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Long Island Press
By Hannah Devlin
12/17/24

2024 Crime: 5 Dead in Syosset Murder Suicide

In one of the most notable investigations of the year, Joseph Delucia Jr., 59, of Syosset, was identified by police as the shooter in an apparent murder suicide which killed five people. The Wyoming Court cul-de-sac hadn’t expected to become the scene of a crime in August’s shocking investigation.

“In 41 years, that is probably one of the most horrific scenes I have ever seen,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Ryder said the responding officers met with a peer support

Reuters
By Brad Brooks
12/09/24

Rapper Jay-Z Accused in Lawsuit of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl

An amended lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday alleges that rap mogul Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean “Diddy” Combs during a party in 2000.

Jay-Z denied the allegations on social media and blasted the lawsuit, calling it part of a “blackmail attempt” by the plaintiff’s lawyer. Lawyers for Jay-Z did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York and at that time did not name Jay-Z

BBC News
By Vanessa Buschschlüter
12/09/24

Haiti Gang Kills 110 People Accused of Witchcraft

At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group.

The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader had targeted them after his son fell ill and subsequently died.

The gang leader reportedly consulted a voodoo priest who blamed elderly locals practicing “witchcraft” for the boy’s mystery illness.

The United Nations said the number of people killed in Haiti so far this year in spiraling

Long Island News 12
By Chris Boyle
12/09/24

Suffolk DA Tierney: Connecticut Man Convicted of Sexually Abusing His Ex-Girlfriend’s Daughter

The Defendant Faces Up To 25 Years in Prison at Sentence and Will Be Required to Register as a Sex Offender.

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that a 60-year-old Connecticut man was found guilty after a jury trial of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child, for sexually abusing a child for five years, beginning when she was six years old.

The District Attorney’s Office is not naming the defendant in order

ABC Eyewitness News
By News 12 Staff
12/04/24

Long Island Woman Charged with Allegedly Practicing Unlicensed Dentistry Out of Apartment Kitchen

A woman from Long Island faces 4-years in jail for allegedly practicing unlicensed dentistry from her one-bedroom apartment.

Gladys Serrano, 70, was arraigned and released Tuesday but must wear an electronic monitoring device, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.

Authorities said the 70-year-old ran the unlicensed dentistry out of her Hempstead kitchen.

When officers executed a search warrant, they found a curtain hanging in the kitchen and a patient chair positioned near a sink,

News 12 Long Island
By News 12 Staff
12/04/24

Veteran Daniel Penny Acquitted in NYC Subway Chokehold Case Over Jordan Neely’s Death

A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.

A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely ’s 2023 death. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed last week because the jury deadlocked on that count.

Penny, who had shown little expression during the trial, briefly