Posted on: December 8, 2023
Joshua Roston ran over 59-year-old Cemal Dagdeviren after stealing $22 worth of gas; defendant fled New York and was arrested in Pennsylvania
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Baldwin man ...
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Posted on: December 7, 2023
Matthew Whyte was allegedly speeding and driving recklessly on Southern State Parkway at Exit 32 in November 2022 when he crashed into another vehicle, killing three
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that ...
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Posted on: December 6, 2023
Ilya Ostrovskiy allegedly had 23 assault weapons, 18 semiautomatic pistols, 78 High-Capacity Magazines and body armor in Hewlett home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Hewlett pharmacist, who o...
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Posted on: December 5, 2023
Sean Johnsen pleaded guilty in August to rape and other charges
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Valley Stream soccer coach was sentenced today to up to three years in prison for having sex with an...
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Posted on: December 4, 2023
Giovanny Campos allegedly had sex with teenage student in high school parking lot and at home in Queens
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Queens school bus driver was indicted last week f...
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Posted on: November 30, 2023
Oscar Argueta was drunk and driving at approximately 93 miles an hour when he T-boned another vehicle, killing passenger
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hicksville man pleaded guilty today to aggravated veh...
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Posted on: November 29, 2023
The trio allegedly displayed weapons and stole postal keys used to access postal collection boxes
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that three defendants were arraigned on multiple counts of robbery for al...
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Posted on: November 28, 2023
Juan De Leon Collado was drunk and driving the wrong way on Sunrise Highway when he crashed into an oncoming vehicle; passengers in both vehicles were killed
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Freepo...
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Posted on: November 27, 2023
Floyd McNeil shot and killed a 21-year-old man and shot another victim in a Freeport park
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Bloods gang member was convicted by a jury today of the murder of a 21-yea...
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Posted on: November 16, 2023
Jesus Lugo Santana pleaded guilty in April 2023; was more than three times the legal limit for alcohol
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Queens man was sentenced yesterday to six to 12 years in pris...
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Posted on: November 14, 2023
Peter Ferrigan allegedly contracted with homeowners, took payment, and used the money for personal expenses and other construction jobs
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an Amityville man was arrested...
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Posted on: November 13, 2023
Corey Grier and Eric Baldwin stole cash at gunpoint from victim James Diamond, who had just cashed $55,000 settlement check; Baldwin sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for murder, Grier sentenced to 20 years in prison for robbery
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Posted on: November 10, 2023
John Cipolla allegedly stole $285,000 worth of electronics from a Plainview store; Defendant allegedly stole two U-Haul trucks in a separate scheme and $250,000 in quarters from another business
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Ann...
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Posted on: November 6, 2023
David Cahoon stabbed 70-year-old uncle 16 times in December 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Dix Hills man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for stabbing his elderly ...
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Posted on: November 1, 2023
Ruben Diego Avila Huicab was convicted after trial in June of the murder of 40-year-old Ricardo Cardona; Huicab had 16-year-old co-defendant kill Cardona after a work dispute
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announ...
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Posted on: October 27, 2023
Joshua Roston ran over 59-year-old Cemal ‘John’ Dagdeviren after stealing $22 worth of gas; defendant fled New York and was arrested in Pennsylvania
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly an...
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Posted on: October 26, 2023
Kevin Barnett attempted to have ‘Jessica’ cremated at a West Hempstead animal hospital shortly after her death
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Point Lookout man was arrested ye...
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Posted on: October 19, 2023
More than two kilograms of cocaine were found hidden inside of speakers mailed from U.S. Virgin Islands to Long Island; guns and drug packaging materials also recovered
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced th...
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Posted on: October 13, 2023
Tyshaun Johashen was driving twice the speed limit and intoxicated when he struck a 24-year-old woman and killed her
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Freeport man was sentenced today to six to 18 y...
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Posted on: October 6, 2023
Markus Effinger allegedly received more than $72,000 in fraudulent disability benefits; Gloria Sevilla allegedly wrongfully collected more than $137,000 in retirement benefits
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly annou...
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Posted on: October 3, 2023
Sotirios Spanos was allegedly intoxicated and driving at approximately 100 mph on Northern Boulevard when he crashed head-on into vehicle and killed married couple
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a ...
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Posted on: September 20, 2023
Michael DeAngelo was allegedly speeding and impaired by both fentanyl and cocaine when he crashed into vehicle and killed four family members
Victim Patrice Huntley was out celebrating a new job offer with children and step-grandchild
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Posted on: September 15, 2023
Elizabeth Reilly stole money from elderly woman; bought airline tickets, beauty products
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New Hyde Park woman was sentenced today to up to six years in prison for st...
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Posted on: September 14, 2023
Indictment is the result of an extensive nine-month investigation with DEA Long Island District Office Task Force; search warrants uncovered narcotics trafficking operation involving cocaine, crack and fentanyl
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Posted on: September 12, 2023
Angelo Stanco and American Paving & Masonry Corp. are charged with allegedly demanding kickbacks and stealing prevailing wage restitution checks totaling more than $42,000 from employees
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorn...
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Posted on: September 7, 2023
Corey Grier and Eric Baldwin stole cash at gunpoint; victim James Diamond had just cashed $55,000 settlement check
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that two men have pleaded guilty for their roles in the ...
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Posted on: September 6, 2023
Carlos Spielfogel-Lopez approached victim’s car, placed firearm to his ear, pulled the trigger and severed victim’s spinal cord
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an Elmont man was ...
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Posted on: August 31, 2023
Christopher Anderson shot and killed a 21-year-old man and shot another victim in a Freeport park; in a separate incident, fired on police
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged Bloods gang member was sen...
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Posted on: August 29, 2023
Donnell Hill, an MTA bus driver at the time of crash, allegedly drove drunk and hit tree, killing 26-year-old passenger and injuring others in car
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced tha...
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Posted on: August 29, 2023
Taiquan Cullum and Deion Barros allegedly shot and killed 36-year-old Paul LaRue after an earlier attempt on Cullum’s life
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that two alleged gang members were ind...
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Posted on: August 28, 2023
Tyshaun Johashen was at least three times the legal limit for alcohol when he struck a 24-year-old woman as she crossed street in March; Defendant expected to be sentenced to six to 18 years in prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorn...
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Posted on: August 24, 2023
Thomas DiNapoli was convicted at trial in June; jury deliberated for an hour
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Levittown man was sentenced today to 50 years to life in prison for the murder of his w...
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Posted on: July 27, 2023
Juan De Leon Collado was allegedly intoxicated and driving the wrong way on Sunrise Highway when he crashed into another vehicle, killing the victim driver and his own passenger
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly ann...
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Posted on: August 2, 2023
Shaun Teemer also sentenced for 2021 hit-and-run that severely injured a 73-year-old woman
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Long Beach man was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for the ...
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Posted on: July 31, 2023
Michael Owen used rope-like object to strangle Kelly Owen
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a St. James man was convicted Friday after a jury trial for the strangling murder of hi...
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Posted on: July 25, 2023
Willem Specht was allegedly intoxicated when he reversed his car in parking lot and struck 61-year-old Joseph Devito
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Wantagh man has been indicted for allegedly dri...
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Posted on: July 25, 2023
Gerald Pierre sold rifles, pistols, and revolvers, many with large-capacity magazines
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Westbury man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for selli...
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Posted on: July 12, 2023
Elson Forestier allegedly possessed nearly 2.5 kilograms of cocaine; drugs were allegedly concealed in toy packaging and boxes covered in birthday wrapping paper in his Freeport residence
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Do...
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Posted on: July 12, 2023
Jayden Woods pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in May for the death of 17-year-old Omarion JacksonMINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Crips gang member was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for s...
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Posted on: July 11, 2023
Mactyme Michel allegedly ran a stop sign and struck 18-year-old Gerrin Hagen causing his death
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Valley Stream driver was arraigned yesterday on a charge of Criminally Negligen...
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Posted on: July 10, 2023
Anthony Agornyo, a Traffic Services Technician, allegedly stole the scrap metal from a NYSDOT yard in Hauppauge and sold it for cash in Freeport
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New York State Depa...
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Posted on: June 30, 2023
Christopher Anderson shot and killed a 21-year-old man and shot another surviving victim in Freeport; Defendant, in a separate incident, fired shots at police
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alle...
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Posted on: June 28, 2023
Jose Franco-Martinez stabbed his ex-girlfriend multiple times, killing her, as she tended to horses
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an Elmont man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the ...
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Posted on: June 28, 2023
Ruben Diego Avila Huicab planned and carried out the murder of 40-year-old Ricardo Cardona because of a work dispute
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a North Carolina man was convicted by a jury yest...
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Posted on: June 27, 2023
Thomas DiNapoli shot wife with rifle and brother-in-law with shotgun; jury returned verdict after hour of deliberation
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Levittown man was convicted at tri...
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Posted on: June 27, 2023
Tyshaun Johashen was allegedly intoxicated when he struck a 24-year-old woman as she crossed Babylon Turnpike in March
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Freeport man was arraigned on aggravated vehi...
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Posted on: June 26, 2023
Amandeep Singh was allegedly speeding and intoxicated when he crashed his pickup truck into car with four teenagers in May, leaving two dead and two injured
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that...
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Posted on: June 14, 2023
Shaun Teemer also pled to a 2021 hit-and-run in Long Beach that severely injured a 73-year-old woman
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Long Beach man pleaded guilty today to the March 2022 shooting ...
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Posted on: June 9, 2023
70-year-old William Cahoon was found dead in his Levittown home in January 2019 with approximately 16 stab wounds; Defendant David Cahoon faces 25 years to life in prison at sentencing
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announ...
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Posted on: June 8, 2023
Employee Gabriel DeWitt Wilson was convicted of killing 49-year-old manager Ray Wishropp and attempting to murder two other workers in May
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a former supermarket employ...
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Posted on: June 7, 2023
Patrick Destine allegedly followed the victim, 54-year-old David McKenzie, after their vehicles collided and kicked him in the head multiple times, killing him
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Quee...
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Posted on: June 6, 2023
Jordan Solomon was nearly three times the legal limit for alcohol when he crashed into Stanley Soobrian’s motorcycle, killing him
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Jericho man was sentence...
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Posted on: May 26, 2023
Grants Awarded to Freeport and Long Beach Police Departments will enhance DWI patrols on weekends and holidays from May through September
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, Freeport Police Department Chief of Police...
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Posted on: May 19, 2023
Sharayda Washington fired ten shots, striking and killing a 16-year-old and injuring another
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a West Hempstead man was sentenced today to 32 years to life in prison fo...
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Posted on: May 18, 2023
Michael Arbassio and Eileen Dantini allegedly fraudulently obtained rental assistance funds from Town of Oyster Bay program
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a couple from Hicksville were arraigned ye...
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Posted on: May 16, 2023
Nocianie Joseph and Travis Troiano allegedly drafted and submitted falsified paperwork from the Yes We Can Community Center stating that Joseph had completed required community service after DWI plea
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Posted on: May 16, 2023
Lex Lloyd used daycare center to mix drugs; Defendant was arrested as part of Operation Honeycomb; Tried to kill girlfriend’s former partner in February 2021
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly an...
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Posted on: May 12, 2023
Alan and Andrew Pawelsky allegedly trafficked stolen converters from several states
Alan’s company, Ace Auto Recycling, allegedly received $170 million from refinery that processed the precious metals inside the converters
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Posted on: May 12, 2023
Gerson Hernandez allegedly participated in two killings in 2022
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged MS-13 member has been indicted on murder charges for a July 2022 killing in Uniondale and g...
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Posted on: May 8, 2023
Susannah Smith was allegedly drunk and texting when she crashed into a utility pole, sending powerlines into the roadway, and caused the death of 34-year-old Milton Diaz
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced t...
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Posted on: May 4, 2023
Elizabeth Reilly wrote herself checks and used victim’s credit card information to buy airline tickets, beauty products
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New Hyde Park woman pleaded guilty...
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Posted on: May 3, 2023
Corey Henson was allegedly intoxicated when he struck and killed 30-year-old Dodanim Emanuel Chavez and fled the scene
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Centereach man has been indicted on charges h...
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Posted on: May 3, 2023
Employee Gabriel DeWitt Wilson killed 49-year-old manager Raymond Wishropp and attempted to murder two other workers
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a former supermarket employee was convicted today...
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Posted on: April 27, 2023
Anna Maria Restrepo used employee credit cards to steal from the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club between 2010 and 2017; was previously convicted of $100,000 theft from day care facility
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Don...
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Posted on: April 26, 2023
Alfred DiGirolomo, Jr. allegedly stole attorney fees and settlement funds from purported client; previously pled guilty to felony Grand Larceny charges with automatic disbarment for two separate schemes
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Atto...
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Posted on: April 21, 2023
Rand Heckler duped friends and neighbors into investing with him and used their money to pay his mortgage, country club membership and other expenses
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a former investm...
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Posted on: April 20, 2023
Sean O’Leary represented client in personal injury claim after car accident; allegedly stole $60,000 of negotiated settlement
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Lake Success attorney was ar...
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Posted on: April 18, 2023
Patrick Carey posted altered images of more than a dozen women on a pornographic website; DA Donnelly unveils proposed legislation creating new statutes to protect New Yorkers from ‘deepfake’ pornography
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Posted on: April 11, 2023
Christopher Flores was allegedly drunk and high when he struck 42-year-old Scott Brower as he crossed Merrick Road in Rockville Centre
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Long Beach man was arraigned ...
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Posted on: April 11, 2023
Oscar Argueta was allegedly drunk and driving at excessive speeds when he T-boned another vehicle, killing passenger
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hicksville man was arraigned today on aggravate...
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Posted on: April 6, 2023
Terry Ann Powell-Bajwa allegedly submitted paperwork for SNAP, Day Care Services, and Medicaid benefits omitting she owned company with government contracts, including $2 million contract with Lockheed Martin
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Posted on: April 5, 2023
Carlos Portillo ordered the murder of 19-year-old Julio Cesar Espantzay-Gonzales in the Massapequa Preserve; Portillo was high-ranking member of Indios Locos Salvatrucha clique of MS-13 at the time of the killing
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Posted on: April 5, 2023
Cynthia Ciaccio allegedly failed to pay income taxes from 2017 through 2020; had a total tax liability of $49,792 over three-year period and income of more than $400,000 in each tax year
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Do...
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Posted on: April 5, 2023
Jose Franco-Martinez drove from Kansas to stab his ex-girlfriend multiple times as she tended to horses
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an Elmont man has been convicted for the June 17, 2018, murder...
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Posted on: March 31, 2023
Gerald Pierre allegedly sold more than a dozen rifles, pistols and revolvers; fled Nassau County in February 2022 and was arrested in Philadelphia in January 2023
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a ...
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Posted on: March 29, 2023
Bret Votano acted as agent and attorney in multiple property sales and stole escrow funds; has since been disbarred
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a former attorney from East Rockaway was sentenced...
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Posted on: March 23, 2023
Denis Gutierrez-Marcos killed man after taxi dispute in September 2020; fired into crowd, striking two, in October 2020
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged MS-13 member was sentenced today t...
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Posted on: March 21, 2023
Jordan Solomon was highly intoxicated and driving 100 mph when he crashed into 29-year-old Stanley Christopher Soobrian’s motorcycle, killing him
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Jericho ...
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Posted on: March 17, 2023
David Jimenez-Salazar stabbed 37-year-old Elvin Padilla in the neck with broken liquor bottle after an argument over tips
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a waiter at a Hicksville restaurant was sent...
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Posted on: March 17, 2023
Marvin Moralez pleaded guilty in February for 2021 Freeport murder and for pointing gun at police officer
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged MS-13 member was sentenced today to 23 years to ...
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Posted on: March 9, 2023
Peter Quartararo allegedly defrauded victims who believed they were investing in Peloton, WeWork, Airbnb & Petco
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a barred investment broker from Glen Cove was in...
