Brentwood, NY
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Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car Outside Long Island Fitness Center Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car Outside Long Island Fitness Center Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car Outside Long Island Fitness Center
Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car Outside Long Island Fitness Center A man is recovering after being struck by a car in the parking lot of a Long Island fitness center. The incident happened at around 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, in Riverhead, just outside the Planet Fitness on Old Country Road. According to Riverhead Police, a 52-year-old woman was driving a Honda pickup truck through the parking lot when she struck the victim, identified as a 68-year-old Aquebogue man. The man was initially taken by ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead and was transferred to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore.  Police did not elaborate on the…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island
Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island A 5-year-old boy has died one day after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool on Long Island. Emergency crews were initially called at around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, after the boy’s mother found him in the pool at their East Moriches home on Woodcrest Drive, according to Suffolk County Police. The 44-year-old woman performed CPR on the boy until medics arrived and took him to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.  He was later transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition. On Thursday, Aug. 24, police revealed that the boy died at the hospital. …

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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36-Year-Old Stabs Victim During Fight At Long Island Home, Police Say 36-Year-Old Stabs Victim During Fight At Long Island Home, Police Say 36-Year-Old Stabs Victim During Fight At Long Island Home, Police Say
36-Year-Old Stabs Victim During Fight At Long Island Home, Police Say A 36-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly stabbing another person during a fight at a Long Island home. The incident happened at around 1 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at a residence in Westhampton, according to Southampton Police. Detectives said Ricky Harris, of Westhampton, turned himself into police after allegedly stabbing the victim, who is known to him, during a physical altercation. Doctors called police when the victim showed up to Peconic Bay Medical Center suffering from a non-life-threatening stab wound. No other details about the victim were released and police did not specul…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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'This Is Where You Die': Scorned Woman Slashed BF's Neck During Long Island Attack, Jury Finds 'This Is Where You Die': Scorned Woman Slashed BF's Neck During Long Island Attack, Jury Finds 'This Is Where You Die': Scorned Woman Slashed BF's Neck During Long Island Attack, Jury Finds
'This Is Where You Die': Scorned Woman Slashed BF's Neck During Long Island Attack, Jury Finds A scorned woman upset over a pending breakup slashed her boyfriend’s neck before chasing him off the Long Island Expressway into a wooded area, a jury has found. Claudia Garcia Vargas, age 54, of Queens, was convicted of assault in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, July 25. The jury’s decision came almost a year to the day after Vargas picked up her boyfriend of seven years from his job in Queens on July 23, 2022. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, the man told Vargas that he wanted to end their relationship and the two got into an argument. Angered at the rejection, Vargas ref…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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Support Rising For Family Of Mother, Wife Killed In Crash On Long Island: 'Always Had A Smile' Support Rising For Family Of Mother, Wife Killed In Crash On Long Island: 'Always Had A Smile' Support Rising For Family Of Mother, Wife Killed In Crash On Long Island: 'Always Had A Smile'
Support Rising For Family Of Mother, Wife Killed In Crash On Long Island: 'Always Had A Smile' Donations are pouring in for the family of a wife and mother who was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Long Island that also left her husband fighting for his life. Loraine DiCuffa, age 49, of East Moriches, died following the wreck, which occurred at around 11:50 a.m. Sunday, June 18, in Manorville. According to Suffolk County Police, a 38-year-old Shirley woman was driving a 2022 BMW southbound on Wading River Road when she attempted to make a left-hand turn onto South Street. Earlier Report: Fatal Crash: East Moriches Woman ID'd As Victim, Husband Seriously Injured In Manorville The BMW…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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30-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car On Long Island 30-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car On Long Island 30-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car On Long Island
30-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car On Long Island A man is hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a car on Long Island. The incident happened at around 1:45 a.m. Monday, June 19 in Jamesport, on Sound Avenue near Pier Avenue. An investigation by the Riverhead Town Police Department found that a 30-year-old Riverhead man was walking in the roadway when he was struck by a Ford pickup truck driving eastbound. The victim, who police did not name pending notification of family, was taken by ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. The driver of the pickup truck stayed at the scene and calle…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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Fatal Crash: East Moriches Woman ID'd As Victim, Husband Seriously Injured In Manorville Fatal Crash: East Moriches Woman ID'd As Victim, Husband Seriously Injured In Manorville Fatal Crash: East Moriches Woman ID'd As Victim, Husband Seriously Injured In Manorville
Fatal Crash: East Moriches Woman ID'd As Victim, Husband Seriously Injured In Manorville A woman was killed and a man seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at a Long Island intersection.  It happened around 11:50 a.m. Sunday, June 18 in Manorville. A 38-year-old Shirley woman was driving a 2022 BMW southbound on Wading River Road when she attempted to make a lefthand turn onto South Street, Suffolk County Police said. The BMW then collided with a 2020 Kawasaki motorcycle that was traveling northbound through the intersection. Both the driver of the motorcycle, Delio Dicuffa, age 50, and his passenger, his wife, Loraine Dicuffa, age 49, bo…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
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Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing
Traffic Circle Killing: Photo Led Police To 20-Year-Old Indicted In Fatal Long Island Stabbing A 20-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing another man to death in a traffic circle near a Long Island park. Gelber Lopez Perez, of Riverhead, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, June 15, in the death of 26-year-old Tony Fernando Alvarado Ajcuc. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, it was around 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, when Lopez Perez got into an argument with one of two friends he was with at Riverhead’s Grangabel Park. Earlier Report: 20-Year-Old Stabs Man To Death In Riverside, Police Say During thei…

