Long Island Man Shoots, Kills Teenage Brother Long Island Man Shoots, Kills Teenage Brother
Long Island Man Shoots, Kills Teenage Brother A Long Island man is behind bars after police say he shot and killed his teenage brother. It happened around 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Coram, Suffolk County Police said. Sixth Precinct officers responded to a 911 report of a man with a handgun threatening family members outside of a home on Judith Drive, where Dimitri Robert, 27, who has no fixed address, was staying. As officers were arriving on the scene, Robert entered a parked car outside of the house where his brother, Devontay Robert, was sitting in the front passenger seat. Dimitri Robert shot and killed Devontay Robert…
Man Charged With Killing Wife Following Hours-Long Riverhead Standoff Man Charged With Killing Wife Following Hours-Long Riverhead Standoff
Man Charged With Killing Wife Following Hours-Long Riverhead Standoff A man was charged with fatally shooting his wife in their Long Island home after an hours-long standoff. Riverhead Town Police responded to 20 Doris Ave. at approximately 9:20 a.m. Tuesday,  Aug. 27, after receiving reports of a man carrying a handgun.  Suffolk County Police Hostage Negotiation Team and Emergency Service Section officers responded to the house where Robert Brown had barricaded himself, police said. After a nearly four-hour standoff, officers knocked down the front door of the house and Brown was taken into custody at approximately 2 p.m. Inside the house, office…
One Killed, Two Injured In Port Jefferson Station Construction Crew Accident One Killed, Two Injured In Port Jefferson Station Construction Crew Accident
One Killed, Two Injured In Port Jefferson Station Construction Crew Accident One man was killed and two others injured in a construction crew accident on Long Island. It happened at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 in Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk County Police said. Bryan Masem, 41, of the hamlet of Yaphank in Brookhaven, was driving his 2016 Chevy pickup truck southbound on Bicycle Path when he passed a construction crew that had a cable guide wire lying on the ground across the roadway near 617 North Bicycle Path, police said. The construction crew was preparing to hoist the wire into place above the roadway. As Masem’s vehicle passed over the wire, …
Alert Issued After Contaminated Eel Discovered On South Shore Alert Issued After Contaminated Eel Discovered On South Shore
Alert Issued After Contaminated Eel Discovered On South Shore Eel lovers on Long Island are being warned to avoid eating any locally-caught due to the possibility of contamination from potential carcinogens commonly found in firefighting foam and nonstick coatings, said the Suffolk County Health Department. The department said it is advising individuals who consume American eel taken from south-shore tidal areas between the Carmans River near Yaphank, and Quantuck Creek near Quogue, of recent preliminary findings for elevated levels of had much higher levels of the chemicals called per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). "The preliminary…