Former LIRR Signalman Arraigned On Charge That He Falsified Inspection Report Before Rail Mishap
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The derailment in Speonk in 2019. EXPRESS FILE
The derailment in Speonk in 2019. EXPRESS FILE
Stephen J. Kotz on Apr 26, 2022
A Long Island Rail Road signalman was arraigned on Friday on a federal charge that he falsified a signal inspection report before a derailment in Speonk that disrupted traffic on... more
A shark attack in the waters off Smith Point County Park in Shirley led to the closure of both that beach and Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton on Sunday, July 3. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, appearing at a press conference at Smith Point on Sunday afternoon, said the lifeguard who was attacked and bitten was in good spirits and doing well. Bellone said the lifeguard, Zack Gallo, was bitten in the chest and hand, the bites requiring stitches. Gallo has been a lifeguard with the county for 10 years. Bellone said there had never been an attack at Smith ...
3 Jul 2022 by Kitty Merrill
Two men were fishing in the Sebonac Inlet in North Sea on July 1 when their kayak overturned. As both men clung to the sides of the vessel, one was able to call Southampton Town Police just before 6 p.m. Patrol units, Southampton Town bay constables, and U.S. Coast Guard personnel responded to the area, along with North Sea, Southold and Southampton fire departments. After an extensive search, police said, the two men were found, pulled aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel and brought to safety. One man was medically cleared at the scene, while the other male, suffering hypothermia, ...
2 Jul 2022 by Staff Writer
Michael Lissenden, 43, of North Sea was charged with DWI on June 25. Southampton Town Police reported receiving a call about a car hitting other cars in a Foster Avenue parking lot in Hampton Bays. They located the car on the grass at the Beach Bar nightclub. Witnesses said he drove off the gravel parking area onto the lawn. He displayed all the traits of an operator under the influence of alcohol and performed poorly on roadside sobriety tests, according to police. The DWI count is a misdemeanor. Jhonn Castanedavelin, 23 of East Quogue faces a misdemeanor count of DWI ...
1 Jul 2022 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — Southampton Village Police were called to a Hill Street church on June 22 to see about a man found sleeping in the choir loft. Employees there were becoming frightened of the visitor, who police woke and ushered out. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A Lewis Street resident called Southampton Village Police on June 23 to report someone throwing rocks into his pool. He heard the splashes shortly after having the pool cleaned. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A dispute between two competing catering companies got physical and drew Southampton Village Police to Gin Beach on June 25. Staff at the first ...
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A two-car fender bender on County Road 39 near St. Andrews Road in the Tuckahoe section of Southampton snarled an already heavy holiday commute on Friday, July 1. Southampton Town Police received the call at 2:55 p.m. One car rear-ended another in the westbound lane and one driver was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital via ambulance. The driver’s injury was minor, police said.
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Catherine “Katie” Pierro of Riverhead died on June 29 at Acadia Nursing Home in Riverhead, where she had been living since September 2020. She was 94. She was born Caterina Carmela Tripodi on July 19, 1927 in the Bronx, the daughter of Alfonso Rocco Rosario Tripodi and Natalia Carini. She grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. When she was young, the Tripodi family moved all around Manhattan, and she often told stories of her childhood, and the adventures that she and her siblings and cousins had. Eventually, by the time she was 12, the family settled ...
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Wilson R. Plaza, 47, of East Hampton was found dead in a vehicle at the Bridgehampton Commons on Thursday, June 30. His body was transported to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of death, but foul play is not suspected, police said. Southampton Town Police were called to the shopping center at approximately 1:19 p.m., asked to check the welfare of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a white van. Police gained entry to the vehicle and determined Plaza had died. Detectives also responded to the scene and preliminary indications are the death was ...
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Stephen J. Kotz on Apr 26, 2022