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Posted on: March 9, 2023
Michelle Byrd charged in 181 count indictment for allegedly stealing money from trusts that service adults with Cerebral Palsy, stroke victims, and woman who lost her limbs due to medical malpractice
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Posted on: March 3, 2023
Remy Marshall, also known as Fetty Luciano, was arraigned on weapon and assault charges for July 2022 shooting that injured three
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Brooklyn-based rapper was arraigne...
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
Tyler Flach stabbed recent transfer student Khaseen Morris in the heart at a strip mall in 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today that a Lido Beach man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in pris...
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Posted on: February 15, 2023
Marvin Moralez expected to be sentenced to 23 years to life for March 2021 Freeport murder and for pointing gun at police officer
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged MS-13 member p...
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Posted on: February 15, 2023
Bentley Butler was speeding while drunk and high and crashed on Southern State Parkway
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Rosedale man was sentenced Tuesday to up to 7 years in prison for leading New York...
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Posted on: February 10, 2023
Denis Gutierrez-Marcos killed man after taxi dispute in September 2020; fired into crowd, striking two, in October 2020
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an alleged MS-13 member pleaded guilty to mur...
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Posted on: February 1, 2023
David Jimenez-Salazar stabbed 37-year-old Elvin Padilla in the neck with broken liquor bottle and killed him
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a waiter at a Hicksville restaurant was convicted at tria...
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Posted on: January 27, 2023
19-year-old Julio Cesar Espantzay-Gonzales was lured into Massapequa Preserve with the promise of drugs and sex; Defendant Carlos Portillo ordered murder and provided co-defendants with gun and machete; Portillo was high-ranking member of Indios Locos Sal...
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Posted on: January 24, 2023
Tasha Brown hit 29-year-old Nelson Fuentes’ parked car at more than 90 mph
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Uniondale woman was sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison for Aggr...
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Posted on: January 24, 2023
Lumumba Woods, with a BAC of .12, crashed vehicle on Sunrise Highway; passenger was ejected 20 feet from car
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Manhattan man, previously convicted of murder in 1992, was s...
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Posted on: January 24, 2023
Joshua Pena, allegedly intoxicated and driving at excessive speeds, crashed on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, killing his half-brother
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Valley Stream man was arraigne...
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Posted on: January 23, 2023
Carlos Guerra – a member of Normandie clique of MS-13 – participated in December 2018 killings of Ian Cruz in Far Rockaway and Harold Sermeno in Lawrence; victims allegedly disrespected gang before their deaths
MINEOLA, N.Y. &...
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Posted on: January 20, 2023
Iris Amador Argueta stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from cousin by misleading him about the value of the winning ticket
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Texas woman pleaded guilty today to s...
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Posted on: December 27, 2022
Otari Bater allegedly claimed his family earned little to no income on Medicaid and SNAP applications; was president of two companies, leased luxury vehicle, and owned home during same period
MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. ...
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Posted on: December 22, 2022
Christopher Palma was allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed when he collided with 18-year-old Caitlin McDonald’s jet ski near Baldwin
MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that ...
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Posted on: December 19, 2022
Lumumba Woods, with a BAC of .12, crashed vehicle on Sunrise Highway; passenger was ejected 20 feet from car
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Manhattan man, previously convicted of murder in 1992, was c...
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Posted on: December 16, 2022
Luigia “Gina” D’Amore allegedly siphoned money from victim’s bank accounts and failed to pay utility, tax, and other bills as the victim’s legal guardian
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 13, 2022
Jackson Metellus was found guilty of multiple weapon and drug charges in November
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Valley Stream man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison on weapon and drug cha...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 7, 2022
Floyd McNeil was found guilty of Attempted Murder, Assault, and weapons charges in June
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced an Elmont Man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for a September 2019 shoo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 5, 2022
Richard Cottingham Pleads Guilty to 1968 Cold Case Murder; Admits in Court to Killing Four Additional Women in Nassau County in Early 1970s
Diane Cusick, 23, went to shopping mall to buy a pair of shoes, was found strangled in mall parking lot; Br...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 2, 2022
Jermaine Grant shot at running victim seven times outside Baldwin nightclub
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for firing seven shots...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 18, 2022
Dr. Jason DiBlasi and Marco Cotto allegedly sold opioid prescriptions to people without medical need; in some cases patients were never met or examined; nearly 7,000 opioids prescribed
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 14, 2022
Anthony Paruolo is charged with stabbing his wife to death while eight-year-old child was in the home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a North Bellmore man was indicted on murder charges for the stab...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 9, 2022
Vernon Lowe robbed and assaulted gas station attendant in 2018; Defendant has multiple violent felony convictions, including conviction for Murder in 1994
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Roosevelt...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 1, 2022
Tyler Flach stabbed Khaseen Morris in the heart, killing him, at a strip mall in 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today that a Lido Beach man has been convicted of the murder of an Oceanside teenager...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 26, 2022
Defendant Ellie Knoller killed two puppies and nearly killed a third in less than three weeks in 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an animal abuser was sentenced to one year in jail for...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 21, 2022
John Cappello struck 74-year-old Manuela Brugueras’ vehicle head-on, killing her
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Massapequa man was sentenced to up to fifteen years in prison for a fatal drun...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 21, 2022
Oscar Rios-Perez stabbed housemate, dumped body on curb in plastic garbage bags
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Uniondale man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for brutally stabbing his 27...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 20, 2022
Arem Rodgers fired 11 rounds, striking a 26-year-old victim seven times in the vestibule of a Terrace Ave. building
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced yesterday to 12 year...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 19, 2022
Keith Dillon was driving at three times the legal limit when he crashed head-on into Police Officer Willard Gomes’ vehicle
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New Hyde Park man was sentenced...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 17, 2022
Ramon Martines, A/K/A, Cruzito, was leader of Hempstead clique of MS-13; ordered killing of 39-year-old victim
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that an MS-13 leader was sentenced today to 25 yea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 14, 2022
Tasha Brown was driving while intoxicated when she hit several parked cars at more than 90 mph, killing the 29-year-old occupant of one of the vehicles
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Uniondale wo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 12, 2022
Andres Zapata and accomplices stole more than $1 million in cash and items from homes on the North Shore
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today that a Queens man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for hi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 7, 2022
Keith Pooler was convicted in May of stabbing 49-year-old Andre Garry in the heart on a street corner, killing him
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Hewlett man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 7, 2022
Defendant allegedly conspired with others who pretended to be a real estate attorney and had money wired to fake escrow account
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly and Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth O. Jackso...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 30, 2022
Former office manager Maria Porras used bookkeeping access to steal money between 2015 and 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that the former office manager for a pharmaceutical company in Port Washing...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 20, 2022
Keith Dillon was driving at nearly three times the legal limit for alcohol when he crashed head-on into Police Officer Willard Gomes’ vehicle
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New Hyde Par...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 20, 2022
Mark Small allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend, Marivel Estevez, in her luxury apartment in July
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of an Elmont man on murder and weapons charg...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 14, 2022
Jose Ortiz-Trochez stabbed a 34-year-old man to death in March 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Hempstead man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the stabbing death of a man in Brierley Park in Hempstead in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 13, 2022
Benjamin Lopez was convicted of viciously attacking a 73-year-old grandmother, killing her with a machete
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Levittown man was sentenced today to life in prison without par...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 2022
Arhum Tanveer, allegedly driving over 100 mph, crashed into 30-year-old Maricela Donaire’s vehicle, killing her
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of a Floral Park man on charges in...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 30, 2022
David Serrant was convicted of attempted assault and weapons charges in May
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Freeport man was sentenced today to 29 years in prison for firing at a Freepor...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 19, 2022
Jennifer Jira allegedly issued hundreds of checks to herself from the bank accounts of Local 713 International of Brotherhood of Trade Union
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Westbury woman and for...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 17, 2022
Andre Patton stabbed Deacon Patrick Logsdon more than 20 times at a halfway house in Roosevelt and fled the state
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced today to 20 years to ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2022
Defendants hacked 22-year-old Carlos Rivas-Majano to death with machete
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that two MS-13 members have been sentenced for their roles in the August 2017 machete murd...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 8, 2022
Lonnie Poindexter allegedly bred and sold animals for dogfighting
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Freeport man who allegedly bred and sold pit bulls for use in dogfighting has been indicted by a N...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 5, 2022
James Wilson shot and killed 28-year-old Matthew Gilreath at 100 Terrace Avenue in Hempstead
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Brooklyn man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for a fatal shootin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 4, 2022
Lance Holmes, aka DJ Love Dinero, allegedly received kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl in mail from California; Mail carrier Adrianna Lewis allegedly facilitated deliveries on her postal route in Hempstead
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 1, 2022
Defendant and others allegedly lured the victim to Freeport to steal cash at gunpoint; victim James Diamond just cashed $55,000 settlement check
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of a fifth ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 25, 2022
Dante Lennon was allegedly speeding and intoxicated when he broadsided a Lincoln Town Car in New Hyde Park
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Freeport man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 22, 2022
Severely malnourished dog, Athena, had open wounds and was left in crate outside Bobbi and the Strays on July 7; NCDA and Nassau SPCA asked for public’s help after dog was abandoned
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 20, 2022
Nylah Frazier was allegedly driving more than 100 MPH when she crashed BMW and killed two passengers
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a West Hempstead woman was arraigned today on grand jury indictme...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 14, 2022
Shaun Teemer was also arraigned today in a 2021 hit-and-run in Long Beach that severely injured a 74-year-old woman
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Long Beach man was arraigned today for the March...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 13, 2022
Christopher Anderson and Floyd McNeil allegedly gunned down a 21-year-old man and shot another surviving victim in Freeport
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that two alleged Bloods gang members were arrai...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 11, 2022
Rafael Melara, driving while highly intoxicated, struck a car and bus on Northern Boulevard; victim sustained life-threatening injuries
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today that a Huntington Station man...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 11, 2022
Matthew Eckstein sentenced to up to 10-1/2 years in prison; nearly $5.6 million in restitution returned to victims
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Syosset man was sentenced today to up to ten...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 8, 2022
James Cosentino has pending case for allegedly using forged prescriptions to acquire more than 13,000 opioid pills over the course of nine months
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Valley Stream man ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 7, 2022
Paul Carey was allegedly in possession of 30 firearms, including so-called “ghost gun” assault weapons
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Massapequa dentist was arraigned today on a se...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 1, 2022
Benjamin Lopez viciously hacked a 73-year-old grandmother to death with a machete during robbery in Levittown
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the conviction of a Levittown man in the brutal machete killi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2022
Varun Datt jumped sidewalk while driving drunk, striking and injuring a man and child
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Syosset man was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for striking a man and h...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 28, 2022
Fourteen people have been killed on Nassau roadways since May 21st
LONG BEACH, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly and Long Beach Police Commissioner Ronald J. Walsh, Jr., announced a new enhanced drunk driving progr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 27, 2022
Defendants hacked 22-year-old Carlos Rivas-Majano to death with machete
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that two MS-13 members have pleaded guilty in the August 2017 machete murder of Carlos Ri...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 24, 2022
Arlin Aguilera was allegedly intoxicated and driving at high rate of speed when he collided with an Audi Q5, killing a 15-year-old female passenger
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a West Hempstead m...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 22, 2022
Diane Cusick, 23, went to shopping mall to buy a pair of shoes, was found strangled in mall parking lot; Breakthrough in case came from DNA match
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New Jersey man was...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 17, 2022
Andrew Quattrone allegedly sent sexual images and messages to teenager in Wantagh
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Manorville man was arraigned today on charges he allegedly sent sexually graphic t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 14, 2022
Brayan Castano and accomplices stole more than $1 million in cash and items from homes on the North Shore
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Queens man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 10, 2022
Kevin Granados-Coreas and co-conspirators killed victim after luring him into Preserve
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for his role...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 9, 2022
David Afanador was drinking alcohol on a beach and fired several shots into the ocean
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a former New York City Police Officer was sentenced today to up to four years in...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 6, 2022
Andre Patton stabbed Patrick Logsdon more than 20 times and fled home; Was arrested in Tennessee more than six months later
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Roosevelt man pleaded guilty to murder ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 25, 2022
Thomas Saxton allegedly had seven handguns, two assault rifles and 60 high-capacity magazines in his home; Defendant was arrested at Queens children’s hospital in February for allegedly threatening to kill wife
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 19, 2022
Former Director of Food Services for Hempstead Public Schools Alleged to Have Steered More than $1 Million in Contracts to a Preferred Vendor in Exchange for Kickbacks
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Sh...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 18, 2022
Johnny Shorter was convicted in April of Robbery, Burglary and Assault charges
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today a Hempstead man who pistol-whipped and robbed a woman and later ran from police with a...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 13, 2022
Keith Pooler stabbed 49-year-old Andre Garry in the heart on a street corner, killing him
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the conviction of a Hewlett man on murder charges for stabbing a man in the heart...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 13, 2022
Quay Sean Hines allegedly shot and killed 33-year-old Amelia Laguerre as she walked in the parking garage of an office building in New Hyde Park
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Bay Shore man was a...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 11, 2022
Trevor Ford shot victim after altercation at Bedell Street and Terrace Avenue
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead gang member was sentenced today to 20 years in prison on assault a...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 28, 2022
Able McTootle was one of forty defendants indicted as part of “Operation Honeycomb” joint investigation with NCDA, FBI Long Island Gang Task Force, ATF Task Force, NCPD, Postal Service, DEA, & State Police
MINEOLA, N.Y. – ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 28, 2022
Final 1,000 jackets distributed; 600 jackets donated to humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly today announced the completion of a six-year long effort to donate nearly 100,000 coun...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 27, 2022
John Cappello struck 74-year-old Manuela Brugueras’ vehicle on Stewart Avenue, killing her
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the guilty plea of a Massapequa man in a fatal drunk driving collision...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 27, 2022
Tricia Manno allegedly submitted forged COVID-19 vaccination card to school district
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today a Sewanhaka High School teacher was indicted on charges she allegedly submitted ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 1, 2022
The Defendant Directed and/or Participated in Murders in Maryland and Virginia
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced El Salvadorian national Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reaper,”...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 25, 2022
Directed and/or Participated in Five Murders in Maryland and Virginia
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced El Salvadorian national Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, a/k/a “Insolente&rdq...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 25, 2022
Darin Semple and co-defendant Devin Obleanis are charged with murder in the shooting death of 23-year-old victim
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of two men for their alleged roles in the m...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 14, 2022
Varun Datt drove his car onto sidewalk while intoxicated, striking and injuring a man and child
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the guilty plea of a Syosset man charged with driving drunk onto a resident...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 14, 2022
Kevin Granados-Coreas used machete to kill victim after luring him into preserve
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead man pleaded guilty to murder and other charges for his role in the 2017 ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 13, 2022
Andres Zapata and co-defendants stole more than $1 million in cash and items from gated communities on the North Shore
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today that a Queens man was convicted for his role i...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 11, 2022
Johnny Shorter pistol-whipped female victim, stole money before running from police with loaded firearm
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the conviction of a Hempstead man who pistol-whipped and robbed a w...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 8, 2022
Tasha Brown was allegedly driving while intoxicated when she hit several parked cars at more than 90 mph, killing the 29-year-old occupant of one of the vehicles
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indic...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 7, 2022
Jonathan Vazquez allegedly attempted to murder one man, robbed a woman at gunpoint, and shot at two Nassau County Police Officers during three-week crime spree
MINEOLA, N.Y. – District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Bay Shor...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 6, 2022
Elizabeth Reilly allegedly wrote herself checks and used PayPal with victim’s credit card information to make personal purchases
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a New Hyde Park woman was a...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 5, 2022
Deshawn Martin charged in 20-count indictment, including the murder of 49-year-old Santos Valeriano Argueta outside Antojitos Express on Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 31, 2022
Isaih Giles allegedly attacked woman at Days Inn hotel, raped her and stole valuables
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of a Suffolk County man for allegedly attacking a woman at a Woodbury ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 24, 2022
Arlena Mann allegedly directed payments from NUMC to six bank accounts she controlled between 2019 and 2021
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that the former payroll director of Nassau University Medical C...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 23, 2022
James Wilson convicted of murder and other charges in the shooting death of 28-year-old Matthew Gilreath
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Brooklyn man was convicted of murder and other charges in a fata...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 22, 2022
Kwesi Williams allegedly drove at high rate of speed while intoxicated and crashed into utility pole, killing his female passenger
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of a Queens man on charge...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 16, 2022
Trevor Ford shot victim after altercation at Bedell Street and Terrace Avenue; Defendant has multiple open cases in Nassau
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead gang member was convi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 10, 2022
Edier Alberto Alvarez stole $74,000 from more than 40 victims seeking assistance with their immigration cases
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Queens man, who misrepresented himself as an immigrati...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 10, 2022
New unit will concentrate on long-term investigations into gun-running in Nassau County; Unit will share intelligence with local and federal partners
Law Enforcement in Nassau County has seized 94 guns – including 28 ghost guns &nd...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 18, 2022
Bobby Vanderhall attacked his mother, sister, and two of his sister’s friends with a hammer in the family home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 50 yea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 15, 2022
Patricia Sales deposited checks from then employer, All About Kids, into her personal bank account
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today the sentencing of a Huntington Station woman who stole more than $...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 9, 2022
Justice Brunson and co-defendants stole more than $80,000 in jewelry at gunpoint
MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Brooklyn man was sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for his role in the ro...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 8, 2022
Gail Godwin allegedly struck client in the head and let him bleed to death, failing to call 911 for hours
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a home health aide was arraigned on manslaughter and other c...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 7, 2022
Dino Tomassetti allegedly shot his mother and father after an argument in their Hewlett home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Brooklyn man was arraigned today on attempted murder and other charges ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 27, 2022
Duane Costa received sentence of 25 years to life in prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. – District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Uniondale man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the attempted murder of four Nassau County Police Office...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 25, 2022
Raul Ponce pled guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of manslaughter in four separate slayings
MINEOLA, N.Y. – District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Hempstead MS-13 member was sentenced today to 32 years to life in prison after ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 14, 2022
The defendants allegedly lured the victim to Freeport to steal cash at gunpoint; victim James Diamond just cashed $55,000 settlement check
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of four individua...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 17, 2021
Matthew Mummaw was high on meth, amphetamines, and fentanyl when he struck a 38-year old man riding home from work
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a utility worker from Jacksonville, Florida wa...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 17, 2021
Charles Polevich allegedly exited his vehicle, saw victim injured on the ground, re-entered his car and drove off
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the indictment of a Mineola man charged with strikin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 16, 2021
Duane Costa fired at the officers following a traffic stop
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced that a Uniondale man was convicted at trial for attempting to murder four NCPD officers by firing a gun at the...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 16, 2021
Patrick Carey allegedly posted and altered images of women taken when they were in high school and middle school on a pornographic website; encouraged users to harass and threaten women
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 7, 2021
Thomas DeMaria allegedly instructed subordinate to void ticket issued to another Town of Hempstead employee’s daughter
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the indictment of the former Commissi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 6, 2021
Office manager Maria Porras allegedly stole money between 2015 and 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Massapequa Park woman who worked as an office manager for a pharmaceutical company was ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 1, 2021
William Byrus was driving while high on a combination of marijuana and Xanax when he crashed in Long Beach; his female passenger suffered serious physical injuries
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that an East...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 3, 2021
Sabine Alexis charged in 19-count indictment for allegedly falsifying extended sick leave paperwork and collecting salary while employed full-time at another job; certifying work hours while operating a daycare and completing bachelor’s and mast...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 30, 2021
Raul Ponce pled guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of manslaughter
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced a Hempstead MS-13 member pled guilty today to murder and manslaughter charges in four se...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 19, 2021
Sixto Tapia-Angeles also slit his girlfriend’s throat and cut his own wrist to claim they attempted a double suicide
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 9, 2021
Iris Amador Argueta allegedly claimed cousin’s prize money and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from him by misleading him about the value of the prizeMINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith and the ...
