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Mom Drained 401(k) Before Great Wolf Lodge Killings; NY Family Raising Funeral Funds
A Pennsylvania mother charged with killing her husband and 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos had tapped retirement savings to fund the family's three-week vacation and home renovations before the killings, according to her stepmother, who now believes the deaths were planned.
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, appeared happy during a video call with relatives shortly before her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan, were found stabbed to death inside the resort on Monday, Oct. 12, her stepmother, April Thetga, told the New York Post in an intervie…
Gunman And Two Victims All Arrested Following Lirr Shooting: Report
The gunman and two victims involved in a shooting on a Long Island Rail Road platform have all been arrested, authorities said Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Cops identified Jahmez Cureton, 19, of Wyandanch, as the attacker and Abdul Willett, 40, of Bellport, as an adult victim, Newsday reported. Additionally, a 17-year-old boy who was also shot was arrested on an unrelated charge, authorities said.
Police said Cureton targeted the 17-year-old victim following a “dispute over a female,” according to Newsday. Willett was an innocent bystander in the shooting but was in possession of a stolen bicycle wh…
Vengeful LI Arsonist Who Torched Bar After Being Booted Takes Plea Deal: Authorities
A Long Island man who tried to torch a local bar after he was kicked out has admitted to arson, authorities said.
Paul Lucia, 60, of Islip Terrace, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Oct. 13 in the fire at Riley Fibbers in East Islip, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. He faces a maximum prison term of 10 years after taking a plea deal, authorities said.
Lucia was asked to leave the bar around 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2025, after taking a picture of a staff member, authorities said. He drove away in a white Jeep Patriot but returned with a gas can and a lighter around 7:30 p.m., investig…
LI Drunk Driver Escapes Injury — But Not Cuffs — After Crashing Into Pole: Police
A Long Island drunk driver was arrested after crashing into a utility pole, police said.
Ethan Endress, 22, of Middle Island, was traveling on Schwenks Road in Water Mill on Sunday, Oct. 11, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Endress crashed his car into the pole but avoided serious injury, and no other vehicles were involved in the wreck, police said.
However, investigators on the scene determined Endress was drunk and took him into police custody, officials said. He was charged with misdemeanor DWI and held overnight for arraignment Monday, Oct. 12, according to police.
NY Customers Targeted In NJ Bank Fraudster’s $1.8M Scheme, Prison Follows: Feds
A notorious bank fraudster from New Jersey is headed to federal prison after ripping off customers, businesses, and banks across the tristate area, federal investigators said.
Laquan Williams, 42, of Florham Park, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 13 to 16 years and eight months in prison, the Justice Department said.
Williams stole at least $1.8 million from various financial institutions through three overlapping schemes that ran from October 2021 to May 2024, the feds said.
The most lucrative operation involved stolen U.S. Treasury checks, in which Williams and co-conspirators impersonated le…
Drunk LI Driver Arrested At Crash Scene After Slamming Into Retaining Wall, Cops Say
A drunk driver on Long Island plowed into a retaining wall and was arrested at the scene, police said.
Gerber G. Xuya, 31, of Riverhead, was traveling northbound on Pegs Lane in Riverside just before 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Xuya’s vehicle left the roadway and collided with a retaining wall in front of a house on the residential street, police said. As cops were investigating the crash and interviewing Xuya, they determined he was drunk and placed him under arrest, authorities said.
Officers took Xuya to Southampton police headquarters for proces…
Drunk Driver, 21, Was Also High When He Killed LI Dad In Parked Car, Authorities Say
A Long Island driver was drunk and high when he plowed into a parked car and killed a man earlier this year, authorities said.
Noah Slusser, 21, of Holtsville, was indicted and arraigned Wednesday, Oct. 14 for the crash that killed James Baldassarri in Middle Island on Thursday, Aug. 27, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Baldassarri, 44, of Holtsville, was sitting in a parked 2025 Toyota Crown on Wilson Avenue near Adams Lane around 12 a.m. Aug. 27, police said. Slusser came up speeding south on Wilson Avenue in a 2017 Ford Taurus, prosecutors said.
He drove into a marked…
