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Astoria, Queens, NY

Nassau
Obituaries
East Meadow Mom Who Lost Baby During Cancer Treatment Dies At Age 35; 'Was Tremendous Spirit' East Meadow Mom Who Lost Baby During Cancer Treatment Dies At Age 35; 'Was Tremendous Spirit'
East Meadow Mom Who Lost Baby During Cancer Treatment Dies At Age 35; 'Was Tremendous Spirit' Tributes and donations are flooding in following the death of a beloved Long Island mother and wife. Jillian Breslin, originally from East Meadow and living in Astoria, Queens, died Monday, Jan. 29 at the age of 35, her obituary said. Her death followed a “courageous” nine-month battle with triple-negative metastatic breast cancer, according to a GoFundMe created by relatives. Breslin was first diagnosed in May 2023, while five months pregnant with a daughter-to-be, after suffering pains returning from a family trip to Disney World. “Jill went to the hospital for pains that were assumed t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Nassau
Police & Fire
ID Released For 24-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Pickup Truck In Hit-Run South Farmingdale Crash ID Released For 24-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Pickup Truck In Hit-Run South Farmingdale Crash
ID Released For 24-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Pickup Truck In Hit-Run South Farmingdale Crash The identity has been released of a victim in a hit-and-run Long Island crash. The crash happened around 3:40 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28  in South Farmingdale in the area of 116 Merrits Road. Responding Nassau County Police officers found a man lying in the roadway with severe head trauma. A short-bed silver-and-gray pickup truck struck the victim and left the scene before the officers' arrival, according to Nassau County Police.  A Nassau County PD ambulance transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead by a physician shortly after arrival.  On Tu…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mahwah-Ramsey
Police & Fire
CAUGHT: Fugitive Gang Member Wanted For Attempted Murder Nabbed By Mahwah PD CAUGHT: Fugitive Gang Member Wanted For Attempted Murder Nabbed By Mahwah PD
Caught: Fugitive Gang Member Wanted For Attempted Murder Nabbed By Mahwah PD A fugitive member of the Crips who was wanted for attempted murder in New York City was nabbed by Mahwah police on Route 17, authorities said. Hakeem “Flow Cash” Jamison, 28, was a passenger in a 2005 Mercedes E500 driven by a Vermont woman who committed several motor vehicle violations before Officer John Lange stopped her on the northbound highway near the Route 287 flyover, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Sgt. Richard Albro quickly joined his colleague during the 10:15 a.m. stop on Monday, Aug. 28, the captain said. After getting conflicting stories from the driver, 44-year-old Jill Steel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Yonkers
Obituaries
Former Fire Captain, Business Owner From Yonkers Dies: Worked Until Last Week Of Life Former Fire Captain, Business Owner From Yonkers Dies: Worked Until Last Week Of Life
Former Fire Captain, Business Owner From Yonkers Dies: Worked Until Last Week Of Life A Hudson Valley man who served his community as a fire captain and owned a local business in Westchester for decades is being remembered for his dedicated work ethic and his passion for racing.  Putnam County resident John J. Fasciglione of Mahopac died on Sunday, May 7 at the age of 62 after a battle with colon cancer, according to his obituary.  Born in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in 1960, Fasciglione was raised in Yonkers, where he served as a firefighter and eventually Captain from 1999 until his retirement in 2021.  Anyone who knew Fasciglione woul…

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by Ben Crnic
New Rochelle
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$100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In New Rochelle, Police Say $100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In New Rochelle, Police Say
$100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In New Rochelle, Police Say Three suspects were apprehended in the act of allegedly trying to pull off a $100,000 identity theft scheme at an auto dealership in Westchester County, according to authorities. At around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, detectives were alerted by staff at New Rochelle Toyota that a possible fraudulent purchase of a vehicle was in progress at the dealership. Responding detectives found the trio at the scene, two of whom were unlawfully using names and social security numbers of real persons from Pennsylvania and Iowa to fraudulently obtain a car loan for over $100,000, acc…

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by Joe Lombardi
Nassau
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Suspect Caught After Crashing Car Into Farmingdale Home, Police Say Hit-Run Suspect Caught After Crashing Car Into Farmingdale Home, Police Say
Hit-Run Suspect Caught After Crashing Car Into Farmingdale Home, Police Say A 20-year-old man has been apprehended after crashing his car into a Long Island home and then leaving the scene. Calogero Messina, of Astoria, Queens, was arrested for an incident that happened in Farmingdale at about 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officers patrolling the area saw a 2019 Volkswagen Golf had struck a home at 36 Stratford Green, NCPD said.  Earlier report: Driver Flees After Car Crashes Into Condo Building In Farmingdale Investigators determined that Messina had crashed into the residence and then left the scene …

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by Nicole Valinote
Briarcliff
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash
Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash A Hudson Valley resident was among the victims in a double-fatal crash on Long Island. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 on the westbound side of the Northern State Parkway in Suffolk County in the area of Exit 39 in Huntington, state police said. Two people killed were pronounced at the scene. They have been identified as backseat passengers, Husein Radoncic, age 26, of Astoria, Queens, and Hudson Valley resident Sasha Stopanjac, age 22, of Liberty, in Sullivan County. Two others, the driver and front-seat passengers -- both men in their early 20s from Astoria -- wer…

