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Crime Alert: Wanted for Riverhead Petit Larceny

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Crime Alert: Wanted for Riverhead Petit Larceny

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police officers are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the man who allegedly stole merchandise from a Riverhead store last month.  A man allegedly stole […]

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Queens Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Watch from Great Neck Jewelry Store

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Queens Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Watch from Great Neck Jewelry Store

Defendant Subject to Removal by ICE Nassau County police arrested a Queens man for a Grand Larceny that occurred on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 3:30 pm in Great Neck. On November 25, 2025 at […]

Politics

Blakeman: Congestion Pricing Ends ‘on Day One’

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Blakeman: Congestion Pricing Ends ‘on Day One’

By Hank Russell Nassau County Executive and GOP candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman announced that, as governor, he will eliminate congestion pricing on his first day on the job. He said the program has unfairly […]

Op Eds

Jury Was Right to Acquit Cop in Uvalde School Shooting

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Jury Was Right to Acquit Cop in Uvalde School Shooting

Earlier this week, a jury acquitted the officer charged in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. It was the right thing to do. The mass shooting in a school in Uvalde four years ago was an […]

Dangerous Roads

Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Illegal Car Stunt That Injured Bystander

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Illegal Car Stunt That Injured Bystander

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to two years in jail after pleading guilty to striking a 19-year-old woman with his vehicle while performing dangerous and illegal amateur car stunts in Patchogue in October 2024.   According […]

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Nine Gang Members, Associates Face 53-Count Indictment

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Nine Gang Members, Associates Face 53-Count Indictment

Charges Include Murder, Shootings, Sex Trafficking The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced on January 22 a 53-count indictment of nine alleged members and associates of the “Lowndes Block Gang,” also known as “LBG,” a […]

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Selden Man Indicted for Allegedly Selling Fake Pills That Caused Fatal OD

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Selden Man Indicted for Allegedly Selling Fake Pills That Caused Fatal OD

A Selden man has been indicted for allegedly selling pressed fentanyl pills to a man from Bohemia that resulted in his fatal overdose.   “This case is a stark reminder of the deadly deception behind counterfeit […]

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Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

January 23, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

A Centereach woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a narcotics business over the dark web out of her home.   From September 2024 to March 2025, Carolyn Tolin possessed […]

Crime

East Quogue Man Faces Life in Prison for Murder

January 22, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on East Quogue Man Faces Life in Prison for Murder

An East Quogue man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for torturing and murdering his longtime friend. On September 27, 2024, Jeremy Allen and Christopher Hahn, 43, spent the […]

Crime

Disbarred Attorney Charged with Escrow Theft

January 22, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Disbarred Attorney Charged with Escrow Theft

A disbarred attorney with a registered office address in Great Neck was charged with grand larceny and scheme to defraud for allegedly withholding more than $133,000 in down payments from real estate transactions he was […]

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