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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 In Five Towns: 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…
Pickup Truck Upended, Two Injured In Nassau County Car Crash, Officials Say
A two-car crash injured two people on Long Island on Monday, Aug. 17, officials said.
The cars collided at Hicksville Road and Parkhill Avenue in Massapequa, according to John F. Scalesi Jr., a member of the Nassau County Police Department commissioners’ council.
A blue Ford pickup truck was flipped on its side on Parkhill Ave., according to photos shared by Scalesi. The front windshield of the pickup was smashed, mangled, and falling off the vehicle.
While two people were aided at the scene, their injuries were not serious, Scalesi said. Additional details of the wreck have not been relea…
Drunk Driver To Blame After Two-Car Wreck On Long Island, Police Say
A drunk driving Long Island man caused a two-car crash near the Hamptons on Monday afternoon, Aug. 17, police said.
Juan Silvestre Flores Aparicio, 35, of Southampton, was at fault for the wreck near County Road 39 and Henry Road in Tuckahoe, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Flores Aparicio was under the influence when he rear-ended another driver at the intersection, investigators said. Both vehicles were damaged, but no injuries were reported in the crash.
A patrol unit responded to the scene and arrested Flores Aparicio, authorities said. He was held overnight for arraignmen…
Camo-Clad Crook Smashes Through Door Of 60-Year-Old Nassau Burger Spot: Cops
A burglar smashed into a classic Long Island burger joint early Monday, Aug. 17, according to police.
The intruder broke the glass to the front door at All-American Hamburger Drive-In in Massapequa around 4:10 a.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
Officers arrived shortly afterward only to realize the suspect had fled, police said. During the break-in, the man was wearing camouflage cargo shorts, a black shirt, black sneakers, and a red face covering, according to photos shared by police.
It is unclear if anything was taken from the store, which has been serving up delicious burg…
NY Pagan Religious Leader Admits Disgusting Sex Abuse Of Underage Boys, Authorities Say
A pagan religious leader in New York admitted Monday, Aug. 17 that he traveled to the Capital District to sexually abuse two underage boys, authorities said.
James Yerdon, 56, pleaded guilty to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and faces 20 years in prison, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
Yerdon, of Adams Center (Jefferson County), also pleaded guilty to possession of child porn in federal court earlier this year and could be looking at several decades behind bars, according to authorities.
In the state case, Yerdon was accused of sexually assaulting …
International Manhunt Ends With BF Captured After GF Found Slashed, Hidden In Closet: DA
An international manhunt for a man accused of slashing his girlfriend’s throat, hiding her body in a closet, and fleeing the country ended with his capture in Honduras, prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Darwin David Espinal-Del Cid, 27, of Telford, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody by Honduran agents with the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation during an operation coordinated with the FBI early Monday in Pespire, Honduras, according to Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan.
Espinal-Del Cid is accused of killing his girlfriend, 23-year-old Maria Bernarda Popol Garcia, as…
New Texts Emerge In Mystery Death Of Designer Aboard Investor’s Hamptons Boat: Report
A Long Island designer found dead on a boat last year complained of being “harassed” by her company’s only investor days before her body was found on his boat, according to a new report.
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, 33, had even blocked Christopher Durnan, 61, for months to ignore his calls and texts, the New York Post reported Saturday, Aug. 15.
But Nolan-O’Slatarra’s business partner, Dylan Grace, convinced her to unblock Durnan because he was now on the receiving end of Durnan’s communication, according to the Post. Durnan was concerned about fraud by the operators, according to texts obtain…
Homeless Murderer Convicted In Deadly Nassau Stabbing Learns His Fate: Authorities
A homeless man who stabbed a random victim to death on Long Island was sentenced Monday, Aug. 17 to decades in prison, authorities said.
Melbis Hernandez, 39, of Hempstead, got 45 years to life for the deadly stabbing and a prior stabbing at the same building, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Hernandez was convicted of killing Marlon Rivas Aguilar, 53, on Oct. 21, 2023, in a stairwell at 45 Jackson Street in Hempstead, prosecutors said. The fatal attack came three weeks after the first stabbing, according to authorities.
“Hernandez returned to that very same apartment com…
NY Cocaine Pipeline To Penn State Frats Lands Aspiring Lawyers, Entrepreneurs Charges (Update)
Aspiring lawyers, entrepreneurs, finance students, and former athletes are among 14 people accused in a cocaine trafficking operation that allegedly moved kilos of drugs from New York to Penn State fraternity houses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Thirteen defendants were Penn State students at or around the time of the alleged conduct in 2023 and 2024, while the 14th is the father of one of the accused students, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Agostino Abbatiello, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Robinson, of Pittsburgh, were identified…
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Two-Time DWI Convict Picks Up Third Arrest After Hamptons Weekend: Police
A Long Island man was busted for at least his third DWI in the past 10 years recently in the Hamptons, according to police.
Ray Anthony Freeman, 35, of East Hampton, was arrested around 3:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10 on Montauk Highway near Second House Road, the East Hampton Police Department revealed in documents released Monday, Aug. 17.
Freeman failed all his field sobriety tests after cops spotted his 2018 Mercedes-Benz crossing the double yellow line and the white fog line, police said. When he was pulled over, a “strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was detected on his breath, his eyes we…