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Posted on: October 29, 2021
Joanne Dooher was driving with a blood alcohol concentration nearly three times the legal limit
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced today that a Massapequa woman was sentenced to up to seven and a half yea...
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Posted on: October 27, 2021
Roy Christmas punched his sister and later stabbed her boyfriend after fight about misplaced cellphone
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for the stabbi...
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Posted on: October 26, 2021
Bobby Vanderhall attacked his mother, sister, and two of his sister’s friends with a hammer in the family home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Hempstead man pleaded guilty today to murder and attempted murder charge...
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Posted on: October 22, 2021
Brayan Castano and accomplices stole more than $1 million in cash and items from gated homes on the North Shore
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced today that a Queens man was convicted for his role in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 13, 2021
New York’s sub-minimum wage $40 daily stipend makes jury service unaffordable for low-wage and self-employed workers without employer-paid time off
Acting DA Joyce A. Smith: “Fairness demands that our juries reflect the diversity of our...
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Posted on: September 30, 2021
John Novello was also sentenced in a separate commercial loan scheme to finance renovations on his family home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that the former Deputy Commissioner for the Town of Hem...
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Posted on: September 27, 2021
Michael Wright and Lawrence Sims were indicted by a grand jury for the incident which left one man dead and two injured
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the indictment of two men who are charged for ...
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Posted on: September 24, 2021
Sut-Ho Leung is charged with forcible touching, sexual abuse, and 14 counts of unauthorized practice of profession
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the indictment of a New Hyde Park man on charges h...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 23, 2021
Lawrence Grammer was convicted in June of shooting Bashir ‘Bobby’ Ward in the back of the head in 2018
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Glen Cove man was sentenced to 25 y...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 23, 2021
Allen Evans is the second major supplier to be sentenced to 10 years in prison as part of Operation Honeycomb investigation
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Copiague man was sentenced today to...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 22, 2021
Crash on Meadowbrook Parkway killed a 39-year-old mother and injured her eight-year-old sonMINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Freeport woman was sentenced today to six to 18 years in prison fo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 20, 2021
The Nassau County Conviction Integrity Unit investigates all allegations of wrongful conviction. The Conviction Integrity Unit began investigating claims of the wrongful conviction of Christopher Ellis in August 2019. Mr. Ellis was convicted after trial i...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 13, 2021
John Gerges strangled his homebound wife to death in February 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Merrick man was sentenced today to 21 years in prison for the strangling death of his wife i...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 9, 2021
Proven public safety initiative will reduce backlog of low-level, nonviolent offenses, decrease recidivism, and spare participants a criminal conviction
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith today announced a new program to...
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Posted on: August 31, 2021
Peter Quartararo allegedly defrauded victims who believed they were investing in DoorDash, Airbnb & Petco; Defendant was arrested in April for similar investment fraud charges
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. S...
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Posted on: August 31, 2021
Kevin Lopez-Morales participated in murders of Josue Amaya Leonor in 2016 and Angel Soler in 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced that an MS-13 member was sentenced today to 24 years to life in prison ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 25, 2021
Samuel Ponce took part in the Machete killing of 18-year old Bryan Lemus
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced a Hempstead MS-13 member was sentenced today to nine years to life in prison for his role in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 20, 2021
Harris Ferro charged in 22-count indictment; allegedly sold cigarettes and lighters to inmate at Nassau County Correctional Center
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the indictment of a correction offi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 11, 2021
Elmer Gutierrez pled guilty in June to murder and conspiracy charges
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced that an MS-13 member was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to life in prison for his role in a Decembe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 10, 2021
Antonio Cullal used machete to kill victim after luring him into Preserve
MINEOLA, N. Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for his role in the...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2021
The Nassau County Conviction Integrity Unit investigates all allegations of wrongful conviction. The Conviction Integrity Unit began investigating claims of the wrongful conviction of Christopher Ellis in August 2019, who was convicted after trial in 1993...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2021
William Mendez targeted Hispanic-owned businesses, soliciting more than $150,000 in bribes
Related public corruption cases against three high-ranking Hempstead Police Department members are currently pending
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County Di...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 6, 2021
Riqui Rodriguez allegedly threw brick through window of Elmont Seafood restaurant; Defendant suspected of other burglaries in New York City
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the arraignment of a Brook...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 4, 2021
“We are reviewing the deeply disturbing findings of the Attorney General’s report regarding the Governor’s alleged conduct. We have requested the Attorney General’s records related to any incidents that occurred in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 23, 2021
Defendant and co-conspirator shot and killed man in broad daylight
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Acting District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced today that a Hempstead man was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison for the 2018 murder of a 30-year old man ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 20, 2021
John Gerges strangled his homebound wife to death after an argument over the condition of their home
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Merrick man pled guilty today to manslaughter for the stra...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 19, 2021
Ian Kazer stabbed his mother 47 times and assaulted father after fight over work place theft
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Syosset man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his mother&...
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Posted on: July 19, 2021
Thomas Massenburg allegedly shot and killed Rashawn Cummings after fight at Massapequa home; Co-defendant Learyk Jarvis allegedly shot Massenburg in groin
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that two me...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 19, 2021
Defendants allegedly hacked 22-year old with machete; Deceased’s body was uncovered near Meadowbrook Parkway one year later
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced that five alleged MS-13 m...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 9, 2021
Defendant trafficked victim in Nassau and Suffolk County hotels and motels
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Bloods gang member was sentenced today to 7 years in prison for sex trafficking, phy...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2021
Ponce expected to receive life sentence for his role in the murder
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced the guilty plea of an alleged MS-13 member for his role in the brutal murder of a Unionda...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 25, 2021
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced that a Seaford man, acting as a broker for individuals looking to buy and sell boats, allegedly stole more than $35,000 of the proceeds from the sale of a boat belon...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 24, 2021
Elmer Gutierrez also conspired with co-defendants to murder perceived gang rival in Far Rockaway
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced today that an MS-13 member pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a De...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 16, 2021
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Freeport woman pleaded guilty today to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges in a 2020 high-speed crash that killed a 39-year old woman and injured the victim’s eight-...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 15, 2021
Victim was lured to park with promise of sex and drugs; Antonio Cullal stabbed victim multiple times
MINEOLA, N. Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Hempstead man pleaded guilty today for his role in the 2...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 14, 2021
Defendant allegedly misrepresented herself as an immigration attorney; stole $30,000 from victims
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced today the arrest of a Ronkonkoma woman who alle...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 10, 2021
Defendant allegedly used the funds on golf and a beach cabana
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced today that an East Rockaway certified public accountant, employed as the chief financial officer and co...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 8, 2021
Patricia Sales allegedly deposited checks from All About Kids into her personal banking account
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced today the arrest of a Huntington Station woman who allegedly stole mo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 4, 2021
Defendant was convicted in April on top charge of assault in the first degree
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that Anthony Chiantella was sentenced today to 17 years in prison f...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 4, 2021
Gabriel DeWitt Wilson is charged with murder in the second degree and four counts of attempted murder in the second degree
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced today that a Hempstead man has been indicted on murder, attemp...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 3, 2021
Ian Kazer had argument with his parents after losing his job and getting criminal summons; stabbed mother 47 times later that evening
MINEOLA, N. Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Syosset man was convict...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 3, 2021
Lawrence Grammer shot Bashir ‘Bobby’ Ward in the back of the head at Glen Head shop after men had argument the day before
MINEOLA, N. Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Glen Cove man w...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 18, 2021
Melissa Frame allegedly used fingerprint and unique ID number to access medication more than 50 times
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Do...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 14, 2021
Defendant and previously sentenced co-conspirator shot and killed man in broad daylight
MINEOLA, N. Y. – District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Hempstead man was found guilty in the murder of a 30-year old man in a 2018 Hempstead shooting...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 10, 2021
Client employed the defendant as part of defense team in double-murder exoneration
MINEOLA, N. Y. – District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a private investigator from Glen Cove for allegedly attempting to extort his client ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 16, 2021
Defendant was convicted on top charge of Assault in the First Degree in crash that left his front seat passenger a quadriplegic
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Anthony Chiantella was convicted yester...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 7, 2021
Attorney accused of fraudulently representing client in the sale of $7.4 million Manhattan apartment building
MINEOLA, N. Y. – District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an attorney who was disbarred from practicing law in New York was arre...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 28, 2021
Ryan Lindquist stabbed victim more than 150 times
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa man has been sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for the vicious murder of a man in June 2019...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 28, 2021
Defendants allegedly defrauded investors who believed they were investing in Peloton, WeWork, & Airbnb Stock
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a barred investment broker from Glen Cove and his bus...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 24, 2021
The incredible skill and perseverance of Nassau’s workers has never shone brighter than during the COVID-19 pandemic. The men and women of Long Island’s labor community have done their jobs with dedication even in the most trying conditions. They have pro...
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Posted on: March 24, 2021
Alfred DiGirolomo, Jr. pleaded guilty in April 2019 to stealing nearly $230,000 from client; Stole $675,000 from two other clients to pay restitution on first case
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a d...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 15, 2021
William Mendez allegedly targeted Hispanic-owned businesses in scheme; Co-defendant, former Village of Hempstead Trustee Perry Pettus, sentenced to 2-1/3 years to Seven Years in 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 15, 2021
Forty defendants indicted as part of Operation Honeycomb in joint NCDA, FBI Long Island Gang Task Force, ATF Task Force, NCPD, Postal Service, DEA, State Police Investigation
Two defendants allegedly conducted narcotics business from illegal &...
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Posted on: March 4, 2021
Dr. George Blatti allegedly ignored repeated warnings and prescribed massive quantities of opioids and other drugs that killed five patients and endangered lives of six others
Case marks first doctor charged with depraved indifference murder for prescribin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 26, 2021
Sean Johnsen allegedly had sexual contact with player in his car and at Nassau County hotel
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Valley Stream soccer coach was arraigned on Tuesday on a 50-count grand j...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2021
John Pierotti shot and killed two men outside of a Baldwin tavern after an argument
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was sentenced today to life without the possibility of parole after ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2021
Sheila Seward added compensation to her paychecks in amounts from $39.00 to $6,900.00
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former employee of the Elmont Memorial Library was sentenced today for stealing...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 8, 2021
For Immediate Release
January 27, 2021
Dana King, Jr. waited outside his ex-girlfriend’s house, followed her as she entered another car and instigated a high-speed chase that killed 22-year old driver
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County Distric...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 5, 2021
For Immediate Release
January 19, 2021
Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia was drunk when he crashed into the ambulette, killing patient inside, a retired NYPD Detective
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Locust Va...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 4, 2021
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2021
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Commack man was arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for allegedly masturbating in front of a six-year old nonverbal chi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 3, 2021
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2021
MINEOLA, N. Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man and his girlfriend have been arraigned for their roles in the stabbing death of a man in October.
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 15, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and United States Postal Inspectors announced that a Yaphank man was arrested yesterday by NCDA investigators as part of Operation Jerome for allegedly selling anabolic steroids on ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 13, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that a Valley Stream man was arrested today for allegedly using a doctor&rsqu...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 13, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Valley Stream man pleaded guilty today to the top count of manslaughter for a high-speed chase and ramming that ended in a fatal crash.
Dana King, Jr., 24,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 4, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Locust Valley man pled guilty today to the top count of aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges for driving drunk and crashing into an ambulette in 2019, ki...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 27, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man was arraigned on grand jury indictment charges today for the murder of his wife and attempted murder of his brother-in-law in August at their Cord Lan...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 22, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a backstretch employee was arraigned on a grand jury indictment and charged with allegedly knowingly releasing a racehorse onto blacktop, causing it to fall and suffe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 30, 2020
My office has completed our investigation into payouts for accrued vacation and sick leave time made to certain former employees of the City of Long Beach. As Comptroller DiNapoli’s audit found, these payments were excessive and inconsistent with the appl...
