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Bellmore, NY
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Tow Truck Blaze, Fire Inside Office Deemed 'Suspicious' At Avi’s Auto In Hewlett: Police
A tow truck burst into flames and fire spread into a Hewlett auto body shop early Monday, June 9, prompting a multi-agency response, Nassau County police announced on Tuesday, June 10. The fire ignited in front of Avi’s Auto Center at 1205 West Broadway around 2:57 a.m., police said. Hewlett Fire Department was first on the scene and quickly knocked down the truck fire, but when smoke continued to pour from the building, crews forced their way inside, according to the fire department. Inside the office area, they discovered another small fire and extinguished it using one of two stretched h…
Island Park, NY
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Drunk Crash Into Barbershop In Island Park Leaves Driver Critical, Police Say
A suspected drunk driver is fighting for his life after crashing into a Long Island business. Emergency crews in Island Park responded to the intersection of Austin Boulevard and Emerson Place at around 12:30 a.m. Monday, June 9, for reports of a pickup truck that drove into a business on the northwest corner. Arriving officers found a ford F-150 lodged in the glass storefront of Anthony's Trendz Barbershop, Nassau County Police said. Behind the wheel was Wilson Argueta-Pena, 38, who was unconscious and pinned in the driver’s seat. Emergency Services officers extricated him from the wreck…
National Interest
Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled After Dix Hills Businessman Caught Outside Rival's Home: DA
A Long Island businessman hatched a twisted plan to kidnap, torture, and kill a former colleague, prosecutors alleged. Navdeep Singh, 48, of Dix Hills, was arraigned on felony conspiracy and criminal solicitation charges in Nassau County Court on Monday, June 9. The charges stem from an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting a man Singh had been feuding with for years over a multimillion-dollar construction deal gone sour. Singh, who owns Gravity Construction Corp., promised to pay a hitman $100,000 and 10 acres of land in India to carry out the job, according to the Nassau County DA’s offi…
Levittown, NY
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Maserati Fugitive Busted After Brawling With, Injuring Cops During Levittown Traffic Stop: PD
Two police officers were injured — one seriously — after a Long Island traffic stop turned violent, authorities said. The incident unfolded just after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, when Nassau County Police pulled over a Maserati for having an obstructed license plate cover in a parking lot on Gardiners Avenue in Levittown. During the stop, a visibly nervous front-seat passenger got out of the vehicle and tried to walk away, according to police. That man, 47-year-old Dashawn Thompkins, gave officers a fake name and date of birth, police said. Officers eventually learned that Thompkins was v…
National Interest
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: 500 Rowdy Teens Swarm Jones Beach As Police Helicopter Moves In
What started as a senior skip day tradition at Jones Beach quickly spiraled Thursday evening, June 5, as crowds of high school students got out of control, prompting a helicopter response from Nassau County police, News 12 Long Island reports. Videos shared online show a police chopper hovering over a sea of teens gathered on the sand. @long_island_foodtastic Jones Beach was shut down today because of a brawl that broke out during senior cut day on Long Island. I was at a special private event at the Gatsby watching this chaos unfold 🥴. later I saw a girl laying in the parking lot …
National Interest
Wanted NJ Burglar, 21, Caught In Nassau County With Illegal Gun, Credit Card Scanner: Police
A 21-year-old man wanted for a New Jersey burglary was pulled over in Hewlett and found with an illegal gun, a USPS jacket, and credit card scam equipment, Nassau County police said. Loquinne Mathis Jr., of Beach 101st Street in Rockaway Park, was driving a 2009 Mazda westbound on Main Street near Howland Road in East Rockaway when Fourth Precinct officers spotted the vehicle with no front license plate, according to detectives. Police stopped the car around 9:27 a.m. on Broadway near East Rockaway Road on Monday, June 2. During the traffic stop, officers discovered Mathis was driving with…
Seaford, NY
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Seaford Man Beat Lyft Driver With Bat In Late-Night Attack, Police Say
A Long Island man is facing serious charges after allegedly attacking a Lyft driver with a bat during a violent late-night argument, police said. Emergency crews were called about an assault on Sidney Court in Seaford at around 3:45 a.m. Friday, May 30, Nassau County Police said. A 41-year-old man told officers he was operating as a Lyft driver when he got into an argument with 46-year-old James Turchi, of Seaford. The dispute escalated when Turchi knocked the victim’s phone out of his hand, damaging it, and then struck the victim multiple times in the head and knee with a bat, police said.…
Hicksville, NY
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Officer Injured By Woman Dining And Dashing In Hicksville, Police Say
A Long Island woman allegedly skipped out on a meal and injured a police officer who tried to arrest her in Hicksville, authorities announced on Wednesday, May 28. Ruoqiong Shi, 29, of Plainview, ordered and ate at Potasia, a restaurant on 600 S. Oyster Bay Road, around 3:50 p.m., but left without paying, Nassau County detectives said. Officers found Shi nearby a short time later. When they attempted to take her into custody, she allegedly became violent, injuring an officer’s arm and leg, police said. Both the officer and Shi were transported to local hospitals for evaluation. Shi was cha…
National Interest
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: $1M Theft At Kolstein's In Baldwin Is More Revenge From Ex-Boss, Owner Says
A Long Island music store owner whose father is accused of stealing more than $1 million in rare instruments says the criminal case against him is part of a long-running battle over control of the historic shop. Manuel Alvarez, 61, of East Rockaway, was arrested after Nassau County police say he removed over $1 million in musical instruments and items from Kolstein Music in Baldwin, and transported them to an undisclosed location in Florida, Nassau County Police said. But his son, Manny Alvarez, who has been the owner of the music shop for nearly seven years, tells a different story. “Barr…
Hempstead, NY
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Alert Issued For 13-Year-Old Hempstead Boy Missing 3 Days
Authorities are asking for help in locating a missing teenager from Long Island. Jasiah Logan, 13, was last seen in Hempstead at around noon on Saturday, May 24, according to Nassau County Police. Relatives reported him missing on Tuesday, May 27. Logan is 5-feet tall and 102 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a Nike Tec hoodie, and is known to frequent the Freeport area, police said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Nassau County Police at 516-573-7347. Share this story by clicking the Facebook icon below. Check back to Daily Voice for updates…
Plainview-Old Bethpage, NY
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House Fire Kills Two Dogs, Cat; Plainview Tenant Charged With Arson, Animal : Police
A fire that killed two dogs and a cat inside a Plainview home led to the arrest of a tenant on arson and animal cruelty charges, Nassau County Police announced on Tuesday, May 27. Jahan Kia, 40, is accused of setting a blaze inside the basement stairwell of a home on Eileen Avenue around 7:50 p.m. on Monday, May 26, according to a release from the Arson Bomb Squad. Firefighters from Bethpage and surrounding departments responded quickly and extinguished the flames. No people were inside the residence at the time, but two dogs and a cat were found dead, police said. Kia, identified as a ten…
Roslyn, NY
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‘An Unimaginable Void’: Death Of Roslyn Middle Schooler Triggers Flood Of Support For Family
Nathan Ha had his whole life ahead of him. Now, the 12-year-old middle schooler’s family and friends are leaning on each other as they try to make sense of his unexpected loss following a collision on a Nassau County road. Nathan, a seventh grader at Roslyn Middle School, was crossing outside of a crosswalk on Middle Neck Road near Northern Boulevard, when he was struck by a pickup truck at around 6:40 p.m. on Monday, May 19, according to Nassau County Police. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but died shortly after arriving, as Daily Voice reported. The 18-year-old driv…
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