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NY Cocaine Ring Used 'Pizza,' 'Pies' As Drug Codes In Orange, Ulster Counties: AG James
Ten people have been charged in a cocaine trafficking operation that authorities say supplied drugs throughout Orange and Ulster counties, sometimes using terms such as “pizza,” “pies,” and “water” as code for narcotics.
The ten defendants face a combined 153 charges following an investigation led by the New York Attorney General's Organized Crime Task Force, Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Investigators found more than one kilogram of cocaine with an estimated street value of $30,000, along with more than $12,500 in drug proceeds, according to the Att…
Drunk LI Mom Plows Car Into Tennis Court Moments After Dropping Off Daughter: Cops
A Long Island mom drunkenly crashed into a tennis court just moments after dropping off her 10-year-old daughter, police said.
Kimberly Shortell, 41, of Ronkonkoma, took her daughter to Ronkonkoma Beach at 299 Rosevale Avenue around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
But after dropping her daughter off, Shortell drove into a parked car, went through a chain link fence, then continued onto a tennis court and into the fence on the other side of the court, cops said.
No one was on the court at the time, authorities said. Shortell was taken to Stony Brook Univ…
Bronx-Raised Attorney, Long Island Husband Among 4 Americans Killed In Greece Blast
A Bronx-raised attorney and her husband, a Long Island native, were among four American tourists killed in an explosion near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Florida Hoxha grew up in the Bronx and was a senior attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group, according to ABC News. Her husband, Ian Alexander Kirkpatrick, was from Huntington and attended Huntington High School from 2003 to 2007, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Hoxha and Kirkpatrick were killed alongside Hoxha’s brother, Florin Hoxha, and his wife, Erisa Cani, on Friday, Sept. 25, when an early-morning explosion destroyed a…
