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150-Car LI Street Takeover Busted By Cops, Six Arrested, 100 Summons Handed Out: Authorities
Six people were arrested, 22 vehicles were impounded, and about 100 summons issued following a rowdy street takeover on Long Island on Tuesday night, Aug. 18, police said.
Cops spotted about 150 cars at a “disorderly” meetup near Mitchel Field in Uniondale around 10 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
The initial officers called for backup, resulting in law enforcement swarming the scene and conducting dozens of traffic stops, according to police. While many of the stops ended with cars being impounded and summons being handed out, two led to felony charges, authorities said.
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Father Of Two Shattered Leg In LI Car Crash That Killed Construction Worker, Family Says
A Long Island construction worker and father of two had his leg shattered by a drugged driver earlier this month, according to his family.
Jose Gonzalez Colindres, 33, of Brentwood, was one of three workers injured in the wreck Monday, Aug. 10 on Townline Road in Nesconset, according to police.
“Jose suffered a severely shattered leg and had to undergo surgery,” his brother Lucero Martinez wrote in a GoFundMe launched Tuesday, Aug. 18. “He is in a great deal of pain and has a long road to recovery ahead of him in which he will not be able to work.”
Thomas Lobianco, 26, of Lake Ronkonoma, w…
Suffolk Woman Admits Sex Trafficking Girl, 14, In Exchange For Crack: Authorities
A Long Island woman has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a teen girl in exchange for crack, authorities said.
Jacquelyn Comiskey, 54, of Bellport, admitted to sex trafficking a child, promoting prostitution, and child endangerment at a hearing Wednesday, Aug. 19, Newsday reported. She is expected to get 12 years in prison at her sentencing hearing on Oct. 1.
Comiskey was one of dozens of people involved in the sex trafficking and abuse of a 14-year-old girl in December 2024 into January 2025, when the victim was missing for 25 days, according to authorities.
The girl was found Jan. 3, 202…
Ex-NY Giants Star Raising Money After Losing $500K: Alleged Scheme's Founder Dies, Report Says
Former New York Giants linebacker Tae Crowder says he lost his entire life savings in an alleged financial scheme that also ensnared other former NFL players, leaving him trying to rebuild after losing at least $500,000.
Tae Crowder, who spent three seasons with the Giants, launched a GoFundMe on Saturday, Aug. 8, saying the loss has left him without the financial stability he spent years building.
The fundraiser follows allegations involving Motion Venture, a company run by 23-year-old New Jersey resident Mohamed Coulibaly, who was found dead on Friday, July 31, ESPN reported.&…
Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said.
Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release.
The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…
Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble On Long Island: Police
Two Brooklyn men were arrested while traveling through Long Island early Wednesday, Aug. 19, police said.
Boubacar Sy, 41, and Darnell Williams, 42, were busted with an illegal weapon on the Nassau Expressway in Inwood around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Sy was behind the wheel of a black 2014 Toyota Camry traveling southbound when cops spotted a defective license plate lamp and pulled the vehicle over, authorities said.
Investigators then recovered a loaded SCCY CPX-2 9mm handgun inside the vehicle, according to police. Sy and Williams, in the passenger’s se…
NY Ranked Among 5 Most Fun States, New Study Finds: Here's Why
The Northeast has some of the most fun states in the country, but several others landed near the bottom of a new ranking.
WalletHub released its 2026 list of the Most Fun States in America on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The study compared all 50 states across 26 metrics of entertainment, recreation, and nightlife, including restaurants, amusement parks, movie theaters, national park access, music festivals, bars, casinos, and recreation spending.
The personal finance website split the study into two main categories: entertainment and recreation, which made up 80% of the score, and nightlife, which ac…
New Apple Update Targets Dozens Of Security Flaws
A quiet software release carries more weight than its modest version number suggests.
Apple released iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1 on Monday, Aug. 17, delivering a broad collection of security fixes for supported iPhones and iPads.
The Apple security bulletin lists 29 CVE entries covering WebKit, the operating system kernel, image processing, audio, graphics, and telephony.
Twenty-one of those entries involve WebKit, the technology used to process web content. Apple said the flaws could cause Safari or other processes to crash, corrupt memory, or expose sensitive information when processing…
