Long Island Man Charged With BWI After Crash Sends Now Missing Passenger Overboard
A Long Island man has been charged with boating while intoxicated after the vessel he was operating struck a jetty and one of his passengers went overboard and is now missing.
Jack Benjamin, age 25, of Farmingville, was operating a 2003 Parker center console boat in the Great South Bay when the vessel struck a jetty in Sayville at the end of Browns River Road at around 1:25 a.m. Monday, July 5, Suffolk County Police.
A male passenger, also age 25, who was not wearing a life jacket, was thrown overboard, according to police.
Suffolk County Police officers, personnel from multiple…
Three Current, Former Nypd Officers From Long Island Charged In Bribery Scheme
Two NYPD officers and a retired officer from Long Island have been charged in federal court with running a bribery scheme that allegedly earned them thousands of dollars.
The nine-count indictment was filed on Tuesday, May 11 charging Heather Busch, age 34, of Massapequa, Robert Hasset, age 36, of Farmingville, and Rober Smith, age 44, of Plainview, with five counts of using interstate facilities to commit bribery and two counts of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act, said the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Smith is also charged with attempting to tra…
Suspect Nabbed For Stabbing Outside Long Island Restaurant
A suspect has been apprehended after a stabbing outside a Long Island restaurant.
The incident happened Friday, Jan. 1 at approximately 5:40 p.m. in Farmingville.
Following an alteration, Arlington Guzman-Mejia, age 38, of Port Jefferson Station, stabbed a man outside of Los Amigos Restaurant, located at 1075 Portion Road, Suffolk County Police said.
Sixth precinct police officers responded and arrested Guzman-Mejia, 38, at the scene.
The victim, 38, also of Port Jefferson, was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Guzman-Mejia was…
