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A Long Island registered nurse was arrested for slamming a newborn baby into a bassinet, NBC New York reports. Amanda Burke was first relieved from her duties at Long Island Good Samaritan Hospital in New York after a video of her violently slamming a baby in the intensive care unit emerged. She was arrested months later, with […]
Brooklyn-based rapper Fetty Luciano is no longer facing a murder charge in connection to a 2022 shooting out on Long Island. AllHipHop reports prosecutors have decided to not pursue the attempted murder charge against Luciano. The 27-year-old rapper had been charged with second-degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon, attempted second-degree assault, misdemeanor assault and reckless endangerment. Fetty, […]
A Long Island man who was shot in the face by an off-duty officer has sued the NYPD for $35 million. According to the New York Post, the lawsuit stems from a March 5 incident in which the plaintiff, Rinaldo Laviolette, tried to enter a detective’s home. Laviolette told authorities he attended a house party that night and accidentally […]
One of the men named in the Fetty Wap federal drug case accepted a guilty plea that will see him face between five years to life in prison. New Jersey corrections officer Anthony Cyntje, one of the seven individuals named in the drug case, filed his plea deal on June 30, 2022. The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to […]
An alleged drunk driving incident ended in the deaths of three women on Long Island. The New York Post reports that the three women had just left a Sweet 16 party in a Lincoln Town Car and were sitting in the backseat when 22-year-old Dante Lennon allegedly T-boned them in his Mercedez-Benz sedan at around […]
The driver accused of killing Nicki Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run collision last year has pled guilty. Billboard reports Charles Polevich appeared in Nassau County court on Friday, where he pled guilty to one count of leaving the scene of an accident and another count of evidence tampering, both felonies, stemming from the fatal Feb. 2021 […]
A Long Island man got unusually lucky after winning the lottery for the second time in three years. Juan Hernandez earned his big prize on Tuesday after buying a ticket for the New York Lottery’s $10 million deluxe scratch-off game, just three years after he already cashed in on a lottery win with the state, NBC News reports. […]
A Long Island man who allegedly shouted “Let’s go!” after opening a door and directing rioters to enter the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been arrested. Eric Gerwatowski, 31, was arrested on Tuesday in New Hyde Park. Per a report from WLNY, prosecutors have credited “online sleuths” with ultimately assisting in leading them to Gerwatowski, whose […]
A Long Island substitute teacher has been removed from a school district’s roster after a viral video appeared to show her shopping for sex toys during class. In the clip, shared by the New York Post, students at Valley Stream South High School could see what the teacher was up to on her computer because it was shown […]
Two Long Island nurses have been arrested for falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records, CNBC reports. The nurses, who are 49-year-old Julie DeVuono and 44-year-old Marissa Urraro, are being charged with one count of forgery in the second degree. DeVuono is the owner and operator of Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville, and she’s also being charged with a […]
