Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Cops Question Man Regarding Fatal Kings Park Accident

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Kings Park

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A 53-year-old Ronkonkoma man turned himself into county officials on Wednesday, and offered a plea of not guilty, in relation to leaving the scene of the fatal accident which left a Kings Park man dead.

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According to Robert Clifford of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Craig Perkins, accompanied by his attorney, turned himself in to the district attorney's office, where he was questioned by police and prosecutors and admitted his involvement in the

Plainview

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A Nassau County grand jury has indicted a Plainview mother on murder charges, alleging she intentionally fed her 8-year-old daughter food she was allergic to on the day she was to serve as a flower girl, authorities said

, 31, was indicted on second-degree murder charges in the death of her daughter, Julie. Cirella appeared before Judge David Sullivan in Mineola on the charges and was ordered held without bail.

Cirella is due back in court on May 3, the district attorney's office said.

Melville

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Melville Pharmacist Nabbed In Black Market Prescription Drug Ring

A Melville pharmacist has been arrested for his alleged role as a ringleader in a massive scheme to distribute black market prescription HIV drugs and defraud the Medicaid program of $155 million, law enforcement officials said.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced this week that an investigation shut down the illegal operation that was distributing HIV prescription drugs obtained on the black market through MOMS pharmacy, a high-volume pharmacy located in Melville.

According to the indictment and forfeiture complaint, beginning in September 2008, Glenn Schabel, of Melville, the supervising pharmacist and compliance officer for MOMS pharmacy, allegedly accepted bribes to purchase in excess of $274 million worth of black market HIV medications from a web of shell companies, controlled by Stephen Manuel Costa, a 27-year-old Florida resident.

Patchogue

Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Medford that occurred Wednesday morning. Officers responded to 82 Rose Lane in the Gordon Heights neighborhood following a 5:41 a.m. 911 call of shots fired at the location. Police discovered the body of 32-year-old Ronald Fitzgerald, of Medford, lying on the front porch of the home.

Northport


A woman reported to police on March 29 around 10 a.m. that her car might have been stolen. When the police arrived, the woman was highly intoxicated and unable to give any details about the vehicle but was in possession of both sets of keys. She was advised to contact the police when she sobered up. Her vehicle was eventually located in the parking lot of Happy Wok around 5:30 p.m.


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