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Posted on: September 24, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington man was arraigned today for allegedly stealing $45,450 from a former friend in an investment scheme.
Craig Stone, 64, was arraigned before Judge...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 24, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook woman was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for her role in planning her mother’s murder.
Francesca Kiel, 23, pled guilty before Judge Christo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 15, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Elmont woman was sentenced today to seven to ten years in prison for a fatal crash in Elmont that killed a 65-year old man in February 2019.
Julie Debrosse, 31, ple...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 11, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man was arraigned yesterday on a grand jury indictment for allegedly sex trafficking a teenage victim across Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Brooklyn from Septe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former employee of the Elmont Memorial Library pled guilty today to grand larceny charges for stealing more than $260,000 from the Library between 2012 and 2018.
She...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 26, 2020
“Mulumba Kazigo and his siblings experienced decades of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their father, Dr. Joseph Kazigo. In 2005, after being beaten for forgetting to mow the lawn, Mulumba learned that his mother, too, was a victim ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 25, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that the owner of a prominent Long Island paving company was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge for bribing an Oyster Bay commissioner to help facilitat...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 24, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a South Floral Park man was sentenced today to a combined 20 years to life in prison and five years’ post-release supervision for his role in a broad daylig...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 20, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an accountant with a practice in Hempstead was arraigned today for allegedly stealing more than $320,000 from two clients.
Francisco Esquivel, 65, of Baldwin, was arra...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 20, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach woman was sentenced to 22 years in prison and five years post-release supervision for the killing of a Centre Island man on November 20, 2018.
Jennifer Gr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 19, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly raping three women in three separate attacks between 2015 and 2020.
Adell Hardwick,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 17, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a couple from Valley Stream was charged with harassment, criminal tampering and criminal mischief for allegedly throwing feces and shooting a pellet gun, causing a ne...
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Posted on: August 11, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Mineola man was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly mutilating four kittens and throwing their bodies in a garbage chute.
Justin Visconti, 38, w...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 11, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the March 2018 murder of a romantic rival.
Shavon Goins, 27, was convicted at trial on December 5...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 21, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington man has been charged with faking his own death and using his attorney to provide an NCDA prosecutor with a false death certificate to allegedly avoid bei...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 20, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former employee of the Syosset Public Library was arraigned today on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing more than $111,000 from the Library over seven yea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 15, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that nearly 400 employees of Nassau County Institutions have had their identities stolen and used to file false unemployment claims.
To date, the identities of 380 individu...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 14, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook woman pled guilty today for her role in her mother’s murder.
Francesca Kiel, 23, pled guilty before Judge Christopher Quinn to Manslaughter in the...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 7, 2020
On December 3, 2019, Freeport police arrested Akbar Rogers on bench warrants for failure to pay traffic violation fines. He was also wanted for a harassment violation stemming from an incident in which he allegedly pushed a pregnant woman to the ground re...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 1, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that an MS-13 member was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison for his role in a December 2018 murder spree in Queens and Nassau.
Yonathan Sanchez, 24, a/k/a Turbo,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook man was sentenced today to 22 years to life in prison for a 2016 attack on his girlfriend’s mother that led to the woman’s death in 201...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 5, 2020
MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Locust Valley man was arraigned on aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter and other charges for allegedly driving drunk and crashing into an ambulette in 2019, k...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 30, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a South Floral Park man pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in a broad daylight murder and attempted murder that occurred in Hempstead in October 2018.
Brian Mars...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 22, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Merrick man was arraigned on murder charges for allegedly strangling his wife in February.
John Gerges, 60, was arraigned today before Judge Tammy Robbins on charges...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 17, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a defendant has been arraigned on murder charges for stabbing a stranger to death on North Franklin Street in Hempstead in March 2020.
Westley Witts, 30, undomic...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 3, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today the creation of a Coronavirus scam hotline.
As communities across New York battle the coronavirus epidemic, NCDA has received reports of new identity theft scams and ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 26, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Long Island men have been arraigned for the murder of a Plainview man in January following a possible road rage incident.
Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, was vir...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 13, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that an MS-13 member pled guilty to murder for his role in a December 2018 murder spree in Queens and Nassau.
Yonathan Sanchez, 23, a/k/a Turbo, pled guilty before Ju...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 12, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Long Beach woman pled guilty to manslaughter for the murder of a Centre Island man on November 20, 2018.
Jennifer Gross, 54, pled guilty today to Manslaughter ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 4, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport woman was arraigned today on 13 grand jury indictment charges for a high-speed crash that killed a 39-year-old woman and injured the victim’s eig...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 28, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was convicted today of a 1998 double murder outside of a Baldwin tavern.
John Pierotti, 65, was convicted by a jury of two counts of Murder in the First...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 27, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Elmont woman pled guilty today to manslaughter and other charges for a fatal crash in Elmont that killed a 65-year old man in February 2019.
Julie Debrosse, 31, ple...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 27, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau County accounting firm was arraigned today on a felony complaint for allegedly submitting false New York State Tax Returns on behalf of 267 clients.
Kenneth E...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a father and daughter from Glen Head were convicted at trial on Thursday of neglecting a handicapped dog leading to open and infected wounds, emaciation and other sev...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 13, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was sentenced today to 10 to 12 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision after a trial conviction for his role in a multi-sta...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 11, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a high-ranking MS-13 gang member was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for murder and related charges for the July 2017 killing of a 15-year old in Roosevelt.
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 7, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man sentenced to 20 years in prison today for the fatal 2017 Christmas Day shooting of a Valley Stream man who was walking to pick up his daughter at the ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 7, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique on Long Island was sentenced today to 24 years to life in prison on murder and conspiracy charges.
David Sosa-Guevara,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 28, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a couple from The Bronx was arraigned on a grand jury indictment on January 23 for allegedly mailbox fishing in Atlantic Beach.
Yoli Gomez Osoria, 27, and Andrea Rose ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 23, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that four MS-13 members have been indicted for their roles in the machete murder of a Uniondale teenager in Massapequa Park Preserve in 2016.
Christian Rodriguez, 22, also ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 22, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced today that the Nassau County SPCA is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who abandoned a malnourished dog wi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 16, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that the owner of a prominent Long Island paving company has pleaded guilty to bribing an Oyster Bay commissioner to help facilitate the construction of the Cantiagu...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 14, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Hempstead Village Trustee was sentenced today to 2-1/3 to seven years in prison for extorting business owners, ticket fixing, and submitting false paystubs t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 14, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the leader of a Hempstead drug ring was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison and five years’ post release supervision for his role in a drug ring that ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 10, 2020
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an attorney from Merrick who currently lives in Arizona was arraigned on an indictment today for allegedly stealing nearly $300,000 from two clients.
Arnab Bhukta, 38,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 20, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook man pleaded guilty today to murder and related charges for a 2016 attack on his girlfriend’s mother that led to her death in 2018.
Ralph Keppler, ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 20, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an alleged MS-13 leader has been indicted for a March 2017 murder in Hempstead.
Ramon Martines, 36, of Hempstead, was arraigned today before Judge Terence Murphy on gr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 20, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man pled guilty yesterday to setting a house on fire in 2016 – causing permanent injuries to a 12-year-old girl who escaped the flames by jumpin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 11, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a high-ranking MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty today to murder and related charges for the July 2017 murder of a 15-year old in Roosevelt.
Victor Lopez, also known as...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 10, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique on Long Island pleaded guilty yesterday to murder and conspiracy charges.
David Sosa-Guevara, also known as Risky, 28,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 5, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 20 years post-release supervision today for the brutal rape and assault of a woman in Freeport in September 20...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 4, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man was indicted for operating a drug lab from his West Beech Street home.
Jovin Weinstock, 41, was arraigned today before Judge Fran Ricigliano and charg...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 4, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a man and woman from Brooklyn received prison sentences yesterday for their roles in the fatal April 2018 Inwood crash that killed a newly-engaged couple.
Rahmel Watki...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 20, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was indicted for allegedly setting a house on fire in 2016 – causing permanent injuries to a 12-year-old girl who escaped the flames by jump...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 15, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man pled guilty today for driving while high on drugs and causing a fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway in April.
Christopher Gomez-Almendarez, 24, ple...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 14, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Long Beach woman was indicted for the murder of a Centre Island man on November 20, 2018.
Jennifer Gross, 54, was arraigned today before Judge Meryl Berkowitz ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 13, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former employee of the Elmont Memorial Library was arraigned yesterday on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing more than $260,000 from the Library over six ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 8, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced the creation of the NCDA’s Victim Services Unit.
The unit is designed to offer crime victims services and emotional support throughout their involvement in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 7, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that seven alleged MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) members were arraigned on an indictment for their alleged roles in a January 2017 murder in the Massapequa Preserve.
DA Singas s...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 6, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, the FBI Long Island Gang Task Force and the ATF Long Island Firearms Taskforce announced that 11 people have been indicted by a grand jury for their alleged roles in violent drug a...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 31, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Lido Beach man has been indicted for the murder of an Oceanside teenager on September 16, 2019.
Tyler Flach, 19, was arraigned today before Judge Howard Sturim...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 30, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that a Rockville Centre doctor has been...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 29, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that 48 Ponzi scheme victims received $4.6 Million in restitution payouts today following two NCDA prosecutions.
In September 2018, DA Singas announced the arrests of Kevin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 21, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was sentenced last week to five years in prison and two years of post-release supervision for a December 2017 crash that nearly took the lives of sever...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 7, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a member of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison today for the July 2017 murder of 15-year-old Angel Soler.
Dennis Lopez, a/k/a Elmer Guillen and...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 3, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a dogfighter from Westbury was sentenced today to six months in jail and a 10-year ban on owning animals after seven pit bulls were found with bite and puncture wound...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 1, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two convicted MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) members were sentenced today to 50 years to life in prison for a fatal shooting in Hempstead in March 2017.
Carlos Flores, 26, o...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 26, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man pleaded guilty today to the brutal rape and assault of a woman in Freeport in September 2018.
Ever Martinez-Reyes, 25, pleaded guilty today to two coun...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 26, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a Farmingdale man was sentenced today to 2-1/3 to seven years for a 2018 high-speed drunk driving crash into the Roslyn Village Veterinary Hospital.
Wymann Wiggins, 31, ple...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 25, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Florida man was arraigned on an 18-count grand jury indictment yesterday for allegedly attempting to steal a Bentley Convertible by using a stolen identity.
James Gi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 24, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was convicted today of Criminally Negligent Homicide and Assault in the Second Degree for his role in the fatal April 2018 Inwood crash that killed a newly-engag...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 12, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a coin dealer from Fort Salonga was arraigned yesterday for a $330,000 cross-country coin consignment and sale scheme that targeted coin dealers and private collectors from Cal...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 6, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Hyde Park man was sentenced today to six to 12 years in prison for a New Year’s Day crash that seriously injured a Nassau County Police Department officer.
Keith Dillon, 3...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 29, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an alleged MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang member was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly murdering a man in the Massapequa Preserve in August of 2...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 26, 2019
MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Uber driver was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly kidnapping a 15-year-old girl.
Sean Williams, 32, of Brooklyn, was arraigned on Tuesday befor...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 26, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New York State Trooper was arraigned on a grand jury indictment for allegedly threatening to post naked photos of a woman online.
Jennifer Daignault, 31, of Rome, NY...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 14, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for attempted murder and other charges related to a shooting outside a house party in Uniondale in of July 2017.
Ahkhaz...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 12, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced that two members of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang members were convicted today on all counts for a fatal shooting in Hempstead in March 2017.
Carlos Flores, 26, of Hempstead and Pedro ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 5, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Staten Island man and three other individuals were arraigned on a grand jury indictment for their alleged connection to a fatal shooting and robbery in Haypath Park...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 26, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto pleaded guilty to two public corruption indictment charges.
John Venditto, 70, of Massapequa, pleaded guilty today to on...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 25, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Dix Hills man was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly stabbing his elderly uncle to death in Levittown.
David Cahoon, 40, was arraigned before J...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 23, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury indicted a Hempstead man for allegedly shooting and killing a Roosevelt man in October 2018.
Savonn Dangerfield, 22, was arraigned Monday before Judge Wil...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 22, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Dix Hills man was sentenced on Thursday to three to six years in prison for scamming 32 homeowners out of more than $600,000 in a mortgage modification scheme. The ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 18, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an alleged MS-13 member has been arrested for the August 2017 machete murder of Carlos Rivas-Majano, whose body was found in a wooded area along the Meadowbrook Parkw...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 9, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder announced that newly-certified data from the County Medical Examiner’s Office ind...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 28, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man was sentenced to one to three years in prison yesterday for scamming an elderly Oceanside woman out of $45,000 in one day. The defendant was ordered to pa...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 27, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a major heroin supplier in the Long Beach area – arrested as part of Operation Beech Sweep – was convicted at trial of all charges against him.
Rod...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 21, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a former Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department captain for allegedly stealing at least $10,000 from a Citibank account used by the department for their &ld...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 18, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was convicted today of three counts of attempted murder and related charges for a shooting outside a house party in Uniondale in July 2017.
Ahkhazyah W...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 17, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Deer Park man was sentenced to five to the maximum sentence of 15 years in prison today to the top homicide count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree for the November 2017 d...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 13, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Hempstead Village Trustee pleaded guilty in satisfaction of six indictments today to extorting business owners, submitting false paystubs to obtain a mortgag...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 10, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former insurance broker pleaded guilty to scamming at least 50 people – many seniors – out of more than $12 million in a Ponzi scheme.
Kevin Brod...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 31, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Locust Valley man was sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s daughter multiple times between 2014 and 2017...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 30, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Nassau County men have been sentenced for their roles in a fatal 2017 crash on the Long Island Expressway.
Jonnathan Santos, 22, of Manhasset, was sentenced yester...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 15, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced that a Mineola man was arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for allegedly killing two puppies ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 7, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Valley Stream man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges for a high-speed chase and ramming that ended in a fatal crash.
Dana King, Jr., 23, was arraig...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 1, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury has issued two separate indictments and charged Hempstead Police Department Chief Paul Johnson, Sergeant Joseph Savino, former Village Trustee Perry Pettus and res...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 1, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Garden City woman was sentenced to a net sentence of three to six years in prison today for running down her neighbor, a pedestrian while driving drunk in February ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 25, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Wantagh man was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly secretly recording at least nine women in tanning booths throughout Nassau County.
Jake Gabl...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 25, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Deer Park man pleaded guilty today to the top homicide count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree for the November 2017 death of an 18-year old woman in a Levittown...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 23, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced that a Hempstead MS-13 member was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison for shooting death of a teenager in Uniondale in 2016 and the brutal machete murder of a 22-year old in 2017.
Defe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 19, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Floral Park man was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $54,000 in Medicaid benefits.
Feroz Nazirbage, 46, was arraigned before Judge Maxine Broderic...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 17, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that six alleged MS-13 members have been indicted by a Nassau County grand jury for their roles in two homicides – in Far Rockaway, Queens County, and Lawrence, ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 16, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a groundbreaking partnership between the NCDA, Northwell Health, Nassau University Medical Center and Maryhaven’s New Hope Crisis Center to further close the dea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 15, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a bookkeeper from Glen Head for allegedly embezzling more than $200,000 from her employer, a Glen Cove-based property management company, and two other clien...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 11, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Roosevelt men were sentenced yesterday for a murderous robbery spree that left two men dead. Corey Williams was sentenced to 100 years to life in prison and Maliq...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 9, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man was arraigned today on a grand jury indictment for allegedly running over and killing a gas station attendant while trying to steal $22 worth of gas.
Joshua Roston...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 5, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two men were arraigned on grand jury indictment charges related to a fatal shooting in Hempstead in February.
James Wilson, 35, of Brooklyn, was arraigned yesterday be...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 4, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an attorney from Manhasset pleaded guilty today to stealing nearly $230,000 from a client.
