Long Island Couple Abandoned 6-Year-Old Girl For Crying Too Much, DA Says
A Long Island couple is facing charges after allegedly abandoning a 6-year-old girl this week, in part because she reportedly cried too much, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Patchogue residents Patrice Chambers, 29, and her boyfriend, Mark Pamphile, 28, allegedly left the girl by herself on 140th Avenue in Queens in Queens, reportedly near the home of her biological father, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced.
On Monday, May 18, it is alleged that Chambers was driving with Pamphile in Queens when she stopped the car on 140th Avenue near the intersection of Springfie…
Area Couple Charged With Assault Of 6-Week-Old Child
A 28-year-old woman and her boyfriend have been arrested for the reckless assault of a 6-week-old child, state police say.
Nashawanna Reynold, of Liberty, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 14, following a month-long investigation by the New York State Police Child Abuse Unit in Sullivan County along with Child Protective Services, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
In addition, Reynolds and her boyfriend Brent Miano, 22, also of LIberty, were charged with endangering the welfare of a child after failing to take the child for medical attention for the injuries incurred as a result of the assault,…
Suffolk Woman Arrested After Child Left Home Alone Allegedly Starts Two Fires
A woman was arrested after a 7-year-old left home alone on Long Island allegedly started two fires.
Nora Soto-Cordova, 32, of Northampton in Suffolk County, was arrested at 10:45 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, after Southampton Police responded to a residence in Northampton for a house fire, said Southampton Police Lt. Susan Ralph.
Officers spoke to a resident who found a fire had been started in his bedroom and another in the kitchen area, Ralph said.
Riverhead Fire Department responded, however, the fire had been extinguished.
Southampton detectives and the Southampton Town F…
Westchester Woman High On Drugs Found Passed Out On Top Of Twin Infants In Stroller, Police Say
A Westchester woman found slumped over a baby stroller with two six-month-old twin infants inside was arrested for possession of a drug and endangering the welfare of a child.
The incident took place around 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13, when Yonkers police officers in the area of 1 Mill St., were approached by a concerned witness who told them about the woman, said Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos.
The officers approached the woman, identified as Jessica Reyes, 30, of New Rochelle, and saw her slumped over a double carriage that was occupied by the two babies with a burnt cigar in a right …
LI Mother Surrenders After Shooting Of 3-Year-Old's Father Leads To Amber Alert
A Long Island mother who allegedly shot the father of her child and then went on the run, prompting an AMBER Alert, has turned herself in to police.
According to the Southampton Police Department, Patchita Tennant, 42, of Riverhead, surrendered at the police department earlier Friday, Sept. 6, said Southampton Police Lt. Susan Ralph.
Her 3-year-old daughter was found safe earlier in the day following an AMBER Alert being issued after her father was allegedly shot by Tennant, police said.
The incident took place around 8:20 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, at a home on Pleasure Drive in …
