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Drugged Driver Was ‘Swaying, Stumbling’ On Overnight Shift Before Deadly LI Crash: Authorities
A Long Island driver had marijuana and Klonopin in his vehicle when he crashed into a construction site, killing a man and injuring two others, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Thomas Lobianco, 26, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was indicted on numerous charges Wednesday for the Monday, Aug. 10 wreck in Nesconset, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Lobianco had just finished an overnight shift at a nearby 7-Eleven, where surveillance video captured him “swaying, stumbling, nearly falling multiple times, and nodding in and out of consciousness,” the DA’s office said.
He then drove…
Drunk Driver Takes Out Pole, Parked Car, And Fence In Late-Night LI Crash: Police
A drunk driver on Long Island hit a utility pole, a parked car, and a rail fence before coming to a stop in a crash, police said Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Laura Ortiz Lozano, 29, of the Bronx, was arrested following the wreck on Shelter Island late Sunday, Sept. 6, the Shelter Island Police Department said.
Cops responded to the scene around 11:50 p.m. Sunday to a report of a car accident in which one vehicle “struck a utility pole, a parked vehicle, and split rail fence,” Shelter Island police said.
Officers found Ortiz Lozano at the scene, and she was taken to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hos…
Teen Selling Weed, Flavored Vapes Out Of Nassau Gas Station Arrested: Police
A Long Island teenager has been arrested for selling weed and flavored vape products from a storefront, police said.
Amritpreet Singh, 18, of Elmont, was busted Tuesday, Sept. 8 for slinging the items from a Valero gas station on Franklin Avenue in Valley Stream, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Officers observed “a large quantity” of flavored vapes, Kratom, and THC products available at the store and arrested Singh around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.
According to online court records, Singh was charged with:
Fifth-degree drug possession (marijuana)
Criminal possession o…