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by Joe Lombardi
Nassau
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Double-Fatal Northern State Parkway Crash IDs Released For Double-Fatal Northern State Parkway Crash
IDs Released For Double-Fatal Northern State Parkway Crash Identities have been released for those killed in a double-fatal crash on the Northern State Parkway. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 on the westbound side in the area of Exit 39 in Huntington, state police said. Two people killed were pronounced at the scene. They have now been identified as backseat passengers, Husein Radoncic, age 26, of Astoria, Queens, and Hudson Valley resident Sasha Stopanjac, age 22, of Liberty, in Sullivan County. Two others, the driver and front-seat passengers -- both men in their early 20s from Astoria -- were injured and transported to Nassau…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fort Lee
News
'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91 'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91
'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91 He won more World Series games than any other pitcher, retired with a winning percentage that remains a modern-day record and was the best hurler on what was baseball’s best team for years. Hall of Famer Whitey Ford died Thursday at his Long Island home at 91, the New York Yankees announced Friday. In a sad coincidence, New York City’s two greatest-ever pitchers – Ford and the Mets’ Tom Seaver – died less than six weeks apart. Born on Oct. 21, 1928 in Manhattan, Edward Charles Ford grew up an only child in the same Astoria, Queens neighborhood as Tony Bennett. The blond-haired Ford pitch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk
Police & Fire
Man Becomes Combative After Being Busted Breaking Into Cars In Westchester, Police Say Man Becomes Combative After Being Busted Breaking Into Cars In Westchester, Police Say
Man Becomes Combative After Being Busted Breaking Into Cars In Westchester, Police Say A 25-year-old man was taken into police custody after going on a crime spree and breaking into multiple cars in Westchester. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department received a call at approximately 6:50 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, from a local resident reporting that a man - later identified as Astoria resident Stanley Dejusus-Cruz from Queens - was seen rummaging through a parked car on Pinecrest Road. Police said that Dejusus-Cruz was seen in the driveway entering a Buick Enclave that was parked in a driveway. When he emerged from the vehicle approximately a minute later, he had a w…

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by Zak Failla
Suffolk NY
Police & Fire
Intoxicated Boater Crashes Into Bulkhead In Bay Shore, Police Say Intoxicated Boater Crashes Into Bulkhead In Bay Shore, Police Say
Intoxicated Boater Crashes Into Bulkhead In Bay Shore, Police Say A 28-year-old man was charged with boating while intoxicated after he crashed his boat into a bulkhead in Bay Shore, Suffolk County Police said. Michael Camenzuli was operating a 1999 21 foot Sea Ray Express Cruiser in the waters west of Orowoc Creek, returning to the Bay Shore Marina, when he went off course at a high rate of speed and crashed into a bulkhead, launching the boat out of the water and onto land at approximately 11:37 p.m., according to police. Camenzuli was ejected from the boat into the water, where he climbed the bulkhead to shore, said police. Marine Bureau officers and …

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by Joe Lombardi
Fort Lee
Police & Fire
Blue Skies At Night (VIDEO): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens Blue Skies At Night (VIDEO): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens
Blue Skies At Night (Video): NJ Sees Glow Cast By Con Ed Transformer Explosion In Queens The glow from a transformer explosion Thursday night in Queens could be seen from New Jersey. "Arcing" at the Con Ed substation at a 31st Street in Astoria cast a blue glow over a massive cloud of smoke that could be seen for miles (see video by Peter Zanin, above). It also closed down La Guardia Airport, delayed the MTA's No. 7 train and sent power surges through parts of the borough. "There was a brief electrical fire at our substation in Astoria, which involved some electrical transformers and caused a transmission dip in the area," Consolidated Edison tweeted at 10:37 p.m. "We're …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
ID Released For Victim Of Fatal I-287 Crash ID Released For Victim Of Fatal I-287 Crash
ID Released For Victim Of Fatal I-287 Crash The man who was killed Tuesday night in a crash on I-287 has been identified. Investigation at the scene revealed the driver of a box truck, John P. Riofrio, 48, of New York City, was traveling eastbound on I-287 when he collided with another vehicle at around 7:33 p.m. between Exits 9A and 10 in Harrison on the eastbound side, state police said. After the collision, Riofrio then lost control of his truck and traveled off the roadway over the southern shoulder and through the guide rail, according to police. The vehicle then overturned and came to rest in a small stream. Riofrio was locate…

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by Kathy Reakes
North Orange
Obituaries
Pine Bush HS Grad, College Football Player Roland Smith Dies At 20 Pine Bush HS Grad, College Football Player Roland Smith Dies At 20
Pine Bush HS Grad, College Football Player Roland Smith Dies At 20 Roland LaShain Smith III of Montgomery died on Tuesday, Jan. 30. He was 20. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, which occurred while he was playing basketball, according to a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $10,000. He was born on Nov. 18, 1997 in Astoria Queens.  After moving to Middletown with his family in 2003, Roland attended Truman Moon Elementary School. He then attended Crispell Middle School in Pine Bush, and graduated from Pine Bush High School in 2015. In 2016 Roland began studying Criminal Justice at Hudson Valley Community College where he also played football. He …

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