A motor vehicle, believed to be a sedan, was traveling eastbound on Motor Parkway when it collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Moreland Road, Suffolk County Police said. The vehicle then left the roadway, and struck the woman standing on the sidewalk before fleeing the scene eastbound on Motor Parkway, according to police. The victim, now identified as Cherokee Fletcher, age 28, of Commack, was pronounce…