Alfred DiGirolomo, Jr., 63, pleaded guilty before Supervising Judge Teresa C...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 3, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney from Hicksville pleaded guilty to stealing $40,000 from a Hicksville couple selling their home.
Constantine Giannakos, 51, pleaded guilty yesterday to Grand...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 21, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that 14 individuals have been indicted by a grand jury on various charges of drug trafficking, weapons and conspiracy in Nassau County.
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 20, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead MS-13 member who was arrested in March 2017 for attempting to murder three people, including a two-year-old child he sexually assaulted, was sentenced today to 26 y...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 19, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Hempstead Village Police Officer for allegedly stealing a portable encrypted police radio from the Hempstead Village Police Department.
Robert Van Wyen, 32,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 18, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced to three to six years in prison today for a 2016 fatal crash that killed his front seat passenger.
William Billups, 48, pled guilty on Fe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 14, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today for allegedly scamming an elderly Oceanside woman out of $45,000 in one day.
Frederik Regalado, 23, was arra...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 14, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced that a Hempstead MS-13 member pleaded yesterday guilty to two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, and related charges, for incidents in which he shot and killed a 16-year old on a Unio...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 12, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bayville man was arraigned yesterday on grand jury indictment charges for a near-fatal crash on the Wantagh State Parkway in February that left his passenger a quad...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 11, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today for the stabbing death of a 39-year old landscaper outside a Hempstead bar in April 2016.
Daniel Abrego D...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 8, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an MS-13 member was convicted of attempted murder yesterday for attempting to stab a 19-year-old man in April of 2017, while his co-defendants shot at and attacked th...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 7, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a custodian from Hempstead for allegedly receiving more than $50,000 in bribe payments in exchange for the promise of custodial work.
Dane Williams, 29, of He...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 6, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was convicted yesterday of 15 major felony counts, which included Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, and several weapon...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 6, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Queens woman for allegedly failing to pay more than $64,000 in wages to at least nine employees of her home nursing company, Tri-County Home Nursing Servic...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 1, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and United States Postal Inspector in Charge, Philip R. Bartlett, announced the arrest of five individuals for their roles in an alleged credit union loan fraud ring, whose members ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 27, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Merrick woman pled guilty yesterday to embezzling more than $180,000 from church accounts over a period of five years.
Therese Iuzzolino, 45, of Merrick pleaded guil...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 14, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced that a Hempstead MS-13 member who was arrested in March 2017 for attempting to murder three people, including a two-year-old child he sexually assaulted, pleaded guilty to the entire gran...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 25, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Garden City woman pled guilty today to Aggravated Vehicular Assault and other charges for running over a man while driving drunk in February 2018.
Tara Guinnane, 48,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 24, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a couple from Oceanside for allegedly stealing nearly $185,000 from the husband’s uncle who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke.
Philip and De...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 16, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Uniondale man for allegedly starving his Shepherd mix to death and failing to provide enough food to a puppy, a German Shepherd.
Harold Nichols, 70, was arr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 16, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two men were arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for the murder of a 30-year old man in Hempstead on October 19, 2018.
Jamik Cannon, 26, of Hempstead, and Brian...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 14, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced that three MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) members pleaded guilty this week to attempted murder charges for a May 2016 incident in which they attacked three teenagers in Hempstead Lake State Par...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 9, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Selden man was sentenced to three to nine years in prison today for embezzling more than $3,000,000 from Five Town Pediatrics, PC, a local pediatric practice in Woodmere and ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 7, 2019
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Hempstead man was sentenced Friday to five to 15 years in prison for the fatal Baldwin crash that killed a 21-year-old man in March 2018 and injured his parents.
Roy Gome...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 21, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was arraigned on a 14-count grand jury indictment for allegedly firing a gun at four NCPD officers following a traffic stop.
Duane Costa, 37, of Uniondale was ar...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Muttontown man was convicted today of manslaughter for a race that ended in a fatal crash on the Long Island Expressway in February 2017.
Areefeen Hirji, 21, was con...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 12, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was sentenced today to 17 years to life for the fatal shooting and robbery of a man in Freeport in 2011.
Jerod Plowden, 31, was convicted on October 19 by...
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Posted on: December 11, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the grand opening of the Community Partnership Program in Hempstead today. The Community Partnership Program (CPP) is a community-based resource and referral office that p...
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Posted on: December 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two people and two businesses were arraigned on a 52-count grand jury indictment for the alleged illegal possession, transportation, commercialization of dangerous wi...
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Posted on: December 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook man and his girlfriend were arraigned on Friday on grand jury indictment charges related to the murder of a Long Beach woman who was attacked in December 2...
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Posted on: November 27, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man was convicted of murder today for the stabbing death of a 39-year old landscaper outside a Hempstead bar in April 2016.
Daniel Abrego Davila, 33, was convi...
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Posted on: November 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, County Executive Laura Curran and Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder today announced that Nassau County has experienced a nearly 25% reduction in major crimes in the last five ye...
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Posted on: November 16, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a homeless man was sentenced to 17 years in prison today for the September 2017 attempted murder of an acquaintance in which he started a fire next to the man&rsq...
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Posted on: November 16, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury has indicted Hempstead Village Trustee Perry Pettus and Richard Holland, the Deputy Chief of the Village of Hempstead Police Department, on bribery charges related...
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Posted on: November 14, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the former owner of a Brooklyn day care center was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing more than $70,000 worth of Medicaid benefits and failing to pay more $36,000...
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Posted on: November 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, County Executive Laura Curran and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder announced a joint initiative today to better connect both veteran defendants and victims to their entitled benef...
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Posted on: November 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrests of five individuals for operating a drug trafficking ring in Long Beach.
DA Singas said in June 2017, following a tip, NCPD DA Squad Detectives began a 14-month...
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Posted on: November 8, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roslyn man has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for stealing more than $4.5 million from his mother to fund a lavish lifestyle that included private ...
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Posted on: November 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Selden man pled guilty today to embezzling more than $3,000,000 from Five Town Pediatrics, PC, a local pediatric practice in Woodmere and Bellmore.
Peter Singh, 43, ...
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Posted on: November 5, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was convicted today on all counts for a murderous 2015-2016 crime spree that left two men dead.
Corey Williams, 19, was convicted by a jury today of:
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Posted on: November 5, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced that her office will have prosecutors and investigators available to address voting-relating issues on Nov. 6 for the general election and reminded registered voters...
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Posted on: November 5, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges for the brutal rape of a Freeport woman outside her home in September.
Ever-Martinez-Reyes, 24, wa...
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Posted on: November 2, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Bellmore travel agent for allegedly scamming at least six cruise trip clients out of payments totaling more than $10,000.
Darlene Buonauro, 57, of Wantagh, was arraig...
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Posted on: October 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Mineola man was sentenced today to two months in jail, five years’ probation, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,639 for abusing a 10-poun...
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Posted on: October 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today the creation of Long Island’s first Elder Abuse Multi-Disciplinary Team. The team, consisting of 15 agencies and individuals, will tackle Nassau County&...
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Posted on: October 22, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a homeless man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and five years’ post release supervision for running over a teenage skateboarder with his minivan i...
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Posted on: October 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was convicted today of murder for the fatal shooting and robbery of a man in Freeport in 2011.
Jerod Plowden, 30, was convicted today by a jury today of:
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Posted on: October 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced yesterday to four months in jail, five years’ probation, a $3,000 fine and other conditions for killing a pedestrian while he ...
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Posted on: October 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced today that two alleged members of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang were arraigned today on a grand jury indictment charges of Murder in the Second Degree for two separate homicides.
Josue...
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Posted on: October 17, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury has indicted Hempstead Village Trustee Perry Pettus and his associate, William Mendez – who were previously arrested in July – and ch...
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Posted on: October 16, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges for a fatal 2017 crash that killed his 19-year-old girlfriend.
Kevin Reyes, 19, was arraigned toda...
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Posted on: October 16, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury has indicted Hempstead Village Trustee Perry Pettus on 29 counts related to the defendant’s alleged attempt to fraudulently obtain a mortgage o...
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Posted on: October 12, 2018
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of the Former President of the Hempstead Schools Civil Service Association (“HSCSA”) for allegedly stealing $90,651 from the Union&rsquo...
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Posted on: October 11, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James Hunt announced that an alleged MS-13 associate has been arraigned on charges of conspiracy and operating as a major...
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Posted on: October 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a homeless man pled guilty today to attempted murder for a September 2017 incident in which he started a fire next to the legs of an acquaintance in Glen Cove causing...
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Posted on: October 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Dix Hills man has pleaded guilty to scamming 32 homeowners out of $568,000 in a mortgage modification scheme.
Mark Savransky pleaded guilty today before Supervising ...
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Posted on: October 1, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Franklin Square man was sentenced today to 18 years to life in prison for the 2017 fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man.
Camari Hurley, 24, pleaded guilty on May 11 b...
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Posted on: September 27, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a home improvement contractor from Smithtown was sentenced today to 45 days in jail, to be served on weekends and five years’ probation. As a result of this...
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Posted on: September 26, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a disbarred attorney from Hicksville for allegedly stealing $40,000 from a Hicksville couple selling their home.
Constantine Giannakos, 51, was arraigned toda...
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Posted on: September 25, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Village of Valley Stream employee for allegedly neglecting his dog to the point of emaciation.
James Rosenbaum, 30, of Valley Stream, was arraigned yesterda...
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Posted on: September 18, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a financial advisor from Pennsylvania and the re-arrest of his alleged collaborator, a financial advisor from Syosset, for allegedly scamming at least 40 peo...
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Posted on: September 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a homeless man pleaded guilty to running over a teenage skateboarder with his minivan in October 2017, seriously injuring the then 14-year-old victim.
Luis DeJesus, 43...
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Posted on: September 6, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced today that an alleged member of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang was arraigned today on a grand jury indictment charge as a participant in the murder of 19-year-old Josue Amaya Leonor.
Jo...
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Posted on: August 30, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was sentenced yesterday to 32 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife in October 2015.
Michael Taylor, 52, was convicted on April 24 by a jur...
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Posted on: August 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $110,000 from a Mineola church.
Gennaro Festa, 72, was arraigned before Judge Elizabeth Fox-McDo...
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Posted on: August 28, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a Great Neck woman was arraigned on a grand jury indictment charge for allegedly stabbing a woman to death.
Faye Doomchin, 66, was arraigned today before Judge Robert Bogle...
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Posted on: August 23, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a New Hyde Park man for allegedly neglecting his pet Tibetan Mastiff to the point where it had wounds covered in thousands of live maggots.
Dong Wang, 47, was...
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Posted on: August 22, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Amityville man has been sentenced to nine years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision for his role in a heroin ring that operated along Rout...
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Posted on: August 15, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New York City property manager was sentenced today to one to three years in prison for stealing more than $327,000 from the owners of a commercial shopping mall in ...
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Posted on: August 13, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Hempstead men were arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges for the fatal Christmas Day shooting of a Valley Stream man who was walking to pick up his dau...
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Posted on: August 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Hyde Park woman has been arrested for allegedly teaching without a nursing license at Adelphi University and the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Sophia C...
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Posted on: August 8, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrests of five individuals as part of a joint law enforcement investigation into the smuggling of dangerous contraband into the Nassau County Correctional Center.
DA S...
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Posted on: August 2, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Elmont man has been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for the June 17 murder of his ex-girlfriend at Belmont Racetrack.
Jose Franco-Martinez, 53, was arrai...
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Posted on: August 1, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of church bookkeeper for allegedly embezzling more than $180,000 from church accounts over a period of five years.
Therese Iuzzolino, 45, of Merrick was arraigne...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 31, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury has indicted Hempstead Village Trustee Perry Pettus and his associate, William Mendez, and charged them with counts of bribery, larceny, conspiracy and o...
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Posted on: July 26, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a former Garden City attorney for allegedly stealing more than $150,000 from two clients.
Gregory Hesterberg, 67, was arraigned yesterday before Judge Eileen ...
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Posted on: July 23, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bethpage man who killed his wife, attacked his daughter with a knife and led cops on a high-speed car chase that culminated in a fiery crash at a gas station and as...
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Posted on: July 18, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Hyde Park man has been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for a New Year’s Day crash that seriously injured a Nassau County Police Department ...
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Posted on: July 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former treasurer for the Carle Place Fire Department was sentenced to five years’ probation for stealing more than $50,000 from the department over the co...
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Posted on: July 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a retired NYPD narcotics detective pleaded guilty yesterday for her role in a large-scale heroin ring that operated in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn.
Karan Young, 50, of...
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Posted on: June 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Northport man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child at least four times over seven years.
Jalal Abodalo, 57, was convicted by a j...
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Posted on: June 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington business consultant, who falsely represented himself as an attorney, has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for stealing $192,000 from clien...
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Posted on: June 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a Baldwin man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the November 2016 bludgeoning death of a woman in Baldwin.
Raphael Oyague, 37, pleaded guilty on May 10 b...
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Posted on: June 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for his role in operating a drug ring that supplied narcotics from Long Island to Albany.
Michael Price, 37, was...
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Posted on: June 25, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Selden man has been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for allegedly embezzling more than $3,000,000 from Five Town Pediatrics, PC, a local pediatric practi...
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Posted on: June 21, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a Mineola man has been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for allegedly abusing a 10-pound Toy Poodle.
Peter Granath, 26, was arraigned yesterday before Acting Supr...
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Posted on: June 20, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment of a Queens man for selling fake designer handbags out of his New Hyde Park shoe repair store.
Edik Yakubov, 56, was arraigned yesterday before Judge Maxine...
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Posted on: June 20, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two people have been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for the fatal Inwood crash that killed a 21-year-old man and his 20-year-old fiancé in Apri...
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Posted on: June 15, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man who supplied heroin and cocaine to dealers on Long Island and upstate New York was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today for Operating as a Ma...
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Posted on: June 12, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two defendants have been given maximum sentences for their roles in the shooting death of a Uniondale man in August 2016.
Joshua Taylor, 25, of Hempstead, was convicte...
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Posted on: June 12, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a financial advisor from Syosset for allegedly scamming at least 14 people, mostly seniors, out of more than $5 Million in a Ponzi scheme.
Matthew Eckstein, 4...
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Posted on: June 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Cedarhurst woman who allegedly stole nearly $40,000 from at least three victims who were seeking help with their immigration status.
Marie Lisa Smith, a/k/a...
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Posted on: June 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s office announced that a Roslyn man was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $4.5 million from his mother to fund a lavish lifestyle that included private jets, night ...
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Posted on: June 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Hempstead Village Police Officer has been sentenced to three years’ probation and alcohol counseling for official misconduct and child endangerment...
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Posted on: June 5, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Florida woman for allegedly stealing more than $152,000 from a Suffolk County-based charity.
Tina Ruggiero, 55, of Jupiter, Florida, was arraigned yesterday...
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Posted on: June 4, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Democratic Party official, who had earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from local government contracts, has been sentenced to six months in jail and five years’ pr...
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Posted on: June 1, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for the October 2015 shooting death of a 12-year-old girl in Hempstead.
Jakwan Keller, 22, pleaded gui...
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Posted on: June 1, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a home improvement contractor from Smithtown pleaded guilty yesterday to scamming Superstorm Sandy victims out of more than $100,000.
Lee Moser, 49, pleaded guilty bef...
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Posted on: May 18, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a man from Ridge has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the November 2016 death of an East Meadow man inside a Hicksville motel room.
Vincent Dalton, 52,...
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Posted on: May 17, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has been sentenced to 1-1/3 years to four years in prison and must register as a sex offender for exposing himself to several women in Garden City and...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 11, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a Baldwin man has pleaded guilty to murder for the November 2016 bludgeoning death of a woman in Baldwin.
Raphael Oyague, 37, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Felice M...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 11, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two men have been convicted for their roles in the shooting death of a Uniondale man in August 2016.
