Feeling Lucky? Prize-Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Baldwin Store Feeling Lucky? Prize-Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Baldwin Store
Feeling Lucky? Prize-Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Baldwin Store One Long Islander is tens of thousands of dollars richer after this store announced it sold a winning lottery ticket. Lottery officials announced on Friday, May 10 that the ticket was sold the day before at Conoco, located at 1919 Grand Avenue in Baldwin. The top-prize-winning Take 5 Midday ticket is worth $20,278.50 and was part of Thursday, May 9 drawing. Winning Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. Drawings are televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Officials also reminded participants that prizes of any amount can claimed up to one year after the dra…
Man Exposes, Touches Himself In Front Of Teens In East Meadow: Police Man Exposes, Touches Himself In Front Of Teens In East Meadow: Police
Man Exposes, Touches Himself In Front Of Teens In East Meadow: Police A man has been arrested on charges of public lewdness and more after he allegedly touched himself in front of a pair of teenage girls on Long Island. It happened on the morning of Thursday, May 9 in East Meadow. According to the Nassau County Police, 34-year-old Ricardo Gray walked up to 16-year-old girls just before 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot at 2080 Hempstead Turnpike. As he approached, Gray, who is homeless, allegedly began exposing and touching his genitals. Officers later found Gray less than a mile away, where he was arrested and charged with: Exposure of a person, two cou…
ID Released For 28-Year-Old From Glen Cove Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash ID Released For 28-Year-Old From Glen Cove Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash
ID Released For 28-Year-Old From Glen Cove Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash The identity has been released of a man who was killed in a two-vehicle crash on a Long Island roadway. The incident happened around 5:10 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in Brookville. According to Nassau County Police, a 28-year-old man was operating a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle northbound on Cedar Swamp Road when he struck a 2000 Hino Dump Truck being operated by a 55-year-old man who was traveling westbound on Hemlock Drive turning onto Cedar Swamp Road.  The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by a Jericho Fire Department Paramedic. He's now been identified as Joffre Sierra-Chalen of…
Pair Of Multifamily Projects Planned For Nassau County Pair Of Multifamily Projects Planned For Nassau County
Pair Of Multifamily Projects Planned For Nassau County Two apartment complexes with many amenities are in the works on Long Island. The multifamily, multi-use buildings are meant to “reinvigorate” the downtown areas of Lynbrook and Baldwin, according to Breslin Realty Development Corp, the developer of both buildings. Currently under construction at 47 Broadway in Lynbrook, the first of the two buildings is The Langdon. With 201 units in an upscale building, The Langdon offers a myriad of amenities, including a co-working space, a health club, an outdoor deck with barbeque and garden, a dog run, and a dog spa. If that isn’t enough, The Lan…
Hicksville Man Pulls Knife On Driver In Connecticut: Police Hicksville Man Pulls Knife On Driver In Connecticut: Police
Hicksville Man Pulls Knife On Driver In Connecticut: Police A New York man is accused of pulling out a knife on another driver on a Connecticut roadway, police said. The Fairfield County incident occurred on Thursday, May 2 in Wilton, according to the Wilton Police Department. A witness reported that just after 5 p.m. that day in the area of Danbury Road and Arrowhead Road, a man in a gray 2015 Chrysler Town and Country pulled a knife on another driver. Police found the suspect — 36-year-old Matthew Kirchblum — driving south on Danbury Road, where he was pulled over. Kirchblum (who is from Hicksville, New York) reportedly admitted to police th…
Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years
Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years You may soon get a view of a rare spectacle. According to the NOAA National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) began on Wednesday, May 8. CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona. Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10. It's the first time a G4 Watch has been issued since January 2005. The watch says CMEs may linger into Sunday, May 12. Geomagnetic storms can also trigger spectacular displays of aurora (…
28-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash 28-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash
