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Michael Mashburn

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mmashburn@dailyvoice.com

Michael joined the Daily Voice team in April 2022 covering news throughout New York, including the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island. He previously worked as a reporter for ABC Radio affiliates KTAR in Phoenix and KOMO in Seattle. Michael graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in journalism in May 2014. 

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NY Man Plotted To Kill Romantic Rival, Feed Body To Pigs In Twisted Murder-For-Hire Scheme NY Man Plotted To Kill Romantic Rival, Feed Body To Pigs In Twisted Murder-For-Hire Scheme
NY Man Plotted To Kill Romantic Rival, Feed Body To Pigs In Twisted Murder-For-Hire Scheme A New York man who plotted to kill his romantic rival and dispose of the body on a pig farm pleaded guilty in federal court. Albany County resident Jeal Sutherland, 57, of Colonie, admitted to orchestrating a murder-for-hire scheme targeting the father of a child shared with Sutherland’s then-partner, the US Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday, May 14. Sutherland used his cell phone between November 2024 and January 2025 to arrange the victim’s murder, prosecutors said. As part of the twisted plot, he offered to forgive a debt owed by the would-be hitman and also agreed to pay an undercov…

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Ex-Lindenhurst School Worker Filmed Himself Sexually Abusing Child, Uploaded Footage Online: DA Ex-Lindenhurst School Worker Filmed Himself Sexually Abusing Child, Uploaded Footage Online: DA
Ex-Lindenhurst School Worker Filmed Himself Sexually Abusing Child, Uploaded Footage Online: DA A former school district employee on Long Island sexually abused a child and then uploaded footage of the acts online, prosecutors alleged. Brian Woehr, 40, of Lindenhurst, was formally indicted on child sex abuse charges in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 14, according to the DA’s office. It came weeks after the former Lindenhurst School District employee and father of two young girls was arrested on child pornography charges, as Daily Voice reported. An investigation found that Woehr sexually abused a child and then uploaded videos and images of the acts via Google, prosecutors sa…

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Outlaw Biker Sporting ‘1%’ Patch Nabbed On Southern State With Loaded Gun, Nunchucks: PD Outlaw Biker Sporting ‘1%’ Patch Nabbed On Southern State With Loaded Gun, Nunchucks: PD
Outlaw Biker Sporting ‘1%’ Patch Nabbed On Southern State With Loaded Gun, Nunchucks: PD A routine early-morning patrol on the Southern State Parkway took a dangerous turn when troopers encountered an armed outlaw biker, police said. The incident happened around 2:10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, on the westbound side near Exit 18 in West Hempstead, when troopers spotted a disabled motorcycle on the shoulder and stopped to assist. Instead, they found Aaron Morgan, 45, of Queens, standing next to the bike in a Twister MC leather vest, prominently displaying patches associated with the notorious outlaw motorcycle gang, police said. One of those patches was the infamous “1%” diamond—a s…

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Up To $400 'Inflation Refund' Checks On Way To Millions Of NY Households: Here's Who Qualifies Up To $400 'Inflation Refund' Checks On Way To Millions Of NY Households: Here's Who Qualifies
Up To $400 'Inflation Refund' Checks On Way To Millions Of NY Households: Here's Who Qualifies New Yorkers will get some financial relief this fall. “Inflation refund” checks of up to $400 will be mailed directly to 8.2 million households across New York beginning in October, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday, May 14. No application, sign-up, or extra steps are required. The checks are part of the FY 2026 State Budget and aim to ease the financial strain on working- and middle-class families impacted by rising prices, Hochul’s office said. “It’s simple—this is your money and we’re putting it back in your pockets,” Hochul said in a statement. “I’ll never stop fighting to help you…

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Obituaries
3 Young Men Killed In Fiery LI Crash On Mother's Day 'Had Such Bright Futures' 3 Young Men Killed In Fiery LI Crash On Mother's Day 'Had Such Bright Futures'
3 Young Men Killed In Fiery LI Crash On Mother's Day 'Had Such Bright Futures' They were best friends. They were beloved sons. And they were only 20 years old. The Long Island community is reeling after a devastating Mother’s Day weekend crash claimed the lives of three former classmates: Vincent Cavaliere, Gino Vicale, and Nicholas Rivera. The trio, all 2022 graduates of Plainedge High School, were remembered this week as vibrant young men full of promise. Their sudden deaths in a fiery car crash early Sunday morning, May 11, left loved ones and neighbors shattered, as Daily Voice reported. Fox 5 reporter Briella Tomassetti, whose younger brother was close friends w…