Joshua Taylor, 25, of Hempstead was convicted yesterday by a jury ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bethpage man who killed his wife, attacked his daughter with a knife and led cops on a high-speed car chase that culminated in a fiery crash at a gas station and as...
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Posted on: May 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook man has been sentenced to seven months in jail and ordered to pay $128,824.85 in restitution for impersonating an attorney and stealing more than $100,000 ...
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Posted on: May 4, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man has pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $390,000 from a Port Washington-based cosmetics company.
Seul Han, 32, pleaded guilty before Judge Robert B...
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Posted on: May 1, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man who supplied heroin and cocaine to dealers on Long Island and upstate New York has been convicted of Operating as a Major Trafficker and other drug-re...
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Posted on: April 30, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and State Senator Todd Kaminsky today announced new legislation that would criminalize threats of mass harm that are unaddressed by current state law. The bill will remedy a deficie...
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Posted on: April 27, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was convicted today of a number of charges related to the shooting of his sister’s boyfriend in July 2016.
Christopher Glass, 40, was convict...
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Posted on: April 27, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Queens man for allegedly stealing medical devices valued at approximately $34,000 from the Surgical Intensive Care Unit for Northwell Health System in Manh...
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Posted on: April 26, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was convicted late Tuesday of attempting to murder his wife in October 2015.
Michael Taylor, 52, was convicted by a jury of:
Attempted Murder in the 2nd...
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Posted on: April 25, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury has indicted a former Hempstead volunteer firefighter on 13 charges related to allegedly stealing more than $6,500 from the department and for filing a f...
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Posted on: April 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James Hunt announced that the alleged leader of the MS-13 Sailors Clique has been arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit murd...
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Posted on: April 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Hempstead man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges for the fatal Baldwin crash that killed a 21-year-old man in March and injured his parents.
R...
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Posted on: April 12, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the results of a two-year long investigation that led to the convictions of four men who defrauded Capital One Bank out of more than $190,000.
Philip Thompson a/k/a &ld...
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Posted on: April 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead woman was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for driving into a group of people, killing one and injuring two others in April 2016.
Shania Buchanan, 24,...
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Posted on: April 9, 2018
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MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of an Elmont man for allegedly abandoning his two Great Danes, leaving them severely emaciated. One of the dogs later died from his injuries.
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Posted on: April 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Deer Park man has been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for the November 2017 death of an 18-year old woman in a Levittown parking lot.
Daniel Coppolo, 32,...
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Posted on: April 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of an East Meadow man who allegedly stole more than $34,000 from his landlord by filing forged military orders to qualify for reduced rent.
Eric Smith, 37,...
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Posted on: March 27, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Garden City man who worked as an election inspector during a September 2017 primary has been arrested for official misconduct and electioneering.
Jonathan Maldonado,...
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Posted on: March 27, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today the establishment of the Nassau County School & Community Safety Task Force to enhance the security of schools, colleges, places of worship, and public buildings...
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Posted on: March 26, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Syosset man was sentenced today to five years in prison for throwing cinderblocks and paving bricks onto the Meadowbrook Parkway, striking a car and causing permane...
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Posted on: March 23, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead Village Police Officer has been convicted of official misconduct and child endangerment after a physical altercation with a woman and her child outside a ...
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Posted on: March 22, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas hosted the NCDA’s Second Annual Labor Law Conference at The Morrelly Center in Bethpage on Tuesday.
The conference gathered labor leaders, high-ranking elected officials an...
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Posted on: March 20, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Jericho-based attorney has been sentenced to 3-1/3 to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for stealing more than $187,000 in personal injury settlement funds aw...
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Posted on: March 20, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and New York State Department of Environmental Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that a Valley Stream man and his company have pleaded guilty to criminally damag...
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Posted on: March 19, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa man was sentenced today to 3-1/2 years to 10-1/2 years in prison for an April 2017 crash that killed an elderly Melville couple.
John Hartwig, 64, pleaded...
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Posted on: March 14, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former North Hempstead employee was sentenced today for embezzling more than $98,000 from the Solid Waste Management Authority between May 2014 and January 2016.
Helen McCann,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 2, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has pleaded guilty today to manslaughter for the October 2015 shooting death of a 12-year-old girl in Hempstead.
Jakwan Keller, 22, pleaded guilty befo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 28, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead woman has been convicted of assault, a B violent felony, manslaughter and additional charges for driving into a group of people, killing one and injuring two others...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 22, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former treasurer for the Carle Place Fire Department has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $50,000 from the department over the course of four years.
William Weingarten, 65...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 16, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that three alleged members of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang have been indicted by a grand jury for the January 2017 murder of 18-year-old Julio Espantzay-Gonzalez insi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 14, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington business consultant, who also falsely represented himself as an attorney, has been convicted of stealing $192,000 from clients who were purchasing a part...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 14, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced yesterday to the maximum sentence of 24 years in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking ring that operated in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn.
Edd...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 13, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the attempted murder of a former friend in October 2015. The NCDA recommended a sentence of 25 years in p...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney who failed to appear for sentencing in July 2015 on a grand larceny charge was sentenced today by Judge Robert Bogle to nine months in jail.
Reinelda Elizab...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 8, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of an Old Westbury man for allegedly possessing of more than 350 pounds of marijuana, hash oils containing THC, drug paraphernalia, weapons and packaging materi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 7, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges for the attempted murder of a former business partner in front of her Long Beach home in December ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 31, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a man from Ridge has pleaded guilty to Murder in the Second Degree for the November 2016 death of an East Meadow man inside a Hicksville motel room.
Vincent Dalton, 52...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 31, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn couple has been sentenced for scamming people and businesses in Nassau County, Brooklyn and Queens by claiming they needed money for a child’s fu...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 30, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Jericho-based attorney has been convicted of stealing more than $187,000 in personal injury settlement funds awarded to her client, using the money to carry on her ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 29, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington man was sentenced today to 4-1/2 years in prison for a March 2016 crash in Woodbury where the defendant drove drunk into oncoming traffic and crashed hea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 25, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Mineola man was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for the 2016 murder of a man inside Brierley Park in Hempstead.
Marvin Yanez, 43, was convicted by a ju...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 24, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a United States Postal Service letter carrier and his girlfriend, an New York Police Department school safety agent, have been arrested for their roles in allegedly s...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 22, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa man has pleaded guilty to the highest charge of Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree for the April 2017 crash that killed an elderly Melville coupl...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 18, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced to 14 years in prison and five years’ post release supervision for attempting to murder his girlfriend in 2014 by stabbing her...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 11, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that 17 alleged members and associates of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang have been indicted by a grand jury on various charges of murder, conspiracy to commit mur...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 10, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Dix Hills man for allegedly neglecting his dog to the point of emaciation.
Paul Matthews, 45, was arraigned today before Judge Elizabeth Fox-McDonough and c...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 9, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale woman has been arrested for allegedly neglecting her dog, which had rubber bands tightly wrapped around its body.
Megan Ewers, 25, was arraigned before Jud...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 2, 2018
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a man has pleaded guilty to robbery charges in connection with a knifepoint robbery spree across Nassau County.
Shane Cashmore, 31, un-domiciled, pleaded guilty today ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 20, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Brooklyn woman for allegedly filing a false insurance claim on a car that she knew was seized by police.
Gleudys Ilarraza, 46, was arraigned this morning be...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 19, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a home improvement contractor from Smithtown has been arrested for allegedly scamming Superstorm Sandy victims out of more than $110,000.
Lee Moser, 49, was arraigned ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a home improvement contractor from Brooklyn has been arrested for allegedly scamming Superstorm Sandy victims out of nearly $400,000.
Richard Holowchak, 53, was arraig...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead gang member has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2015 attempted murder of a 14-year-old boy.
Manuel Sosa-Marquez, 24, was convicted by a jury on October ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 14, 2017
“In the five years since 20 children and six brave women were senselessly murdered by a madman with a gun at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Congress has taken no meaningful action to prevent these horrific tragedies. We must honor the memories of...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 14, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man who posed as an attorney in Hempstead has been arrested for allegedly scamming immigrants out of more than $30,000.
Efrain Vargas, 62, was arraigned yester...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 6, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Great Neck man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges of Depraved Indifference Murder in the 2nd Degree for an August 2017 incident in which he allegedl...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 6, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Westbury man was sentenced on Monday to four to eight years in prison for a driving incident that killed a teenage girl in July 2015. Two teenagers were thrown from their pos...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 30, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the Nassau County Police Department announced the arrests of a married Glen Head couple for allegedly stealing the identity of the husband’s first wife and using it to...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 28, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man has been sentenced to four months in jail and five years’ probation for beating his dog with a shovel in December 2016.
The defendant also si...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 21, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an insurance broker from Huntington has been arrested for using stolen identities to illegally acquire auto insurance policies.
Sardar Nasarullah, 62, was arraigned ye...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 16, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Lynbrook man for allegedly impersonating an attorney and stealing more than $100,000 from homeowners he represented.
Caesar Roberts, 56, was arraigned yeste...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 14, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to the highest charge of manslaughter for the June 18 wrong-way crash that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn fetus.
Courtney Cor...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 13, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Valley Stream mechanic has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and four years of post-release supervision for a 2016 incident in which he fired a gun into h...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 2, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an East Rockaway man was sentenced yesterday to two to four years in prison for stealing $96,100 in payments from multiple clients who hired him to do home repairs.
Ro...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 31, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Inwood woman was arrested for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 in welfare and housing benefits over the course of four years.
Amika Land, also known as Amika S...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 26, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former treasurer for the Carle Place Fire Department has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $60,000 from the department over the course of four years.
Wi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 25, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport woman was sentenced today to one and a half to three years in prison for stealing the identities of hundreds of people. As part of her sentence, Seerojnie ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 19, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Uniondale woman for allegedly stealing more than $75,000 in Medicaid and food stamp benefits over the course of two and a half years.
Bosede Agbaje, 37, was...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 13, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a North Baldwin woman has been sentenced to two to four years in prison for stealing more than $600,000 from a Oceanside company that installs automatic doors. As par...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 12, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found a Hempstead man guilty yesterday of attempted murder in a 2015 incident in which the defendant fired a gun at the victim outside of Uniondale Park, perma...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 5, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a paralegal from Las Vegas, Nevada, who, with her husband stole more than $900,000 from a construction company based in Lynbrook, N.Y. was sentenced yesterday to two to six yea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 4, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that 17 people have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly selling and trafficking heroin and cocaine throughout Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Upstate New York and other s...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 27, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found a Mineola man guilty of murder in a 2016 incident in which the defendant beat the victim to death while he slept in a park.
Marvin Yanez, 43, was convicte...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 26, 2017
“The Second Circuit’s order should not detract from the continuing need to embrace comprehensive and meaningful reforms to fortify our government contracting processes from manipulation, self-dealing and pay-to-play corruption. After Dean Skelos was charg...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 25, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Democratic Party official, who had earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from local government contracts, pleaded guilty today to state tax fraud charges.
Gerard Terr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man pled guilty today to animal cruelty charges related to beating his dog with a shovel in Dec. 2016. The dog, named Bella, was so severely beaten that it had to b...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 7, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Franklin Square man has been arrested for allegedly abandoning a 10-year-old Terrier/Chihuahua mix near the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter on July 19. The dog later died fr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 30, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the January 1, 2014 shooting death of a man outside a Hempstead night club.
Charles Smith, 38, pleaded guilty in fr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 24, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was sentenced to 11 years in prison and five years post release supervision for a 2015 holiday season armed robbery at Roosevelt Field Mall that left a mall employ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 24, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Jersey City couple has been arrested for allegedly abandoning two dogs near the North Shore Animal League on July 31. The animals were discovered dead in a crate ap...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 8, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Syosset man arrested in Dec. 2015 for impersonating a federal air marshal and who was found with multiple weapons in his car and home was sentenced today to six yea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 21, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead-based attorney was sentenced today to 60 days in jail for a July 2015 assault.
Lawrence Etah, 54, from Central Islip, was found guilty of Assault in the 3r...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 21, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an East Meadow man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for throwing cinderblocks and paving bricks onto the Meadowbrook Parkway, striking a car and causing perm...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 17, 2017
Reinardo Adames, 28, was one of 35 people indicted for their roles in “Operation Bundle Up”
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Babylon man was sentenced today to eight years i...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 16, 2017
“The violence, bigotry and hate that led to the murder of an innocent young woman in Charlottesville is intolerable, and I commend Governor Cuomo for proposing the expansion of New York’s hate crimes statute to include inciting to riot...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 16, 2017
Andy Jean-Louis is indicted on 37 counts and faces up to 2-1/3 years to seven years in prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau County probation officer has been indicted for coercing one of h...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 15, 2017
Raymond Nicholson III is a Customs & Border Patrol Agent at JFK Airport
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man was arrested today for allegedly submitting falsified Army deployment order...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 11, 2017
Madi Grant was drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana at a strip club before the crash
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Oyster Bay man has been sentenced to 14 to 30 years in prison for a December 2014 crash on the Southern...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 10, 2017
Mohan Jitlal is accused of writing checks and depositing them into an account in his and his wife’s name
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was arrested yesterday for allegedly st...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2017
Former Doctor Sentenced to One to Three Years in Prison for Attempted Jury Tampering and Burglary Charges
Marshall Hubsher disguised himself in court and taped fake ‘jury instructions’ to the doors & tables of jury rooms
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2017
Lord Pardo killed 18-month old boy he was babysitting
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was sentenced today to five to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a toddler who ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 4, 2017
Jeffrey Ventura conspired to sell 600 bags of heroin to an undercover detective
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for selling hundreds of bags of...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 3, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was sentenced today to five to 10 years in prison for manslaughter and other charges related to a fatal hit-and-run car crash that took place in April 20...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 3, 2017
“It was deep sadness today that we learned of the passing of Court of Claims Judge Alan Honorof. Judge Honorof was a principled and fair jurist who led a life of service to his country and community. From his career in the U.S. Army, to his work...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 2, 2017
Eugene Golden was intoxicated when he drove drunk into oncoming traffic and crashed his car
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington man pleaded guilty today to Aggravated Vehicular Ass...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 2, 2017
Steven Morelli stole from 22 clients and was disbarred
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a now disbarred attorney, was sentenced today to 2-1/2 to 7-1/2 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousan...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 1, 2017
The dogs were discovered inside a crate on July 31 in Port Washington
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that the NCDA and Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are seeking inf...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 27, 2017
Herbie McLeod knowingly drove his vehicle when two teenagers were sitting on the trunk and killed 18-year old
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Westbury man pleaded guilty yesterday to manslaughter r...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 25, 2017
Kevin Kralick was driving twice the speed limit and failed to maintain his lane
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found a Glen Head man guilty of Driving While Intoxicated for a March 2016 incid...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 24, 2017
Niño, had open wounds and was left outside veterinary clinic in October 2015; Public helped catch defendant after surveillance video was released to media
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 19, 2017
The award is given to a prosecutor who has demonstrated outstanding appellate advocacy skills
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that Assistant District Attorney Yael Levy, Deputy Bureau Chief of the A...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 19, 2017
Dog was half its normal body weight and covered in urine
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a North Baldwin man has been arrested for allegedly abusing his five-year old Yorkshire Terrier, JJ, by not fe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 18, 2017
Joshua Golson-Orelus was convicted on all counts by a jury in February
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Cassel man was sentenced today to 55 Years to life in prison for a six-month robbery spree...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 13, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport woman pleaded guilty today to charges related to stealing the identities of hundreds of people across 31 states in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 11, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former doctor has pleaded guilty today to burglary and jury tampering charges for disguising himself in court and taping false jury instructions to the doors and ta...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison with five years of post-release supervision for charges related to selling heroin and other drug parapherna...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was convicted yesterday evening of manslaughter in the death of a toddler who he was caring for while the child’s mother went to work in Oct...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 29, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, former Parks Commissioner Frank Nocerino and Richard Porcelli, the deputy executive leader of a political club, we...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 21, 2017
Jonnathan Santos and Areefeen Hirji were allegedly traveling at approximately 122 MPH at the time of impact
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Muttontown man and Manhasset man were arraigned on grand ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 20, 2017
Bonifacio Enriquez was intoxicated when he hit and killed driver standing outside his vehicle
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a College Point man pleaded guilty today for his role in an Apr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 16, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Deer Park man has been arrested on tax charges for allegedly failing to pay over $110,000 in sales tax for his Plainview-based Subway shop.
