Four Arrested in Hate Crime on Deer Park Avenue
Four men were arrested by Suffolk County Police for assaulting two men while using sexually oriented slurs in Babylon Village on Sunday morning.
The four men – Gregory Gilbert, 20; Shane Buckley, 18; Nicholas Battaglia, 18; and Justin Buckley, 17, all from Oceanside – were walking on Deer Park Avenue near the Park Avenue Laundromat at around 3:30 a.m. when the group asked two men for directions to the Long Island Rail Road station.
According to police, the group of men proceeded to punch, kick and shove the two men while using sexually oriented slurs against the men based on their suspected sexual orientation.
Craigslist Encounter Turns Violent
Police say a man sitting in a vehicle with a woman he met on Craigslist was robbed by another woman who lunged at him with a knife in the parking lot of the Tanger Outlets in Deer Park on July 18.
The incident occurred in the north parking lot of the outlets at 11:40 a.m. Police say a female knocked on the passenger's side door of the vehicle and then demanded the man's wallet and cell phone while brandishing a knife. The victim was able to open the door and flee on foot. The robber did steal the man's keys, police say. Police would not say whether or not the woman the victim met on Craigslist was involved in the robbery.
Gas Station Help Up
Police say an unknown man robbed the Getty gas station at 1160 Straight Path in West Babylon on Monday night.
The man, brandishing a gun, demanded money and cigarettes from an employee, police said. The employee complied with the man's demands and the robber fled on foot.
Feds: Couple at Center of Prostitution Ring
Four men were arrested by Suffolk County Police for assaulting two men while using sexually oriented slurs in Babylon Village on Sunday morning.
The four men – Gregory Gilbert, 20; Shane Buckley, 18; Nicholas Battaglia, 18; and Justin Buckley, 17, all from Oceanside – were walking on Deer Park Avenue near the Park Avenue Laundromat at around 3:30 a.m. when the group asked two men for directions to the Long Island Rail Road station.
According to police, the group of men proceeded to punch, kick and shove the two men while using sexually oriented slurs against the men based on their suspected sexual orientation.
Craigslist Encounter Turns Violent
Police say a man sitting in a vehicle with a woman he met on Craigslist was robbed by another woman who lunged at him with a knife in the parking lot of the Tanger Outlets in Deer Park on July 18.
The incident occurred in the north parking lot of the outlets at 11:40 a.m. Police say a female knocked on the passenger's side door of the vehicle and then demanded the man's wallet and cell phone while brandishing a knife. The victim was able to open the door and flee on foot. The robber did steal the man's keys, police say. Police would not say whether or not the woman the victim met on Craigslist was involved in the robbery.
Gas Station Help Up
Police say an unknown man robbed the Getty gas station at 1160 Straight Path in West Babylon on Monday night.
The man, brandishing a gun, demanded money and cigarettes from an employee, police said. The employee complied with the man's demands and the robber fled on foot.
Feds: Couple at Center of Prostitution Ring
A Massapequa couple was arrested last week for running a prostitution ring online that charged up to $3,000 a day to serve clients in the U.S. and overseas, federal prosecutors said.
Vincent Lombardo, 44, and his wife, Melissa Lombardo, 43, were arrested by New York City Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Detectives.
Some of the prostitutes advertised on the website allegedly charged rates of several hundred dollars per hour to several thousand dollars per day.
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The Lombardos allegedly used money from the ring to pay for a home in Boca Raton, Fla., according to prosecutors.
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