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BF Murdered NY Teen After Learning She Might Be Pregnant, Wanted To Keep Baby: DA BF Murdered NY Teen After Learning She Might Be Pregnant, Wanted To Keep Baby: DA
BF Murdered NY Teen After Learning She Might Be Pregnant, Wanted To Keep Baby: DA More than two years after the body of a missing 14-year-old girl was pulled from a river in upstate New York, her boyfriend has been charged with murder.  A Schenectady County grand jury indicted a 17-year-old boy for second-degree murder in the death of Samantha Humphrey, District Attorney Robert Carney announced Wednesday, May 14.  The juvenile defendant, who was 14 years old at the time, strangled Humphrey after she revealed that she was pregnant and wanted to keep the baby, Carney said. Humphrey, a sophomore at Schenectady High School, was last seen alive the day after T…

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'Could Have Been Our Kids': BB Gun Fired From Ronkonkoma Apartment Hits Man Outside Restaurant 'Could Have Been Our Kids': BB Gun Fired From Ronkonkoma Apartment Hits Man Outside Restaurant
'Could Have Been Our Kids': BB Gun Fired From Ronkonkoma Apartment Hits Man Outside Restaurant A sunny Saturday afternoon outside a popular Long Island restaurant turned chaotic when a man was struck multiple times by BB gun pellets fired from a nearby apartment. Samantha DeFiore, of West Islip, recounted the unsettling experience in the Ronkonkomoms Facebook group, saying her boyfriend was shot three times by a BB gun while hanging out with friends outside Lucharitos on Hawkins Avenue in Ronkonkoma on Saturday, May 3. “Beautiful Saturday… turns into my boyfriend getting shot 3 times with a BB gun from the opened apartment window at The Core Apartments… smh,” she wrote, calling the i…

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Lifestyle
Lotto Luck Strikes LI: $50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Convenience Store Lotto Luck Strikes LI: $50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Convenience Store
Lotto Luck Strikes LI: $50K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Convenience Store Someone on Long Island just got a whole lot richer — and all it took was a lucky stop at the local Bolla. A third-prize-winning Powerball ticket worth a whopping $50,000 was sold in Levittown–at the Bolla Market located at 3285 Hempstead Turnpike, according to the New York Lottery. The winning ticket–purchased for the drawing Monday, May 12– matched four white balls and the red Powerball — just one number shy of the jackpot: an estimated $106 million. Powerball drawings are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 11 p.m. Players can check their ticket status on the New York Lottery we…

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Victim ID'd In Deadly Stabbing During Argument On Long Island Victim ID'd In Deadly Stabbing During Argument On Long Island
Victim ID'd In Deadly Stabbing During Argument On Long Island Authorities identified a man who was stabbed to death during an argument on Long Island. Nolan Lang, 46, of Hempstead, died from injuries sustained during a stabbing attack outside a Freeport residence on Friday evening, May 9, Nassau County Police said. Emergency crews responded to the Frederick Avenue home for a stabbing shortly before 7 p.m. Arriving officers found Lang suffering from a stab wound and administered aid, but he died at the hospital, as Daily Voice reported. A preliminary investigation found that Lang got into a domestic altercation with 46-year-old Ivory Washington and Wa…

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Triple Fatal: Standout Athlete Among 20-Year-Olds Killed In Fiery Long Island Crash Triple Fatal: Standout Athlete Among 20-Year-Olds Killed In Fiery Long Island Crash
Triple Fatal: Standout Athlete Among 20-Year-Olds Killed In Fiery Long Island Crash A former high school football star and college athlete was among three young men killed in a fiery Mother’s Day car crash on Long Island. Vincent Cavaliere, of Bethpage, died alongside Gino Vicale, of Seaford; and Nicholas Rivera, of Glendale in the single-vehicle wreck in Bethpage, Nassau County Police said. All three men were 20 years old. The horrific wreck happened around 1 a.m. Sunday, May 11, when a 2022 Dodge Durango traveling east on Stymus Avenue near Carol Drive left the roadway and slammed into a tree, as Daily Voice reported. The SUV then burst into flames. Firefighters from th…

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