Mineola

Miami Herald6:22 AM Ex-suburban NY police official sentenced N.Y. -- A former high-ranking police official has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for preventing the arrest of a teenager whose father was a police benefactor. Former Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan also was sentenced Monday to three months of community  | more »

Minneapolis Star Tribune2:50 AM Some federal lawmakers seek to halt planned sale of New York's Plum Island and laboratory N.Y. — Some federal lawmakers want to stop the sale of New York's Plum Island, home to the only national government laboratory studying diseases harmful to livestock and other animals. Congress voted in 2009 to close the aging lab and move operations to Kansas  | more »

WABC7/15/13 Former Nassau police official sentenced to 60 days N.Y. -- A former suburban New York police official convicted of pulling strings to help the son of a wealthy department benefactor was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail and three months community service. William Flanagan, a former Nassau County deputy police  | more »

Albany Times-Union  NY woman who admitted killing 3 kids seeks money — A mentally disturbed suburban New York woman who drowned her three young children in a bathtub in 2008 wants a cut of $350,000 in wrongful death settlements obtained by the children's fathers, attorneys said Friday. Leatrice Brewer, 33, was found not guilty  | more »

CBS New York  State Officials Looking Into Possible Payola Between Nassau Exec, Tree Company N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – New York State’s attorney general has launched an investigation into a contract awarded by Nassau County to a tree removal company. “There was some type of financial motive here because the more they cut, the more they got paid,” Manhasset  | more »

Syosset Jericho Tribune  Letter: Oyster Bay Referendum week we are before State Supreme Court in Mineola proving the validity of citizens petitions to hold a referendum on the sale of public land to Oyster Bay Realty LLC, a group headed by the Simon Property Group, owners of the Roosevelt Field Mall. We expect  | more »

Manhasset Press  Obituary: Anthony Caserta Caserta of Lloyd Harbor, NY, died June 10, 2013 at Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY of heart failure. He was 74. Born in Mineola, NY June 22, 1938 to P. Charles and Antonia Marra Caserta, Mr. Caserta was raised in Manhasset, NY. He graduated from Manhasset  | more »

Mineola American  Around The Town With Lou: July 12, 2013 Note: Lou Sanders, who has his journalism degree from NYU, and his wife, Grace, founded the Mineola American in 1952, giving the village its first successful newspaper. Lou and Grace have lived in Mineola for 59 years, and his popular column is a signature  | more »

Mineola American  Expansion Gets Green Light painting, fence and window repair among other requirements. The propert can not be rented, leased or used by outside groups “for any non-church service or non-church related activites,” according to the document. Robles indicated the congregation would be  | more »

CBS New York  Nassau County Public Pool Hours Extended As Steamy Conditions Stick Around N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Extra relief from the heat is being offered to Nassau County residents. “We have record-breaking attendance at our pools. Wantagh this weekend had the highest attendance ever, so there’s a great demand for them,” Nassau County Executive  | more »

CBS New York  13 People Accused Of Welfare Fraud In Nassau County N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – More than a dozen cases of welfare fraud have been uncovered in Nassau County. The county’s Department of Social Services Office of Investigations recently caught 13 people trying to cheat the system out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,  | more »

Garden City Patch  Crimes Nearby: Police Standoff, Arson, Motorcycle Accident children in the house before she fled earlier in the day and reported him to police. It is unknown the number of guns – if any – Camp had in the home. Residents were told by police to stay in their homes and basements. Camp was apprehended at about 4:30 p.m.  | more »

Mineola American  Franz Named MFD Firefighter Of The Year member in the departments history to receive the award twice. He is also celebrating 25 years of service in Truck Company Two of the Mineola Fire Department. He joined the company with his good friend Jim Sherry and quickly earned a reputation as a hard worker.  | more »

PR Newswire  Father Remembers his Daughter -- and Urges Stricter Safety Measures -- on One-year Anniversary of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident N.Y., July 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paul Gaines, father of the late Victoria Gaines, 7, issued through the family's attorney the following statement on the one-year-anniversary of the fatal 4th of July Long Island Sound boating accident that claimed  | more »

Mineola American  Orioles Win MAA Junior Division Championship doors falling near the Nassau County Legislature in Mineola in 2010 wasn’t enough and planes whizzing by minutes apart in New Hyde Park didn’t prompt action either. But if one New York bill spawns a sibling in New Jersey, air traffic noise victims will have  | more »

FindLaw: AP Professional News  Report: Overcrowding cause of NY boating accident N.Y. (AP) — A report has found that overloading was the primary reason for a Long Island boating accident that resulted in three deaths. According to the findings by the Nassau County district attorney's office, the 34-foot yacht was barely stable in calm  | more »

The Bellingham Herald  NY rail retirees in disability scam lose benefits N.Y. — Nearly 600 retirees of a major New York commuter railroad are losing their disability benefits in the wake of a widespread scandal that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and seen at least one physician sent to prison, a federal official said  | more »

San Francisco Chronicle  Authorities: Missing NY woman froze to death N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a woman whose body was found on a porch of a vacant house in February died after freezing to death. Sixty-year-old Irene Luetje had been missing more than a month when she was found in the empty Massapequa house on Feb. 16. The  | more »

United Press International  Report: Jesse Friedman was rightly convicted in notorious abuse case N.Y., June 25 (UPI) -- A review of the sexual abuse case against Jesse Friedman has only strengthened confidence in his 1988 guilty plea, a New York State prosecutor says. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said Monday the findings of the review  | more »

CBS New York  Nassau Legislature Reaches Agreement On Tax Refunds N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - After a year of disagreement, Democratic and Republican Legislators in Nassau County have come to a deal on $95 million in property tax refunds. They buried the hatchet and agreed to borrow $75 million and use $20 million from the operating  | more »

FindLaw: AP News  Inquiry backs NY sex abuse plea examined in film N.Y. (AP) — There is no reason to overturn the conviction of a man in a notorious 1980s sex abuse scandal, prosecutors announced Monday after a three-year review that was prompted in part by a 2003 Oscar-nominated documentary that questioned the prosecution.  | more »

CBS New York  L.I. Man Who Faked His Own Death Faces Sentencing For Insurance Fraud N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island man who faked his own drowning is expected to be sentenced for insurance fraud. Prosecutors say 48-year-old Raymond Roth and his son Jonathan Roth conspired to collect at least $410,000 in life insurance after Raymond Roth  | more »

LongIsland.com  Cardiovascular Pharmaceutical Sales Representative - Mineola, NY - Janssen Pharmaceut of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Cardiovascular Pharmaceutical Sales Representative for the Mineola, NY territory. As a member of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is dedicated  | more »

Times Herald-Record  Ossining man arraigned on charge of aggravated vehicular homicide -- An Ossining man was arraigned Tuesday in Orange County Court on aggravated vehicular homicide and other felony charges stemming from a crash that killed two people in the Town of Woodbury. The victims, Melissa Rupo, 25, of Mineola and Rafaelito DeJesus,  | more »

Times Herald-Record  Driver indicted in crash that killed two on Thruway June 2 when his car collided with a motorcycle in the Town of Woodbury. The two people on the motorcycle — Melissa Rupa, 25, of Mineola and Rafaelito DeJesus, 23, of Valley Stream — were pronounced dead on the scene. Munoz tried to drive away, but was stopped  | more »