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Gilgo Beach Serial Murder Suspect To Be Charged In Connection To Fourth Case, Report Says
Gilgo Beach serial murders suspect Rex Heuermann, who sits behind bars charged with the killings of three women on Long Island and who is the prime suspect in a fourth murder, will soon be charged for a new homicide, according to a brand-new report.Heuermann was arraigned on murder charges in Suffolk County Court this past July for the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello. He's also the prime suspect in the disappearance and murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Prosecutors are expected to announce a new grand jury indictment charging Heurmann with a fourth mu…
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'Absent Father' Admits Sexually Abusing Daughter At Long Island Home For Years
A Long Island father has confessed to subjecting his young daughter to years of sexual abuse. The 38-year-old Huntington Station man – who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect the victim’s identity – pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Jan. 10. According to prosecutors, the man began abusing the girl in the summer of 2016, when she was 7 years old, during his weekend visitations. Prior to that time, he had not been involved in her life. The man admitted to telling the girl that “something bad” would happen to her if she told anyone a…
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'Disgraced His Role As A Father': Long Island Dad Admits Raping 5-Year-Old Daughter
A Long Island man is facing more than a decade behind bars after confessing to sexually abusing his young daughter. The 45-year-old Brentwood man – who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect the victim’s identity – pleaded guilty to rape and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Prosecutors said the abuse happened in July 2021 while the man was alone with his 5-year-old daughter at his apartment. The child’s mother – who was estranged from the man – asked a relative to check on the girl after speaking to him on the phone and believing he was drinking alcoho…
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Victim Left Wheelchair-Bound After Facebook Scam By Long Island 23-Year-Old, DA Says
A Long Island man is facing a host of charges in connection with an alleged Facebook Marketplace scam that left the victim confined to a wheelchair. Jordan Behling, age 23, of Wheatley Heights, was arraigned on assault and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Jan. 9. According to prosecutors, the victim agreed to meet Behling on Friday, June 16, 2023 to purchase a PlayStation 5 gaming console that Behling had listed on Facebook Marketplace. At around 7:15 p.m., Behling pulled up to the victim’s home in an SUV and the victim handed him $280 in cash through the window. Once h…
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Family Brawl That Shut Down Sunrise Highway Nets Charges For Father, Son
It was a family feud that stopped traffic. A man and his teenage son have been formally charged in connection with a crash and subsequent brawl that broke out on a busy Long Island roadway. Patrick O’Connor, age 38, his son James O’Connor, age 19, and a minor were all arraigned on second-degree assault and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Jan. 4. Prosecutors said a fight between Patrick O’Connor and his cousin days earlier led to the dramatic scene that played out on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Earlier Report: Flipped Car, Boards…
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Employees At Assisted Living Facility On Long Island Steal $10K From Resident, Police Say
Two employees at an assisted living facility on Long Island are accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a resident. Suffolk County Police said Marisol Garcia and Tekina England stole a debit card from a resident while working as healthcare aides at Birchwood Suites Assisted Living in East Northport. An investigation found that the duo used the card to make over $10,000 in unauthorized purchases between May and July 2023, police said. Garcia, age 19, was arrested in October 2023 and England, age 38, was apprehended on Monday, Jan. 1. They were each charged with criminal possession of…
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Enough Fentanyl To Kill 117K Found At Couple's Long Island Home With Child, DA Says
A Long Island couple’s kitchen pantry had enough fentanyl inside to kill tens of thousands of people, prosecutors allege. Tammy and Victoria Webster, both of Greenport, were arraigned on over a dozen drug and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Dec. 18. According to prosecutors, officers raided the couple’s home in early December 2023 and found Tammy Webster in her car with fentanyl and cocaine. Inside the home, they found Victoria Webster with the couple’s 2-year-old child. A search of the residence turned up 234 grams of fentanyl and 44 grams of cocaine that was stored in…
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Tenant Admits Beating Landlord To Death With Dumbbell Outside Long Island Home
More than three years after a landlord was beaten to death outside his Long Island home, his killer has formally confessed. Albert Coppedge, age 49, of Coram, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Dec. 20, in the death of Kenneth Mitchell. Prosecutors said multiple witnesses saw Coppedge arguing with the 62-year-old Mitchell in the backyard of their Coram home shortly after 11 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2020. Earlier Report: Tenant Beats Landlord To Death With Dumbbell Outside Coram Home, DA Says The argument escalated and Coppedge repeatedly struck Mitchell in …
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Woman Who Struck Triathlete During Long Island Race Was Speeding On Suspended License, DA Says
A woman accused of driving into a closed racecourse and striking a triathlete bicyclist on Long Island should not have been behind the wheel, prosecutors said. Jakeline Figueroa, age 29, of Westbury, was arraigned on nearly a half dozen criminal charges in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Prosecutors said Figueroa was speeding in her SUV when she drove through a stop bar and into a triathlon event in the parking lot of Smith Point Beach in Shirley on Sunday, Aug. 6. Earlier Report: Triathlete 'Fighting For His Life' After Being Struck By Car During Shirley Race Moments …
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Long Island Man Who Sexually Abused Stepdaughter For Months Gets Decades In Prison
A Long Island man will spend decades behind bars for subjecting his young stepdaughter to months of sexual abuse. The 43-year-old Shirley man, who prosecutors are not naming to protect the victim’s identity, was sentenced to 23 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19. It followed his jury conviction for multiple sex crimes in November 2023. According to prosecutors, the man began abusing the girl in July 2016 when she was nine years old. The abuse would occur while her mother was at work. He often threatened the girl in order to keep the abuse quiet, investigators said…
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Teen Admits Raping, Stabbing Woman In Front Of Her Young Daughter At Long Island Home
A 16-year-old boy has admitted to raping and stabbing a young mother during a home invasion robbery on Long Island. The defendant, who prosecutors did not name due to his age, pleaded guilty to rape and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Prosecutors said the boy was 14 years old when he and an accomplice broke into the victim’s Mastic Beach home at around 3:15 p.m. on April 19, 2022. As they were searching for items to steal, they found a locked bedroom door and kicked it in. Inside, they found a 23-year-old woman and her 4-year-old daughter. The defendant admit…
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Funeral Home Stabbing: Suspect Nabbed After Attacking Long Island Mortuary Owner, Police Say
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a violent robbery and stabbing of a funeral home owner on Long Island. The incident happened Wednesday, Aug. 30, in Amityville at the Slinger-Hasgill Funeral Home, located on Sunrise Highway. Prosecutors said Jason Funderburke, age 37, of Hempstead was with an accomplice when the two men approached owner Joseph Slinger as he returned to the business. Earlier Report: Funeral Home Stabbing: Employee Attacked, Robbed At Amityville Mortuary Funderburke displayed a photo of Slinger’s family and threatened him before both men began punching …
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