John Cappello was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for the head-on collision in Bethpage, the Nassau District Attorney announced.
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Nassau County police said two people set a Dodge Caravan on fire early Saturday morning before fleeing on foot.
Police say the man punched a woman in the face in a laundromat the day before.
Thieves are cutting the part off the bottom of cars and selling it for scrap. See what areas were affected this week.
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Officials say Donta Riddick sold fentanyl-laced heroin that caused the death of a 21-year-old woman.
Officials say the woman used her position to steal millions from the company and its clients over nearly eight years.
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Police say the two men tried to steal from the ATM, but only managed to drag it away from it's spot.
A Long Island mother was arrested after driving drunk and hitting a parked car while her son was a passenger, police said.
Police say he threatened a clerk at the store, then made off with the cash from the register.
Police say officers pulled him over for a defective headlight and saw he was driving under the influence.
Officials say he played a large part in the 2017 murder of 19-year-old Julio Cesar Espantzay-Gonzales.
State troopers were out in force to combat drunken driving. They arrested nearly two dozen people for driving under the influence.
Police say an investigation into a fatal overdose led them to the man, who injured the officer as he fled.
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John Cappello was driving at nearly three times the legal limit when he crashed head-on into another vehicle and killed a 74-year-old woman.
Police say three men were selling THC in two different Massapequa stores.
Police say the officers tried to stop him when they saw he was driving a stolen car.
Police say the man threw bricks at a garbage truck and shattered the window, then sprayed a chemical at the sanitation workers.
Kevin Granados-Coreas befriended the victim and lured him to his death, because he was a perceived enemy of the gang.
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Gerald Gilraine was arraigned on multiple charges including criminal possession of a firearm, police say.