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Attempted Suicide In Huntington Parking Lot

September 24, 2014 5:28 am 1 Comment

Update: The individual in the vehicle has been identified as Ralph Colamussi who was the former owner of the Thatched Cottage. His business was scheduled to be auctioned off a day after the incident.
Original Story:
On September 23, 2014, police officers arrived at the parking lot of 269 New York Avenue, Huntington after they receive a […]

Update On Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero

September 23, 2014 11:51 am Comments Off

Update: Suffolk County Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero underwent a neurosurgical procedure on September 23, 2014 and remains in critical but stable condition in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital.
Original story:
Second Precinct Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero remains in critical but stable condition. Officer Guerrero was injured in a hit-and-run crash on September 22, […]

Arrests Made In Incident That Critically Injured Police Officer

September 23, 2014 5:18 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Department arrested two suspects yesterday following an incident in which a police officer was critically injured in Huntington.
Chad Morizsan, 34, of 1 Ridings Gate, Northport, has been identified as the driver of the vehicle that struck and critically injured Second Precinct Crime Section Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero.
Morizsan has been charged with the […]

SCPD Officer Critically Injured in Hit And Run Incident

September 22, 2014 8:22 pm 1 Comment

Officer Guerrero is being monitored in the hospital’s Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit.

Officer Injured In Huntington Traffic Stop

September 22, 2014 3:10 pm Comments Off

A Second Precinct Crime Section police officer initiated a traffic stop on Partridge Lane in Huntington at approximately 1:35 p.m. when he was struck by the vehicle which then fled the scene. The officer, who was injured, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital. The Vehicular Crime Unit is investigating.
Check back for updates.

Video: Petrone/Cuthbertson Get “Hostile” With Huntington School Board President Emily Rogan

September 22, 2014 10:13 am 3 Comments

Watch the video. Judge for yourself.

Suffolk IDA Board Unanimously Approves Controversial Hotel Huntington Tax Abatement

September 21, 2014 1:55 pm 3 Comments

On September 18, 2014, the Suffolk IDA board voted unanimously to put Hotel Huntington on public assistance. The hotel project is located at 227 Main Street in Huntington.
The project involves the old vacant Huntington town hall building which is approximately 9500 square feet and will be renovated into a hotel registration, reception and management area, […]

Pedestrians Seriously Injured In Greenlawn Crash

September 21, 2014 7:31 am Comments Off

Joanna Rigas, 80, and her husband, Andrew Rigas, 84, were walking southbound across Pulaski Road at the intersection of Shrine Place after attending the Greek Orthodox Fair at the Paraskavi Greek Orthodox Church when they were struck by a 2006 Kia Sedona minivan that was traveling eastbound on Pulaski Road at 10:10 p.m.
Both victims, who […]

Man Arrested After Robbing Huntington Station Bank

September 20, 2014 7:24 am Comments Off

At approximately 1 p.m. a man entered the Roslyn Savings Bank, located at 693 East Jericho Turnpike, approached a teller, threatened the teller with a handgun and demanded money. The suspect was given cash and then fled the scene in an SUV, described as a Jeep.
Based on the broadcasted descriptions of the suspect and his […]

Firefighters Rescue Osprey in Lloyd Harbor

September 20, 2014 7:00 am Comments Off

Cold Spring Harbor and Huntington firefighters teamed up to rescue a newly hatched osprey found to be entangled in a balloon ribbon and fishing net used to make the nest.