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Child Swept Away, Dies Off Beach + 1 Hurt, 1 Dies In Firework Mishaps: Authorities - LI Public Safety Roundup
Teen Shot / Swimmer Bitten / Yacht Rescue / LIRR Station Slaying / Tombstone Desecrated / Blood Shortage / Needoh Warning / Shark Prevention
LONG ISLAND, NY — Check out the week's top public safety news covered by Patches across Long Island.
ACROSS NASSAU COUNTY:
- Freeport Man Sentenced To 42 Years In Prison In Connection With MS-13-Related Machete Murders: DOJ
- Swimmer At Long Island Beach 'Bitten By Unknown Marine Life': State Parks Department
- Conviction Reinstated For Rockville Centre Man Accused Of Fatally Kicking 'Mocha' The Yorkie: Court Docs
- 14-Year-Old E-Bike Rider Critically Injured, Airlifted After Bethpage Crash: Police
- Psychiatric Defense Notice May Be Coming For Valley Stream Man Charged With Two Fatal Stabbings, Judge Says
- Driver Dies After Car Crash In Uniondale, Police Say
- Shark Prevention Equipment In Hempstead? A New Intermunicipal Agreement Could Make It So
- 4th Of July Rescue Mission Pulls Stranded 50-Foot Yacht From Oyster Bay: PD
- Valley Stream Man Arrested After Spraying Chemicals At Neighbors’ July 4 BBQ: PD
- Over 4,000 Citations, 100 DWI Arrests Made During ‘Operation Southern Shield’: State PD
- Fire Marshals Warn Of Viral NeeDoh Trend After Nassau Child Suffers "Severe" Burns
- 7 People Forced From Port Washington Home After Fire: FD
ACROSS SUFFOLK COUNTY:
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- Police ID Man Who Died In Fiery Crash In Suffolk Driveway
- Teen Seriously Hurt In Mastic Beach Shooting: PoliceMan Found Stabbed In Parking Lot Of Strip Mall In Selden: Police
- OSHA Investigating Explosion That Hurt 2 Employees At Holbrook Recycling Plant: Official
- VIDEO: Police Seek Group After Blue Point Beach Shack Vandalism
- Man Desecrated Tombstone, Fought Suffolk Cops In Huntington: Police
- 6,750 Checks Stolen From Suffolk Mailboxes In $4.8M Scheme: DA
- Jor’Dynn Duncan’s Family Files $250M Suit Against Suffolk County, LI School District
- LI Man Faces 25 Years After Fatal Robbery Shooting: DA
- Firework Explosion Seriously Injures LI Man: Police: Police
- Firework Explodes, Kills Central Islip Man At July 4 Party: Police
- Bay Shore Man Murdered Near LIRR Station: Police
- 'Unprecedented 2nd Blood Shortage, Lowest Since Covid-19' In NY After 4th of July Holiday, Storms' Aftermath
- Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Grocery Store's Parking Lot In Shirley: Police
- 2-Alarm Fire Incident, Involving 2 Homes, Breaks Out In Mount Sinai On July 4th: Police
- 6 Taken To The Area Hospitals After Heat Sensors Trigger White Powder At Medford Gas Station: Police
- 2-Year-Old Toddler Rescued From Locked Car During Heatwave: Police
ACROSS THE EAST END:
- 1st Alive On 25 Of Season Postponed In Riverhead Due To Cleanup From Massive Storm
- More Than 3K Still Without Power After Fierce July 4 Storm, Road Closures, Cleanup Continue
- State Of Emergency Declared In Southampton Town After Saturday Night's Powerful Storm
- Child, 6, Dies After Being Swept Away By Current Toward Great Peconic Bay In Southampton: Police
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