Amit Joshi, 50, was arrai...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 16, 2017
Donald McBride allegedly used inconsistent font style and size while forging the certificates
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Lynbrook-based contractor has been arrested for allegedly forging Certi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that 41 alleged members of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang have been indicted by a grand jury for multiple acts of violence and conspiracy in Nassau County over th...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 15, 2017
WHO: Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter and Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York Jason Molina
WHAT: 41 alleged members of MS-13 indicted for four-ye...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to steal $45,000 in an insurance scheme.
Jamel McFadden, 32, was arraigned yesterday before Judge Paul Meli ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 14, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and New York State Department of Environmental Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that a Valley Stream man has been arrested for allegedly dumping 80,000 pounds of construction deb...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 13, 2017
Robert Wagner was arrested on two separate occasions
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney was sentenced yesterday to one to three years in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 12, 2017
Oliver Lee tried to steal an $18,000 Rolex from the Tourneau Jewelry Store
Press Releases
Posted on: June 7, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison today and five years’ post-release supervision for charges related to carrying a handgun into his e...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 7, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and several other charges related to a fatal hit-and-run car crash that took place in April 2016 on Hempstead Turnpike. The defe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 6, 2017
Linda Minervini and Thomas Cacaci Jr. purchased a time share in Las Vegas with stolen money
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that that a paralegal from Las Vegas, Nevada and her husband who stole more than...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 5, 2017
JUNE 5, 2017
“I am grateful for Commissioner Tom Krumpter's dedicated leadership of our outstanding police force and it's been a great privilege to work with him to keep the people of Nassau County safe,” DA Singas said. “All ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 1, 2017
Defendant was fleeing police when he killed 24-year old man
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, has affirmed the 2013 conviction of Lloyd Williams, 33,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 30, 2017
Daniel Spitalnic defrauded a real estate client and fraudulently secured a loan on a property he did not own
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an attorney from Great Neck has been sentenced to one to t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 25, 2017
58 people have been arrested for DWI in Long Beach in 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Long Beach Police Commissioner Michael Tangney announced an enhanced drunk driving enforcement program that will go int...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 24, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Manhasset attorney who allegedly stole $229,990 from a client.
Alfred DiGirolomo, Jr., 61, was arraigned today before Judge Paul Meli and charged with...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 23, 2017
Deon Ewers shot the man within an hour of arriving on a cross-country flight
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a California man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting hi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 23, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead woman pleaded guilty yesterday to an animal abuse charge and is expected to be sentenced to six months in jail and be barred from owning an animal for the ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 19, 2017
Elizabeth Stenson is accused of killing a bicyclist and a passenger in her vehicle
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Amityville woman was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges related to ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 18, 2017
The shooting was the result of a dispute over a woman
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison and five years’ post release supervision...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 17, 2017
One of the bricks shattered the windshield of a car, causing eye damage to a passenger in the vehicle
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found two men guilty today of Assault in the 1st Degree an...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 10, 2017
The victim was handcuffed behind his back, stabbed multiple times and pistol-whipped MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that three men have been sentenced to prison time for their roles in the kidnap and as...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 8, 2017
“People all across New York State were heartbroken by the death of eight-year old Charlotte McCue while she was riding with her family in her grandfather's boat on Lake George last July. Today’s manslaughter verdict is a tribute to the...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 8, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was sentenced to six to 18 years in prison for charges related to a fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway in April 2016. The NCDA recommended a sen...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 5, 2017
Diamond Hawkins was a passenger in a new car her grandmother bought her when she was killed
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced today to four to 12 years in prison for a fat...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 5, 2017
One of the defendants is a retired NYPD Narcotics Detective; Twelve others arrested MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that 14 people have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a large-scale heroin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 4, 2017
Mark Rosenberg,44, allegedly wrote a letter saying a work permit application was denied MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a licensed home contractor from Lindenhurst for allegedly forging a l...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 4, 2017
Bryan Jennings sold heroin that was linked to two fatal overdoses in Nassau County MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Valley Stream man was sentenced yesterday for his role in selling heroin laced wi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 24, 2017
David Frankel, 52, stole real estate proceeds to fund his own investments
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Hempstead attorney was sentenced today to three to nine years in prison and ordered to...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 21, 2017
Joseph Rosmaninho and Paul Batista face up to 15 years’ incarceration if convicted
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrests of the current and former owner of Churrasqueira Brasa Ro...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 17, 2017
Steven Morelli stole from 22 clients and will be disbarred
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an attorney whose office is in Garden City and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from 22 clients&rs...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 14, 2017
The black and white female calico suffered teeth fractures, scarring and a broken tail
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was arraigned today on indictment charges related to repeatedly ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 7, 2017
Chandran Nathan sought to have the prosecutor beaten into falsely exonerating him on video
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an inmate in Shawangunk Correctional Facility was sentenced to three to six ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 6, 2017
Julianne and Adam Beckerman allegedly owe more than $243,000 in personal income taxes
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrests of the mayor of Muttontown and her husband, a gastroenterologist, for alle...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 5, 2017
Steven Ballin is accused of not paying his taxes for five consecutive years
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a certified public accountant from East Rockaway for allegedly failing to pay more...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 5, 2017
Six defendants, who allegedly sold heroin, charged with Operating as a Major Trafficker in “Operation Bundle Up”
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that 36 people have been indicted for t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 30, 2017
Robert Brown embezzled cash from the department’s membership fund and stole from an arcade machine
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Farmingdale man was sentenced today for stealing tens of...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 29, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a collection agent for allegedly stealing more than $1.6 million from St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx. Norman Alpren, 71, and his company, MBI Associates,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 28, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found a California man guilty of murder for a November 2015 fatal shooting in Valley Stream.
Deon Ewers, 51, was found guilty of Murder in the 2nd Degree (an A-...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 28, 2017
Jonathan Sobrane was speeding when he clipped an SUV and crashed into trees, killing his passenger and injuring two
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man pleaded guilty yesterday to charges ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 24, 2017
John Aniano, 27, was found guilty by a jury of aggravated vehicular homicide
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Island Park man was sentenced today to the maximum sentence of 8-1/3 to 25 years in pri...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 24, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New York City property manager was arraigned today on an indictment charge for allegedly stealing more than $327,000 from the owners of commercial shopping mall in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 22, 2017
Elsa Marina Saravia-Martinez finished her work shift following the stabbing
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead woman was convicted yesterday for a July 2015 stabbing that left a man with sev...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 22, 2017
Daniel Abrego Davila allegedly stabbed victim five times
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges related to the stabbing death of a ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 21, 2017
The defendants were allegedly found hiding in bushes with two pairs of handcuffs
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Babylon woman and a Bay Shore man have been arraigned on indictment c...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 20, 2017
Vincent Fina and Brittney Schmidt are accused of coaching their 11-year-old son to assist in soliciting donations
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the re-arrest of a couple from Brooklyn for allegedly scam...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 15, 2017
The four defendants are accused of stealing approximately $72,000 in unauthorized benefits
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrests of four men who are accused of falsely collecting approximately $72,0...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 7, 2017
Antonio Webb, 24, faces 20 years in prison for the crime
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man who fatally shot another man at a party in September 2014 pleaded guilty yesterday to manslau...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 3, 2017
Madi Grant was drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana at a strip club before the crash MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury convicted an Oyster Bay man on all counts for a December 2014 crash on th...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 3, 2017
Jericho man arrested and charged for allegedly storing and selling the jackets
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Jericho man has been arrested for allegedly storing and selling tens of thousands of c...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 2, 2017
Specialized initiative resolves cases 70% faster and matches young offenders with services MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Judge David Goodsell were joined by current and former Assistant District Att...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 27, 2017
Mineola, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced the creation of a new unit to enhance the office’s efforts to investigate and prosecute hate crimes.
Singas has appointed veteran prosecutor Caryn Stepner to ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2017
Defendant John Robinson is persistent violent felony offender
Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an inmate in Shawangunk Correctional Facility pled guilty today to plotting the kidnapping and assault of the former NCDA assistant district attorney who prosecuted h...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2017
District Attorney Madeline Singas has released the 2016 Annual Report of the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. This year’s report outlines the accomplishments, initiatives and extensive community involvement of the District Att...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 23, 2017
“William Flanagan’s imperious behavior brought scandal to his department and this county. Today, nearly eight years after his crime, William Flanagan is finally serving his sentence for official misconduct and conspiracy. New York&...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 22, 2017
Diamond Hawkins, 25, was a passenger in a new car her grandmother bought her when she was killed
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man has pleaded guilty today to charges related to a fatal...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 21, 2017
Michael Gallagher is also accused of placing a zip tie around the dog’s neck MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man was arraigned today on indictment charges related to beating hi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Cassel man was convicted on all counts today for his role in the Jan. 2015 murder of a gas station attendant during an attempted robbery and a six month-long ro...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 15, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that $17,900 has been returned to a woman who lost it as a result of an IRS impersonation scam.The 64-year-old victim received calls threatening to arrest her in July, Aug...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 13, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Farmingdale man was convicted on Friday for his role in a fatal hit and run death on the Southern State Parkway in Oct. 2015.
Wilkens Thelusma, 39, was convicted by ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 6, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced to 55 years to life today for raping three women working in prostitution from June to August 2013 and attempting to rape another. Ramone...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 6, 2017
Aimee Stark received thousands of dollars while working with special-needs children
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Westchester woman was sentenced today to one and a half to three years in prison ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 1, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Florida woman was sentenced to two to six years in prison for an Oct. 2015 fatal hit and run crash that killed a Queens cyclist. The NCDA recommended 4-12 years in ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 31, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Sands Point cardiologist who conspired to seriously injure a rival doctor was sentenced today to five years in prison with five years of post-release supervision. A...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 27, 2017
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced today to 27 years to life in prison for shooting a man to death during an attempted carjacking in Hempstead in July 2014. Tayquan Clark,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 25, 2017
Mark Vicars possessed a loaded pistol and assault rifle when he was arrested
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Syosset man arrested in Dec. 2015 for impersonating a federal air marshal and ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 12, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead parent was convicted by a jury today of assaulting a math teacher at her daughter’s middle school in April 2015.
Annika McKenzie, 35, of Hempstea...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 12, 2017
Joel Arquimides Ayala Deras pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Westbury man was sentenced yesterday to 21 years to life in prison for the January 2016 murder of ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 12, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District AttorneyMadeline Singas announced that the Appellate Division Second JudicialDepartment has unanimously affirmed the 2014 convictions of former Countylegislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams and Town o...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 11, 2017
Linda Minervini and Thomas Cacaci Jr.allegedly purchased a time share in Las Vegas with stolen money MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a paralegal from Las Vegas, Nevada and her husband were arraigned...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 10, 2017
“NYPD Detective Steven McDonald famously forgave the teenage gunman who left him paralyzed from 30 years ago. In that time, he became a voice for peace and served as an inspiration for countless people. Detective Mc...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 10, 2017
David Frankel, 52, stole real estate proceeds to fund his own investments MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Hempstead attorney who stole more than $5.7 million from clients between September 201...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 9, 2017
“New Yorkers deserve a fair and efficient criminal justice system that protects victims and respects the rights of every defendant. I was proud to work with the District Attorney’s Association, the Innocence Project, and our criminal j...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 6, 2017
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Queens men have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $390,000 from a Port Washington-based cosmetics company.
Seul Han, 31 and Hyun Joon Kim, 44 were arr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 4, 2017
Hector Bejarano, 55, was on the run for two weeks and was arrested when he returned home to do laundry MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an East Meadow man was sentenced today to 18 years to life in p...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 23, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a former doctor who allegedly disguised himself in court and taped false jury instructions to the doors and tables of jury rooms while he was on trial in...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 22, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that 13 alleged members of the Salvadorians with Pride street gang in Hempstead have been indicted by a grand jury for multiple violent acts, including stabbings and...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 21, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Island Park man was convicted today on all counts related to a January 2015 high speed crash that killed two people parked at a traffic light on Sunrise Highway.
Jo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 19, 2016
Shamiek Porter was one of 31 people indicted in July as part of Operation Gram Slam investigation MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bloods gang member, who is one of 31 people indicted as part of mult...
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Posted on: December 19, 2016
Balkumar Singh was captured in Trinidad and extradited to Nassau County in 2015 for prosecution MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an international fugitive was sentenced today to 19 years to life in p...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 14, 2016
Dung Tran shot 62-year old victim in Lynbrook parking lot
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for murdering a 62-year old woman he was da...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 14, 2016
Dashawn Wade shot Daquan Gaskins outside Club in Baldwin
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Far Rockaway man was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for killing a Maryland prison guard outside a Bal...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 12, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Glen Cove man was sentenced today to 18 years to life in prison for the March 2015 stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend. Jose Cartagena, 56, pleaded guilty to murder...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 5, 2016
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Laurelton man was sentenced today to five to 15 years in prison for a December 2013 crash in which he struck a pedestrian on Elmont Road in broad daylight. Brian Du...
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Press Releases
Posted on: December 1, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roslyn Heights insurance agent was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from two former clients. Jack Kohen, 51, was arraigned before D...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 30, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa woman was sentenced yesterday to three to six years in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from a Freeport company and possessing forged prescriptions...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 22, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Westbury man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison plus 3 years post release supervision for assaulting and robbing a former roommate. Wilson Garcia, 20, was co...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 22, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that her office is committing criminal asset forfeiture funding to create an adolescent crisis intervention program that will help close the treatment gap for adoles...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 18, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney was re-arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from an estate he represented. Robert Alan Wagner, 63, of Bellmore, was arraigned yeste...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 16, 2016
Shaquon Lockwood attempted to murder woman by slicing her throat MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for multiple assaults and the attempted mur...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 15, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an inmate in Shawangunk Correctional Facility was indicted and arraigned today for allegedly plotting the kidnapping and assault of the former NCDA prosecutor who pro...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 3, 2016
Jose Cartagena killed ex-girlfriend in parking lot and fled to California MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Glen Cove man pleaded guilty to murder charges yesterday for the March 2015 stabb...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 2, 2016
Balkumar Singh was featured in a 2009 episode of America’s Most Wanted MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Guyanese man who killed a 19-year old wedding guest and injured another man at a Hi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: November 2, 2016
Prosecutors and investigators will be on call to investigate allegations of voter intimidation, disenfranchisement, or fraud
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced that her office will have prosecutors and...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 28, 2016
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an East Meadow man who bludgeoned his wife to death with a dumbbell in 2015 pleaded guilty today to second degree murder charges.
Press Releases
Posted on: October 24, 2016
Robert Brown allegedly embezzled cash from the department’s membership fund and also stole from an arcade machine MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Farmingdale man for alleg...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 19, 2016
One of the defendants collected more than $30,000 over a three-year period MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that seven people have been arrested for allegedly collecting unemployment benefits while ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 17, 2016
Tayquan Clark faces life in prison
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury convicted a Roosevelt man guilty of murder on Friday for a July 2014 attempted carjacking in Hempstead in which he fatally sh...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 14, 2016
Dennis Edison met victim through online couch surfing website MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison plus 20 years post-release supervision for the...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 11, 2016
86-year-old woman thought her grandson was in trouble in the Dominican Republic
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced that the NCDA’s Civil Forfeiture Bureau helped a Garden City woman recover $...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 5, 2016
Donna Salamanca allegedly stole money during four year period MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a North Baldwin woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $600,000 from a Freeport c...
