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Supermarket shooting suspect in custody
WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an employee shot three workers inside an office at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing a manager. The man suspected in the shooting was arrested hours after fleeing the scene. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran tweeted around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday that Gabriel DeWitt Wilson was in police…
Person of interest in connection to the West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting is in custody
Nassau Police say 30-year-old Gabriel DeWitt Wilson a person of interest in connection to the West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting is in custody after 4-Hour Manhunt Three people were shot at a the Stop & Shop, Police say a 49-year-old man was killed and Sources say one person is in critical condition and the…
Person of interest wanted in Nassau grocery store shooting
West Hempstead- There is an active manhunt underway right now in Nassau County for a person of interest, in connection to a fatal shooting at a grocery store in West Hempstead. Nassau Police are currently looking for Gabriel Dewitt Wilson. Wilson has been described as a 31 year old black man, 6 foot 2 inches,…
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting inside Stop n Shop in West Hempstead
West Hempstead, NY- Three people were shot on Tuesday morning at a Long Island grocery store. Officials say the shooting happened at 11:19am inside the Stop and Shop at 50 Cherry Valley Avenue in West Hempstead. One victim, a male, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other gunshot victims were taken to an…
NY AG investigating details around Cuomo’s book
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general is investigating whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke the law by having members of his staff help write and promote his pandemic leadership book. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli authorized State Attorney General Letitia James in a letter made public Monday to investigate the work state employees did on…
PD investigate East Quogue fire that killed a turtle
East Quogue, NY- Officials in Suffolk are investigating a fire on town property that killed a box turtle. Suffolk County Police Crime Stoppers say the fire on April 10th, burned about a half acre of Southampton Town Woodlands near Josiah Foster Path and Eisenhower Drive. The fire was reported at approximately 2:55pm. Anyone with information…
Math teacher arrested on charges including Rape
Shoreham, NY- A Math teacher from the Shoreham-Wading River High School, was arrested Monday on charges including Rape and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Suffolk County Police say 28-year-old Veronica Pezdan, of Holbrook, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student from the school over the past two months. Pezdan will be arraigned Tuesday…
NYS plans to tax marijuana based on its THC content
NEW YORK (AP) — A debate about whether to set marijuana policy based on potency is spreading as more states legalize cannabis. Under a law signed last month, New York will tax recreational marijuana based on its amount of THC. That’s the main intoxicating chemical in cannabis. Illinois imposed a potency-related tax when recreational pot…
NY will soon allow more people inside Museums, Theaters and Large Venues
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing more people to go inside museums, movie theaters and indoor big sports arenas as the latest data suggests New York’s massive vaccination campaign is curbing COVID-19 infection levels. The state recorded just under 43,000 new cases in the seven-day period that ended Sunday. That’s the lowest…
NASA has launched a helicopter on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight. The little 4-pound helicopter named Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. Ground controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California were jubilant as…
Prosecutors seek lengthy prison term for former Suffolk County District Attorney
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeing lengthy prison terms for a former Long Island prosecutor and one of his top aides convicted of helping cover up the beating of a suspect. Former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and Christopher McPartland were convicted in December 2019 on counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice,…
NYPD preparing for Chauvin verdict
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Police Department is instructing its officers not to take unscheduled days off beginning Monday and until further notice. That’s when closing arguments in the trial of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin, the white officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, are scheduled to take…