Long Island Man Gets Steeper Sentence for Street-Racing Crash That Killed 5 Teens

A 20-year-old Farmingdale man who was sentenced to six months in jail earlier this year for his involvement in a 2014 crash that killed five teens had his probation sentence revoked by a judge Tuesday and now will serve a steeper sentence.

Cory Gloe was re-sentenced to serve one and one-third to four years for the fatal street-racing crash due to violating his probation last month. Gloe was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 12 after he fired a 12-gauge shotgun into the air in his Farmingdale yard while a child was nearby, police say.

He was also sentenced Tuesday to serve one year after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors related to the shotgun incident, according to Nassau County Court spokesman Daniel Bagnuola.

Bagnuola was not sure if Gloe will serve the terms consecutively.

Gloe had several run-ins with the law this year in addition to his most recent arrest. He was granted youthful offender status at his May sentencing for the fatal crash and was told by a judge to not “waste his life,” according to Newsday.

Days after Gloe pleaded guilty in Nassau County Court in Febuary, he was arrested again after authorities issued a traffic stop on a vehicle Gloe was in and found a “gravity knife” in plain view, police say. The charges were later dropped, Syracuse.com reports.

Prosecutors also asked judges to consider the Instagram post Gloe made, in which he was reportedly mocking cops outside the courtroom at his court date in March, when serving his sentence. Gloe posted a selfie outside Nassau County Court with an expletive-filled caption, according to Syracuse.com.

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