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Press Releases
Posted on: October 4, 2016
“My friend, District Attorney Ken Thompson, has been unyielding in his pursuit of fairness and justice for the people of Brooklyn and his leadership is making communities safer and stronger. I know that he will confront this diagnosis with the s...
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Press Releases
Posted on: September 30, 2016
Tyshaun Phillips, 23, opened fire into a crowd, killing a college student Mineola, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Bronx man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for a 2014 fatal nightclub shooting in G...
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Posted on: September 19, 2016
Renen Vides, 30, had a history of seizures and drove unmedicated despite being told by doctors he could not safely drive
Press Releases
Posted on: September 15, 2016
Two-year old Pomeranian named Dan Dan died from blunt force trauma MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Westbury man was sentenced today to 14 days in jail for beating his two-year old Pomerani...
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Posted on: September 13, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man who fired into a crowd at a Freeport house party in December 2014, and killed his friend, pleaded guilty yesterday to manslaughter charges. Autrey Smi...
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Posted on: September 12, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Freeport man was sentenced today to 1-1/3 to 4 years in prison for stealing car payments from customers and dealerships in Nassau County.
Michael McGriff, 4...
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Posted on: September 9, 2016
Robert Wagner faces up to five to 15 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $400,000.00 from an estate he repres...
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Posted on: September 2, 2016
Tracey Sportiello is also being charged with illegally obtaining unemployment insurance benefits
Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 2016
Gene Monahan, 57, is accused of dispensing gas directly from a tank truck into boats, creating a fire hazard
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest yesterday of an Amityville man accused of illegally ...
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Posted on: August 31, 2016
Timothy Daly, 53, Allegedly Used Homebuyers’ Escrow Funds to Pay His Rent Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a disbarred attorney yesterday who is accused of stealing $25,000 from cl...
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Posted on: August 25, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was sentenced today to 8-1/3 to 25 years in prison for killing his 24-year-old passenger, Malih Takkouche. The defendant drove while intoxicated in exce...
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Press Releases
Posted on: August 24, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Democratic Party official, who had earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from local government contracts, was arraigned today on grand jury charges for fai...
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Posted on: August 23, 2016
Joseph Policaro Allegedly Took $7,000 and Repeatedly Told Victim He was “Running Late” or “Delayed”
Mineola, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney announced that a Bellmore man was arrested today for a &am...
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Posted on: August 18, 2016
Ariadne Tannous, 37, was also Driving with a Suspended License MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced that a jury found an Old Westbury woman guilty of DWI for causing a crash with her three-year-old chil...
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Posted on: August 15, 2016
$5,000 Reward Offered by the Nassau County SPCA for the Severely Emaciated Dog Who was Left for Dead
MINEOLA, N.Y.- Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today a $5,000 reward offered by the Nassau County SPCA for information leading to...
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Posted on: August 12, 2016
Two defendants charged with Operating as a Major Trafficker MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that seven defendants arrested on July 14 for their alleged involvement in a heroin and cocaine ring that...
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Posted on: August 11, 2016
Brian Dudley had an open beer bottle in his car at the time of crash when he struck and killed 61-year old Vietnam Veteran MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found a Laurelton man guilty today o...
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Posted on: August 9, 2016
Leon Austern allegedly stole rent and taxes paid by commercial tenants MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New York City man was arrested today for allegedly stealing money from the owners of commerci...
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Posted on: August 8, 2016
Diamond Hawkins, 25, was a passenger in a new car her grandmother bought her when she was killed MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was arraigned on indictment charges related to a fata...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 26, 2016
Douglas Donnelly will make full restitution to State MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Garden City man pleaded guilty Friday to failing to remit New York State sales tax collected from customers of ...
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Posted on: July 22, 2016
Deepak Kumar pleaded guilty to indictment charges before trial was set to start in January MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Hyde Park man, who pleaded guilty to all 14 indictment charges relate...
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Posted on: July 22, 2016
Two-year old Pomeranian named Dan Dan died from blunt force trauma MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury found a Westbury man, accused of beating his two-year old Pomeranian to death, guilt...
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Posted on: July 21, 2016
Michelle Buggs allegedly received more than $69K in disability payments MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Far Rockaway restaurant owner was arrested this morning for allegedly lying about her injuri...
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Posted on: July 19, 2016
Jose Nuñez-Garcia, 30, claimed the “devil got into me” MINEOLA, N.Y. – District Attorney Madeline Singas today announced that a New Cassel man was sentenced today for raping a 28-year-old woman he didn&...
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Posted on: July 19, 2016
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a court-appointed guardian and executrix was arrested today for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from the guardianship accounts of the minor.
Press Releases
Posted on: July 15, 2016
“In the wake of the Skelos corruption scandal, I reviewed Nassau’s contracting process and issued comprehensive recommendations for reform, including the establishment of an independent inspector general. The majority in the legislatur...
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Press Releases
Posted on: July 15, 2016
Five defendants, who allegedly sold Heroin and Cocaine, charged with Operating as a Major Trafficker MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the partners of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Long Island Gan...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2016
Gregory Lecrann was allegedly intoxicated and driving 112 MPH when he crashed into generator and injured passenger MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an off-duty NYPD officer from Merrick was arraigned...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 29, 2016
Brad Reiter stole more than $1.6 Million in seven year period MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Jersey man who stole approximately $1.6 million from the Bellmore-Merrick EMS was sentenced today ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 28, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a College Point man was arraigned today on grand jury indictment charges related to a fatal crash that took place on April 7, when the defendant allegedly struck and ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 24, 2016
Barbara Maleno faces up to 5 to 15 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Mastic lawyer was arrested today for allegedly stealing more than $120,000 from her client between April 2011 and...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 24, 2016
Michael Bantel was impaired when he drove into pickup truck on Sunrise Highway in May 2015 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa man who killed his 28-year old passenger when he drove drugged...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 24, 2016
Alan Espinoza will serve 18 years to life for June 2015 murder MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man who pleaded guilty to the June 2015 stabbing death of his girlfriend was sentenced to 18...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 24, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was sentenced today to 1-1/3 to 4 years in prison for his role in training pit bull dogs for use in an illegal dogfighting enterprise. Anthony Reddick,...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 23, 2016
Bilal Hassan drove 133 mph on the Meadowbrook Parkway while intoxicated and killed his passenger MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was convicted today on all 11 charges related to a Nove...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 17, 2016
Eugene Golden was allegedly intoxicated when he crashed Mercedes SUV into car and severely injured mother and daughter in March MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Huntington man was arraigned today o...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 14, 2016
Kevin Breen allegedly injured his hand near bar in New Hyde Park and claimed he was hurt on the job MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Town of Hempstead sanitation worker was arrested today for wrong...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 13, 2016
Duke Obule was allegedly driving 105 MPH before he crashed into cab and killed driver MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was arraigned today on indictment charges related to a fat...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 13, 2016
More than 3.4 Kilograms of Heroin Seized with Street Value of Approximately $1 Million
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that seven people have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a heroin ring t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 9, 2016
Shania Buchanan allegedly plowed into crowd of people in her SUV
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead woman was arraigned this morning on depraved indifference murder charges related to an Apr...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 6, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New York City Corrections Department Captain was sentenced today for the attempted murder of his wife in December 2013. Brian Martin, 38, of Roosevelt, was sentence...
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Press Releases
Posted on: June 1, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was arraigned today on a 19-count indictment related to an April 17 crash, in which the driver was allegedly speeding on the Southern State Parkway whe...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 13, 2016
Brothers Devance and Terrell Broyles stole approximately $1,200 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Roosevelt brothers, who are both members of the Bloods gang, have been sentenced for their roles i...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 13, 2016
Michael Bantel was impaired when he drove into pickup truck on Sunrise Highway MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Massapequa man who killed his 28-year old passenger when he drove drugged th...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 13, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that three people who were arrested for coercing women into performing sex acts on customers in Nassau County massage parlors pleaded guilty for their roles in a cross-coun...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 4, 2016
Retired New York City Police Officer Frank Castro faces up to seven years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former New York City police officer was arrested yesterday by DA invest...
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Press Releases
Posted on: May 3, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New York City Corrections Department Captain was convicted late yesterday afternoon for the attempted murder of his wife in December 2013. Brian Martin, 38, of Roos...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 28, 2016
Edward Ramirez will face prison time and have to register as a sex offender MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Glen Cove man who forced a young girl to sexually touch him in a Glen Cove supermarket pl...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 27, 2016
Aimee Stark lost her teaching license in 2014 and allegedly stole identities to continue working with special needs children MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former Westchester teacher was arraigne...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 22, 2016
Pedro Santos attacked the victim with a machete MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead gang member was sentenced today by a Nassau County judge to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of 1...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 21, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas hosted the office’s first ever conference on criminal justice issues and legislation today. The Nassau County DA’s Criminal Justice Conference, held at Hofstra U...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 14, 2016
Linda Scialo allegedly received benefits after concealing proceeds from house sale totaling nearly $1 million MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Port Washington woman was arrested by DA Investigators...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 14, 2016
Tom & Annahid Hopkins, husband & wife, allegedly failed to pay more than $60k in personal income taxes MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Great Neck doctor and his wife, a pharmacist, have be...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 13, 2016
Manager Evans Raphael arrested and Corporation charged MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the manager of Uniondale Auto Mall was arrested today by DA Investigators for failing to pay nearly $160,000 of...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 12, 2016
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of a former girlfriend and a separate
Press Releases
Posted on: April 13, 2016
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that a former Democratic Party official who had earned money from numerous local government contracts was arrested today for failing to file
Press Releases
Posted on: April 11, 2016
Rakesh Punn was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in December for separate crimes MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a pediatrician who drugged and sexually abused young girls in his Bethpage doc...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 8, 2016
Steve Weinstock stole money held in an escrow account and failed to pay off an outstanding mortgage loan MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roslyn Heights attorney who stole $720,000 held in an escro...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 7, 2016
Janice Jessup Pleaded Guilty to Grand Larceny Charges in January MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney was sentenced to three to nine years in prison today for stealing from former cl...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 6, 2016
Brad Reiter served as treasurer and president of Bellmore-Merrick EMS MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $1.6 million from the Bellmore-Merrick ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 6, 2016
Charles Burke stole union funds during five year period MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former treasurer of Utility Workers Local 365 pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $110,000 from the N...
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Press Releases
Posted on: April 1, 2016
David Sadler attacked 17-year old after a dice game MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a judge sentenced a former Hempstead pizza delivery man to 25 years in prison for the July 2014 death of a teenage...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 31, 2016
Ronald Ousman making full restitution of more than $35,000 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former acting treasurer of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow was sentenced today for steali...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 21, 2016
Asks to speak before lawmakers on ‘Non-Partisan Measures to Restore Public Trust in Nassau County Government’ MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas testified before the Nassau County Legislature toda...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 25, 2016
East Rockaway businessman allegedly stole from Orange County homeowner MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an East Rockaway mortgage modification advisor was arrested yesterday for stealing mor...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 23, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has convicted an MS-13 gang leader for assaults and intimidation – including a shooting – against teenage and younger Salvadorean immigrant...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 23, 2016
Cesar Cuellar and Anthony Villalta face up to two to seven years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two brothers surrendered this morning to the Nassau County Police Department on indictment ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 11, 2016
Shaheem Allen barred from being near any animal until 2031 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport gang member, who was arrested last March as part of a major narcotics and dog fighting ring, was...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 9, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead gang member was convicted today by a jury for the murder of 18-year old Yunior Maldonado in November 2010. Pedro Santos, 23, was convicted of Murder in th...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 9, 2016
Asya Ulmer, 24, was convicted in August on all four counts related to 2013 death of Jennifer Alexis
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Rockville Centre woman was sentenced to 1 1/3 to 4 years in priso...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 9, 2016
James Ryan, 29, sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for causing the death of Police Officer Joseph Olivieri MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that an Oakdale man convicted of driving drunk and causin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 8, 2016
Charles Burke allegedly stole in excess of $111,000 during five year period MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former treasurer of Utility Workers Local 365 surrendered this morning to DA investigato...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 8, 2016
Douglas Drummond set eight separate fires in his apartment that he shared with two other roommates
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Cedarhurst man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for se...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 2, 2016
Alexander Wachmyanin Stole from Multiple CVS Locations, Rite Aid and a Key Food MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a 50-year old man who carried out a shoplifting spree that targeted businesse...
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Press Releases
Posted on: March 2, 2016
Youngest child in car was only two weeks old MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Far Rockaway man was arraigned today on a nine-count grand jury indictment for driving while intoxicated in February wi...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 29, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Coram man was sentenced today to 18 years to life in prison for strangling his 71-year old uncle in 2014. Jonathan Roman, 44, pleaded guilty on December 11 to one c...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 29, 2016
Helen McCann was 16-year employee of town MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former North Hempstead employee was arrested today for allegedly embezzling more than $98,000 from the Solid Waste Managem...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2016
Andrew Kostyshyn-Gruber arrested after eight-month long investigation MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin business owner was arrested yesterday for possessing multiple images of child pornogra...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – After the sentencing today of a man who killed 12-year-old Valley Stream resident Zachary Ranftle while driving with a suspended license, District Attorney Madeline Singas renewed her call on Albany to pass legislation authored b...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 24, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that more than 50,000 winter coats and about 1,000 pairs of jeans will be tested for possible donation to the needy after a Hicksville retailer pleaded guilty today to impo...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 19, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has convicted a former Hempstead pizza delivery man of manslaughter for the July 2014 death of a teenager that he attacked with a machete after a disagreement ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 11, 2016
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has convicted a drunk driver of causing the death of a Nassau County police officer after the officer was struck by another driver while responding to a crash ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 10, 2016
Raj Jadeja was allegedly operating his BMW under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn attorney was arraigned on a 12-count grand jury indictment tod...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 5, 2016
Chantiel Cox was employed by Armor Correctional Health Services; two others arrested and charged with conspiracy MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that three women were arrested for their roles in smugglin...
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Press Releases
Posted on: February 2, 2016
Jakwan Keller charged with murder of Dejah Joyner MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was arraigned this morning for the October shooting death of 12-year-old Dejah Joyner, who was shot ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 29, 2016
Kervens Boutin killed two of his passengers in high-speed crash while drunk and high on marijuana MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a West Hempstead man was sentenced today for a drug and alcohol-fuel...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 28, 2016
Christopher Cable allegedly submitted false paperwork in real estate closing MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens Village man was arraigned today for allegedly using false and forged documents t...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 21, 2016
"With an unrivaled career as a distinguished jurist and innovative prosecutor, Janet DiFiore has dedicated her life to the pursuit of justice. She has been a trusted mentor, colleague and friend to me and so many others, and as New York's Chief Judge...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 21, 2016
Melissa McKiski was stopped by police two miles from fatal crash MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Florida woman was arraigned on an 11-count grand jury indictment today for an October fatal hit and...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 20, 2016
Ronald Ousman will make full restitution of more than $35,000 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former acting treasurer of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow pleaded guilty today to ste...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 20, 2016
Mark Vicars allegedly possessed a loaded pistol, assault rifle and body armor when he was arrested MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Syosset man arrested in December for impersonating a federal air ...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 20, 2016
Deepak Kumar pleaded guilty to all 14 indictment charges before trial was set to start MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Hyde Park man pleaded guilty to all 14 indictment charges related to a fa...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 15, 2016
Oliver Lee facing new robbery, assault, weapon and drug charges MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man was arraigned today on a grand jury indictment that included new robbery, assault, weapon...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 12, 2016
Stephanie Beeker also indicted for Oct. 2014 DWI MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Merrick woman was arraigned on a six-count indictment related to a Fourth of July fatal hit and run on Sun...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 11, 2016
Janice Jessup faces up to three to nine years in prison > MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a disbarred attorney from Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty in two separate cases to stealing from...
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Press Releases
Posted on: January 5, 2016
Konstantine Sousouris allegedly accepted money to improve East Meadow family’s kitchen MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Farmingdale man was arrested today by DA Investigators for allegedl...
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