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Suspect arrested after fatal shooting at suburban New York supermarket By Shannon Stapleton Reuters HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (Reuters) -Police arrested a suspected gunman on Tuesday about four hours after a shooting that left one man dead and two other people wounded at a crowded supermarket in a New York City suburb. Police cordoned off streets around a Long Island apartment complex before arresting Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 31. "The subject has been apprehended and taken into custody," Nassau County Poli...

1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at NY grocery store; suspect in custody One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting at a Long Island, New York grocery store Tuesday. (Source: WABC via CNN Newsource) By Associated Press | April 20, 2021 at 9:49 AM MST - Updated April 20 at 1:11 PM WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — An employee suspected of shooting three workers at an office inside a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing a manager, was arrested hours after fleeing, polic...

A star-studded group of Standardbreds qualifying at The Meadowlands on Saturday (April 17) was joined by Canadas reigning driver of the year, Bob McClure. McClure told Dan Ralph of the Canadian Press that he was asked to drive stateside by Team Determination and trainer Luc Blais, and hell be vaccinated for COVID-19 within five hours of entering the U.S. “It wasn’t an option to just shut down because they have grand circuit horses that are going to compete with the American-breds all summer...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The NYPD is beefing up patrols across New York City in the wake of the deadly shooting at three spas in Georgia that left eight people dead. There are no specific threats, officials said, but the added patrols in Asian communities was being done out of an abundance of caution. "There is today a major deployment of NYPD counterterrorism forces in communities around the city," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "Including some of most prominent Asian communities in Manhattan, Quee...

Email Long Island’s two county police departments are among a small minority of America’s largest local law-enforcement agencies that have spurned broad use of body-worn cameras, even as deadly encounters between officers and unarmed Black people increased calls for greater police transparency and accountability. A Newsday survey of the nation’s 50 largest law-enforcement agencies found just three that had not equipped large numbers of officers with body cameras before 2020: The Nassau a...

Elvert Barnes / Flickr Democrats in Nassau County have proposed a series of amendments to the reform plan drafted by Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The amendments include a civilian complaint review board, a police inspector general, and an independent consultant to audit police statistics--all items Ryder has so far resisted. In a letter to County Executive Laura Curran, minority leader Kevan Abrahams said many of the suggestions his caucus proposes were taken from the “People’s P...

Long Island community celebrates WWII veterans 100th birthday with car parade Replay Video UP NEXT A community on Long Island showed its appreciation for a World War II veteran as it organized a car parade for the mans 100th birthday. Gary Inzerillo turned 100 on Sunday, and to celebrate, Nassau County officials teamed up with Honor Flight Long Island for a birthday party and car parade. The festivities for Inzerillo began Sunday morning on Paul Avenue in New Hyde Park with a formal celebratio...

Mar 6, 2021 8:15am A New York doctor allegedly ignored repeated warnings and prescribed "massive" quantities of opioids and other drugs that killed five patients and endangered the lives of six others, according to authorities. (Getty/BackyardProduction) A New York physician is facing second-degree murder charges linked to his opioid prescription practices, according to Nassau County authorities. George Blatti, M.D., 75, was arraigned March 4 before Judge Fran Ricigliano on five counts of mur...

Prosecutors called the doctor a "serial killer," and said he prescribed drugs from his car, an abandoned Radio Shack, and a Dunkin' Donuts.

Get our free LIBN e-alerts & breaking news notifications! Nassau MD charged with murder for overprescribing opioids By: Adina Genn March 4, 2021 Comments Off on Nassau MD charged with murder for overprescribing opioids A Nassau County doctor has been charged with five counts of murder  for what the district attorney’s office is calling “prescribing abuses” of “massive quantities of opioids and other drugs.” Now, Dr. George Blatti faces not only charges of five counts but also ...