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by Michael Mashburn
Massapequa, NY
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Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety
Perfect Health: 8 Long Island Hospitals Receive ‘A’ For Patient Safety The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 30 evidence-based measures to grant hospitals a grade on a scale of A to F. Eight Long Island hospitals were awarded the highest grade for patient safety, according to the Leapfrog Hospital 2023 Spring Grade released on Wednesday, May 3. Using 30 evidence-based patient safety measures, The Leapfrog Group evaluates and assigns grades to nearly 3,000 acute-care hospitals around the country. A grade report is released twice annually. The perfect-grade hospitals are: Huntington Hospital Mather Hospital North Shore University Hospital Peconic Bay M…

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by Sophie Grieser
Brentwood, NY
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Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant
Employees Find Man Dead Outside Long Island Restaurant Employees arriving to work found a man dead outside a Long Island restaurant, authorities said. Medics in Riverhead were called at around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, with reports of an unconscious man who was seated against an exterior wall outside Express Deli & Café on Osborn Avenue, according to Riverhead Town Police. When officers arrived, they found the man not breathing and without a pulse, and began performing CPR. The man was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Detectives identified the man as 44-year-old Alberto Munoz Noj, of Riverh…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say
Brazen Robbery: Mastic Woman Attacks Riverhead Store Clerk, Police Say A 35-year-old woman was charged after police said she attacked a store clerk on Long Island while committing a robbery. Police received a report about the incident in Riverhead at about 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, the Southampton Town Police Department reported. Officers responded to the 76 Gas Station, located at 7 Peconic Ave., and found that a woman attacked the clerk when he confronted her for stealing merchandise, police said. She allegedly slapped him and kicked him before grabbing New York State Lotto scratch-off tickets and fleeing the area, according to the report.  …

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
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1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons 1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons 1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons
1 Dies After Kayak Carrying Man, 8-Year-Old Overturns In Hamptons A Long Island man died after the kayak he was in with an 8-year-old child overturned. The incident took place in the hamlet of Northampton near Riverhead in Wildwood Lake around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15. According to Southampton Police Lt. Susan Ralph, Adalfo Castro, age 35, of Mastic, was in a kayak with the child on Wildwood lake when the vessel overturned. A bystander in a nearby boat was able to pull the boy from the water, but could not reach the adult, Ralph said. Southampton Town Patrol and marine units responded along with Riverhead and Flanders Volunteer Ambulance.&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes