Long Island Woman Admits To Defrauding Elderly Of More Than $1.5M
A New York woman has admitted to leading a fraud scheme that bilked more than $1.5 million from elderly victims.
Long Island resident Mara Ficarra, of Southampton, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, June 6, to conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District.
Federal prosecutors said Ficarra owned and led several companies, including three that published reference publications featuring biographical information of people across the country.
Between 2013 and 2018, Ficarra mailed letters and pamphlets to victims, most of them…
LI Man Holds Officers At Bay For Hours, Throws Oil-Filled Bottles At Officers, Police Say
A reported suicidal person on Long Island held police at bay for more than four hours while throwing oil-filled bottles at officers, according to police.
The incident began in Southampton around 7:15 a.m., Friday, April 22.
According to Southampton Town Police, the department received a call reporting a missing person who was suicidal.
Patrol officers, along with members of the detective division were able to locate the individual at about 3 p.m., in the Riverwoods Mobile Home Park, located on Route 104 in Riverside, said Lt. Todd Spencer, of the Southampton Police.
When officers ar…
Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Increases In Cases, Infection Rate; Breakdown By Community
After seeing a slight reprieve, the positive COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island has surged past 5.50 percent as New York contends with new cases of the virus rapidly spreading across the state.
On Long Island, the average seven-day average positive percentage of those tested in Nassau and Suffolk dipped from 5.72 percent on Friday, April 15 to 5.41 percent the following day, up to 5.46 percent on Sunday, April 17, before spiking to 5.55 on Monday, April 18, according to the state Department of Health.
Statewide, during that same span, the average positivity rate rose from 4.78 percent t…