28-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash on a Long Island roadway. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For 28-Year-Old From Glen Cove Killed In 2-Vehicle Brookville Crash The incident happened around 5:10 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in Brookville. According to Nassau County Police, a 28-year-old man was operating a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle northbound on Cedar Swamp Road when he struck a 2000 Hino Dump Truck being operated by a 55-year-old man who was traveling westbound on Hemlock Drive turning onto Cedar Swamp Road.  The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene …
15-Year-Old Sexually Abused Inside Long Island Church Basement, Police Say 15-Year-Old Sexually Abused Inside Long Island Church Basement, Police Say
15-Year-Old Sexually Abused Inside Long Island Church Basement, Police Say A Long Island church member is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl inside his place of worship. Clinton Bucknor, age 71, of Huntington, was arrested Thursday, May 9, following an investigation by Suffolk County Police detectives. According to police, the victim’s sister called 911 on Wednesday, May 8, saying her 15-year-old sister had been sexually abused by an employee at the Huntington Seventh-Day Adventist Church, located on West 9th Street. An investigation found that Clinton sent an inappropriate photo and text to the girl and had sexual contact with her in the church’s basemen…
Hour Of Terror: Abusive Ex Kidnapped, Held Long Island Woman At Knifepoint, Jury Finds Hour Of Terror: Abusive Ex Kidnapped, Held Long Island Woman At Knifepoint, Jury Finds
Hour Of Terror: Abusive Ex Kidnapped, Held Long Island Woman At Knifepoint, Jury Finds A Long Island man with a history of abusing and stalking his ex-girlfriend could spend decades behind bars for abducting the woman at knifepoint. Holmark Garces, age 35, of Bay Shore, was found guilty of kidnapping and related charges by a Suffolk County jury on Thursday, May 9. According to prosecutors, the victim moved out of Garces’ Bay Shore residence in December 2019 after he became increasingly controlling and abusive. She claimed he isolated her from her family and repeatedly took her cell phone to monitor her activity and communications. Earlier Report: New Details Released A…
Tragic Update: 37-Year-Old Dies Following Hit-Run Crash On Long Island Tragic Update: 37-Year-Old Dies Following Hit-Run Crash On Long Island
Tragic Update: 37-Year-Old Dies Following Hit-Run Crash On Long Island A man has died days after suffering serious injuries in an early morning hit-and-run crash on Long Island. The incident happened at around 12:15 a.m. Sunday, May 5, in Dix Hills. Suffolk County Police said 37-year-old Amilar Velasquez, of Huntington Station, was walking on the northbound shoulder of West Hills Road near West 16th Street when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. Earlier Report: Hit-Run Crash: 37-Year-Old From Huntington Station Suffers Serious Injuries In Dix Hills Velasquez was taken to Huntington Hospital in critical condition. In an update Thursday, M…
Duo Stole Over 100 Tires, Rims From Vehicles Across Long Island, DA Says Duo Stole Over 100 Tires, Rims From Vehicles Across Long Island, DA Says
Duo Stole Over 100 Tires, Rims From Vehicles Across Long Island, DA Says Two Long Island men are facing dozens of charges after allegedly stealing tires and rims from over 100 vehicles. Randy Woods, age 37, of Wyandanch and Dwayne Jones, age 45 of Central Islip are named in a 190-count indictment announced by the Suffolk County DA’s office on Wednesday, May 8. According to investigators, the pair targeted residents, car dealerships, and rental car companies across Suffolk County between July 2022 and October 2023. In all, they stole tires and rims from 114 vehicles, leaving nearly $500,000 in property damage in their wake, prosecutors allege. Woods and Jones …
Drunk Driver Behind 22-Year-Old's Death Admits Causing Long Island Crash With Tractor-Trailer Drunk Driver Behind 22-Year-Old's Death Admits Causing Long Island Crash With Tractor-Trailer
Drunk Driver Behind 22-Year-Old's Death Admits Causing Long Island Crash With Tractor-Trailer An accused drunk driver has admitted to causing a late-night crash that killed his 22-year-old passenger. Carlos Orellana Mata, age 36, of East Northport, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 8, in the death of Lenel Umana Guitierrez Lopez. Prosecutors said Mata was drunk and speeding on Jericho Turnpike in Elwood shortly after midnight on March 18, 2023, when his SUV slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. Lopez, of East Northport, was killed instantly. When police arrived to the scene, Mata was still in the driver’s seat and had…