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Drugged Driver Killed Construction Worker, Injured Two More In Long Island Crash, Police Say
A wrong-way drugged driver plowed into three construction workers getting ready for a project early Monday, Aug. 10 on Long Island, killing one of the men, police said.
Thomas Lobianco, 26, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was driving through Nesconset around 6:45 a.m. Monday when he struck multiple victims, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Joel Sicon-Porix, 38, of Mastic, was killed in the wreck, police said. A 33-year-old Brentwood man and a 30-year-old Bay Shore man also suffered serious injuries, authorities said.
Lobianco was driving his 1999 Toyota Camry eastbound in the westbound lane …
Bizarre Pillowcase Fire In Nassau County Hotel Leads To Woman’s Arrest: Police
A flaming pillowcase inside a Long Island hotel led to the arrest of a woman living there, according to police.
Crystal Alston, 54, was staying at The Inn at Jericho around 2:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, when she was seen on security video walking out of her hotel room with a pillowcase on fire, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Alston, whose address was listed as the hotel’s address, left the pillowcase in the hallway, then went back into her room, investigators said.
A hotel employee who watched the incident on surveillance cameras arrived and extinguished the fire, then called the c…
Fifth DWI Conviction For LI Driver — But He Remains Free Until Sentencing, Authorities Say
A Long Island driver was convicted of his fifth DWI, but he’ll remain free until sentencing, authorities said Monday, Aug. 10.
Pablo Aguilar Alvarez, 36, was found guilty Friday, Aug. 7, and prosecutors believe he might flee before sentencing on Oct. 2, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
“And even now, despite the jury’s verdict, there is nothing to stop him from once again getting behind the wheel and endangering the lives of Suffolk County residents,” District Attorney Ray Tierney said.
Aguilar Alvarez, a native of El Salvador, was deported in March 2024 following his mo…
