Sexually Explicit Comments To Students Get Hauppauge Driving Instructor Fired, Arrested: Police
A Long Island driving instructor made sexually explicit and offensive comments to his students during lessons, police said Thursday, July 30.
Joseph Klein, 66, was arrested Wednesday, July 29 after an investigation into his activities at Elite Driving of Long Island in Hauppauge, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Klein, of Farmingdale, made the comments to male students between Monday, July 6 and Wednesday, July 22, according to investigators.
Driving school owner Asif Khan told News 12 Long Island that Klein had just been hired recently, then canned last week after the company le…
Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash
A 69-year-old man died after his vehicle left the road and crashed into trees, a parked vehicle, and a trailer in Orange County, police said.
The crash happened at around 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, on Peenpack Trail in Deerpark, where troopers responded to the scene, New York State Police announced on Thursday, July 30.
Investigators found that Robert S. Jahn, 69, of Sparrowbush, was driving a 2007 Ford eastbound on Peenpack Trail when the vehicle veered off the right side of the road. It then sideswiped several trees before entering a driveway, where it struck an unoccupied 2023…
Camden Creep Sent Naked Videos To 7-Year-Old, Asked For Explicit Pics On TikTok: Prosecutor
A 36-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested after sending a 7-year-old girl naked videos of himself and soliciting explicit photos of her in return, authorities announced Thursday, July 29.
The investigation began on Monday, July 20, after the girl said a man had been sending her messages by text and over TikTok, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said.
Elmer Lao, a Camden resident, engaged in online conversations with the girl, whom he knew to be seven years old, MacAulay said. During those messages, Lao sent nude videos of himself to her and requested she send nude …
Shelton Prostitution Sting: 4 NY Women Arrested Following Undercover Police Sting
Police have arrested four New York women on prostitution charges following an undercover sting at two Connecticut massage businesses, authorities said.
Yue Mei Gao, 49, Mei Li Huang, 55, Hui-Zhi Yang, 57, and Zhimin Zhu, 50, were arrested at the Shelton massage parlors QQ Spa on Howe Avenue and Yama Massage on River Road, police said.
Shelton police said Wednesday, July 29, the women were busted following an “undercover investigation targeting prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation."
Officers said they seized evidence and cash that investigators believe is tied to…
2021 Hamden Murder Suspect Caught After US Marshals Track Him To NJ
A man wanted in connection with a 2021 fatal shooting in Connecticut has been arrested after authorities tracked him to New Jersey.
Curtis Cole, 47, was arrested on Wednesday, July 29, in Camden, New Jersey, after the US Marshals Service and its regional fugitive task forces took him into custody, officials said.
Cole is charged with murder, illegal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, and criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, police said.
The charges stem from the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Jonquay Morrison in Hamden…
$450K Recovered, Man Arrested In Burglary Investigation: Lakewood PD
A 48-year-old Lakewood man was arrested and $450,000 was recovered following an investigation into a burglary at a business, authorities announced Wednesday, July 29.
At noon on Sunday, July 26, officers responded to a business on Ocean Avenue after a business owner reported $100,000 had stolen, Lakewood police said. An investigation uncovered more than $300,000 had been pilfered, police said.
Detectives identified William Ordenana-Arauz as the suspect, having previously worked at the business, police said. Ordenana-Arauz had traveled to a storage facility in Freehold following the theft, p…
66 Chickens, Including 60 Baby Chicks, Rescued After Kitchen Fire At Westbury Home
Sixty-six neglected chickens—including 60 baby chicks—were rescued after a house fire led first responders to a backyard where the birds were being kept in what rescuers described as torturous conditions, authorities and an animal rescue organization said.
Officers responded to a kitchen fire at 67 Mist Lane in Westbury, New York, around 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, where they found an active fire inside the home, according to Nassau County police. The East Meadow Fire Department extinguished the flames, and no injuries were reported.
While investigating the fire, officers discovered several …
