Monday, May 21, 2012
Thousands of gallons of automotive fluids allegedly allowed to seep into ground at salvage yard near Glen Cove Waterway.
A Muttontown man was arrested Monday and charged with 20 felony counts of illegal dumping of hazardous automotive waste at his salvage yard at 4 Park Place in Glen Cove, according to a press release from the Nassau County district attorney's office. John Doxey, 44, is accused of releasing thousands of gallons of toxic automotive fluids into the ground at his business, 4 Park Place Corp., located just south of the Glen Cove Waterway. Doxey and his employees were observed releasing the fluids in the course of stripping and dismantling large commercial vehicles and other heavy machinery at the salvage yard since at least October 2011 when the investigation began, the release stated. Such fluids are required by state law to be drained and …
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The Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department responded to alarm, reported smoke at Ellwood Street home.
Rescue workers responded to an alarm at a house on Elwood Street in Glen Cove just before 12 p.m. Monday where smoke was reported to have been visible, according to the Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department. There were no injuries, according to Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services chief Matthew Venturino. Rain poured on emergency workers and their vehicles as they blocked traffic on Ellwood Street between McLoughlin and Valentine Streets until the situation was resolved around 12:30 p.m.
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26 Ellwood St, Glen Cove, NY
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Vehicle struck victim at corner of Carpenter Avenue and 8th Avenue.
A person on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle in Sea Cliff at 2:50 p.m. Thursday and was taken to the hospital with head trauma, according to the Nassau County Police Department. The accident occurred at the corner of Carpenter Avenue and 8th Avenue, according to police. The victim's condition is currently unknown, police said. Check Patch for updates on this story as information becomes available.
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Carpenter Ave & 8th Ave, Sea Cliff, NY
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The following information was supplied by the City of Glen Cove Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate a conviction.
The Glen Cove Police Department has declined to provide the names of the arrested. The City of Glen Cove Police Department reported the following arrests from May 6 - May 12, 2012.
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City of Glen Cove - Police Department
1 Bridge St, Glen Cove, NY
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40501
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Venditto vows to examine Oyster Bay policies going forward in wake of ex-Yankee's arrest on child molestation charges.
Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto expressed "shock" at the arrest of former Yankee and town employee Rusty Torres, saying he found the sexual abuse charges "deeply disturbing," and vowed to address town hiring policies as the case goes forward. In an exclusive interview with Patch following Tuesday morning's Town Board meeting, Venditto said an extensive background check was done on Torres before he was hired in 2002 by both the Nassau County Civil Service Commission as well as in a separate investigation by the Town of Oyster Bay. Going forward, Venditto said the town will examine its hiring practices and make changes if necessary. "As we learn more (about the case) if there are lessons to be learned from this and things to be done in …
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Town of Oyster Bay
54 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay, NY
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Patch reports on crimes from nearby communities.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments. It does not indicate a conviction. Lynbrook Two men broke into a new convertible at a Lynbrook car dealership early Friday morning, but fled after they set off the car's alarm. According to police, the pair returned an hour later and set fire to the same car. Police are reporting that two white men wearing hooded jackets entered Anchor Audi on Sunrise Highway and broke into a 2012 Audi S5 convertible. After setting fire to the car just an hour later, the men fled in a waiting vehicle driven by an unknown third person. The Lynbrook Fire Department responded with five trucks and 50 firefighters to extinguish the fire. There was no damage to any…
Oyster Bay leaders have not answered key questions about ex-Yankee they've employed for 10 years.
The Oyster Bay Town Board meets in public Tuesday for the first time since Rusty Torres, the town's longtime employee, was charged with molesting an 8-year-old child. Among the lingering questions in the Torres scandal is whether the town did a background check on Torres before hiring him in 2002 as the town's baseball coach. Torres is a convicted felon who served five years probation for a cocaine-related conviction dating to 1985. The town has also not clarified its hiring practices regarding other potential convicted felons. In his decade-long role as the town's baseball coach, Torres was in contact with thousands of children, town and police officials said. The former major leaguer served as a hitting coach for numerous youth baseball …
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Town of Oyster Bay
54 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay, NY
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Felony complaint revealed; police reach out to leaders of athletic leagues and school districts where he coached.
Rusty Torres, accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl in Plainview on two occasions, spent 10 years working in his position for the Town of Oyster Bay and coached thousands of Long Island children, town officials and police said. That chilling fact has Nassau County Police fearful that other children may have been victimized by the former New York Yankee, whose indictment contains specific and disturbing details of the accusations leveled against him. The so-called "felony complaint" describes explicit details of Torres exposing himself to the child and having her touch him inappropriately. (See attached PDF file; Warning: graphic content.) In addition, Torres was hired by the town in May, 2002, despite having served five years probation …
Former Yankee Rusty Torres remains behind closed doors as North Massapequa neighbors defend him.
On a beautiful spring afternoon that would have been idyllic for playing baseball, former Yankee Rusty Torres was holed up behind closed doors Wednesday. Torres, 63, who faces allegations of sexual abuse involving an 8-year-old girl, would not answer the door of his North Massapequa home when a Patch reporter came to ask for comment. But he came to the window and said, "I'm sorry, I have nothing to say at this time." The ex-Yankee, who played parts of two seasons in the Bronx in the 1970s, was released on bail, according to the Nassau County District Attorney's office. He is charged with two counts of first degree sexual abuse. According to court papers, Torres abused the victim on two occasions. On April 30, he allegedly rubbed against …
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N Cedar St & N Park Ave, North Massapequa, NY
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Glen Cove High School student turned himself in on day of the incident; female victim reported no injuries.
A 15-year-old male student at Glen Cove High School faces charges of forcible touching and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an incident that occurred at the school on May 4, according to the Glen Cove Police Department. Police said at approximately 2:50 p.m., after regular classes had ended, the boy, a sophomore, was recorded on video surveillance entering a girls' restroom with a 15-year-old female freshman. Police said it appeared she was forced inside. The victim reported that the boy fondled her and touched her inappropriately inside the restroom. Moments later, police said, the two exited the restroom and the boy tried forcing her into the nearby boys' restroom. Resisting, the female fell to the floor and the boy grabbed her …
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Glen Cove High School
Dosoris Ln, Glen Cove, NY
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Marc Rosen
11:22 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
The idiot! What if that crap gets into the water supply?! more ›