Robert E. Kessler
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Isidore Shapiro, ex-Nassau commissioner of mental health, dies
Isidore Shapiro, a retired longtime Nassau County commissioner of mental health, died Dec. 27 in his assisted living facility in Tucson, Arizona. He was 101. The cause of death was most likely a heart → Read More
Man charged with price gouging and hoarding PPE agrees to donate supplies, federal prosecutors say
The federal case against a Woodbury man accused of both price gouging and hoarding in connection with the sale of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus epidemic was resolved Friday when → Read More
Seth DuCharme, top acting federal prosecutor, makes fighting violence his priority
Seth DuCharme has spent a big part of his career as a federal prosecutor handling major terrorism cases on Long Island and Brooklyn. But in his new role as the acting top boss for the Eastern District → Read More
NYPD cop pleads not guilty in murder-for-hire plot
Valerie Cincinelli is accused of scheming to murder her estranged husband and the young daughter of a boyfriend. → Read More
NYPD officer indicted in alleged plot to kill estranged husband, boyfriend's daughter
Valerie Cincinelli, 34, of Long Island was charged with two counts of murder for hire and one count of obstruction of justice, according to court records. → Read More
NYPD officer charged in plot to kill estranged husband and daughter, court papers say
NYPD officer Valerie Cincinelli was ordered held without bail after prosecutors said in a detention letter that she was a danger to the community. → Read More
Papers: Mangano prosecutors deny withholding evidence
The remarks came in response to a 42-page motion filed in December by Kevin Keating of Garden City, the attorney for Edward Mangano, that asked for a dismissal of the charges. → Read More
Judge sets start for Mangano corruption retrial
The former Nassau County executive and his wife, Linda, are being retried on the same federal charges that resulted in a hung jury in May. → Read More
Ex-Suffolk pol pleads guilty to income tax crime
Former Suffolk County Republican Legis. Fred Towle Jr., who resigned in 2003 and was sentenced to 6 months in prison as part of a probe into political corruption in the county, pleaded guilty on Wedn → Read More
Judge sets Mangano retrial date for Oct. 9
Eastern District federal prosecutors said they plan to retry the Manganos on all the charges they were indicted on. → Read More
Trial of former Mangano aide to last a week, prosecutors say
Rob Walker, of Hicksville, is accused of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI in connection with taking $5,000 from an unidentified contractor who did work for the county. → Read More
Alleged MS-13 member arraigned in murder case
Two alleged members of the MS-13 street gang pleaded not guilty Monday at arraignment in federal District Court in Central Islip to a variety of charges, including murder and attempted murder.They wer → Read More
Singh admits bribing Mangano, Venditto
LI restaurateur attempted to bribe an unnamed New York City elected official, court papers say → Read More
Venditto indicted on charges involving securities fraud
Former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto was indicted Tuesday on 21 new federal criminal charges involving securities fraud in the town’s public offering of → Read More
Officials: Gun, drug charges for 5 LI Bloods
Five longtime members of the Bloods who prosecutors said “have been terrorizing the streets of Suffolk County” were charged Wednesday in the first public acknowledgment → Read More
Sources: Identified remains of 2 males are MS-13 victims
The FBI on Tuesday identified the remains of two young men found last month in Nassau County who sources said are believed to be victims → Read More
Motion alleges conspiracy against Mangano, others
A newly-unsealed motion by the defense attorney for Republican Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano alleges his indictment on corruption charges was possibly part of a → Read More
Suffolk DA Thomas Spota, top aide indicted in cover-up
Longtime Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his chief aides have been indicted on federal charges in a cover-up of former Suffolk Police → Read More
Sources: FBI finds human remains in Freeport park
The FBI’s Long Island Gang Task Force, acting on a tip related to MS-13, found human remains while searching a Freeport park, sources said. → Read More
Teen found in woods believed to be MS-13 victim, sources say
Federal investigators and Nassau police believe the teenager whose remains were found last week on the Baldwin-Roosevelt border was killed by members of the MS-13 → Read More