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New York Post
2 days ago
- New York Post
Long Island ‘fight club' busted when gunfire breaks out — 13 arrested
A 'fight club'' was busted at a Long Island swim center Sunday night when gunfire broke out, leading to 13 arrests, cops said. Suffolk County cops responded to a reported gunshot around 6 p.m. near the Brookhaven Aquatic Center in Shirley and broke up the unauthorized underground fighting ring there, police told Newsday. One of the participants had pulled out a gun during a scuffle and fired blank shots, which injured two males, ages 17 and 19, cops said. Both were taken to a local hospital. Most of the people arrested were between the ages of 16 and 20. Thirteen people were arrested when Suffolk County Police broke up what they called an 'unauthorized fight club event' in Shirley, LI. News 12 Long Island Most of the participants were between 16 and 20, police said. News 12 Long Island One suspect, Devine Brown, 25, of Mastic Beach was charged with assault, menacing, prohibitive use of a weapon and unlawful assembly, police said. He was detained overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. Suffolk County Police did not immediately respond to a Post request for additional information. The incident is the second time police have been called to break up a fight club in Suffolk County in the past few weeks, according to Newsday. Three men were charged in June after cops busted an unauthorized afternoon brawl, which was advertised on social media and drew about 70 people to Walt Whitman Park in Melville. Most of those in attendance were in their early 20s, cops said. The notion of illicit organized brawls was popularized by the 1996 novel 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk, which he based off of his own experiences participating in them. The book was later adapted into the Oscar-nominated film under the same title in 1999 starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt.
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Yahoo
Police involved in shooting on Long Island: SCPD
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) – Police were involved in a shooting on Long Island, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The shooting happened this morning in Centereach, police said. More Local News Additional details about the shooting were not immediately available. Police are expected to provide an update Sunday afternoon. This is a developing story. Please refresh the page for updates. Emily Rahhal is a digital reporter who has covered New York City since 2023 after reporting in Los Angeles for years. She joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of her work here and follow her on Twitter here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Four men held onto sinking boat for an hour in Long Island Sound: SCPD
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – Four men held onto a sinking boat for an hour before being rescued in the Long Island Sound, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The men, all from Connecticut, were found around 12:07 a.m. Sunday near Stratford Shoal, police said. The 20-foot center console power boat had overturned, police said. More Local News The men were not wearing life jackets but held onto the boat for an hour before police pulled them out of the water. They were taken to an area hospital, police said. Emily Rahhal is a digital reporter who has covered New York City since 2023 after reporting in Los Angeles for years. She joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of her work here and follow her on Twitter here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Sun
02-07-2025
- The Sun
Horror discovery in rusting barnacle-covered car hauled from water sparks major breakthrough in 15-year-old cold case
A RUSTING barnacle-covered car hauled from a lake could be a major breakthrough in a 15-year-old cold case. Specialist divers Dan Pritchard and his scuba partner Bill McIntosh made the horrific discovery when they unearthed the sunken Chrysler at a Long Island beach. 2 2 The dive team believe they found the human remains of resident Robert Long, who went missing in December 2010 aged 62. Long was on his way to the local liquor store when he was reported missing. Over a decade later, specialists believe they have found the remains of his body inside a submerged Chrysler PT Cruiser at Cedar Beach. Monday's discovery launched an urgent investigation by Suffolk Couny Police who have sent the remains for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The remains have yet to be identified. Detective Lt. Kevin Beyrer said on Tuesday afternoon: 'There is a missing person who we suspect this driver to be. 'We made a courtesy notification to the family, but we have not definitively made any sort of identification.' The pair of divers reportedly used kayaks equipped with special side-scan sonar devices in the search. Sonar systems are used to create an image of large areas of the sea floor. After several hours, they found what appeared to be human bones inside the rusting vehicle. They promptly called the police who performed their own search and pulled the vehicle out of the water with a crane. A force spokesman told the New York Post: 'We started this morning with the Marine Bureau divers going into the water at low tide. 'They examined the interior of the vehicle and tried to recover whatever they could from within the vehicle.' The shock discovery comes just weeks after a suspected human bone was found washed up in Rhode Island, near Taylor Swift's beachside mansion. The gruesome find came after c ops were called to the ritzy Watch Hill neighborhood at about 9:30am. The remains were transferred to the Rhode Island Medical Examiner's Office, said the Westerly Police Department Detective Division. Taylor Day, a Westerly resident, said she saw three police cars and a medical examiner "pulling in behind me." Day said, 'It was probably a couple football fields away from Taylor Swift's house and the Ocean House. "I would never expect anything like that — especially not in Watch Hill.' She added, 'It kind of alarmed me, and it was just something very out of the ordinary for Westerly." Police do not suspect foul play, but Day said she would "definitely disagree with that."
New York Post
01-07-2025
- New York Post
Car found underwater at Long Island beach with human remains inside may be linked to 15-year-old missing persons case
A dive team found human remains inside a barnacle-covered car underwater at a Long Island beach — a discovery they think may be linked to a 15-year-old missing persons case. Dan Pritchard and his diving partner Bill McIntosh — who travel the world looking for missing people — found the remains inside a submerged Chrysler PT Cruiser at Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai on Monday, prompting an investigation by Suffolk County Police. The pair believe the remains are Long Island native Robert Long, who went missing in December 2010 at the age of 62 while on a run to a local liquor store in a vehicle that fits the same description. Advertisement 3 Robert Long went missing in December 2010 at the age of 62. Facebook 'It's obviously a great relief when you identify the vehicle that you're looking for,' Pritchard told local radio station 1010 Wins. 'It is satisfying to know that we can give — hard as the answers are — to the family.' The pair used kayaks equipped with special side-scan sonar devices that helped look underwater, with McIntosh telling the outlet they had four locations to check and Cedar Beach just happened to be first on the list. Advertisement After several hours searching for Long, the pair found what appeared to be human bones in the car — immediately calling police, who conducted their own diving search. They later lifted the vehicle out of the water with a crane after confirming the human remains, according to police. 3 The pair found what appeared to be human bones in the sunken car. News 12 LI 'We started this morning with the Marine Bureau divers going into the water at low tide,' Suffolk police said. 'They examined the interior of the vehicle and tried to recover whatever they could from within the vehicle.' The remains have yet to be identified, and the Suffolk County Medical Examiner will determine the identity of the remains and perform an autopsy to determine a cause of death, the department said. Advertisement 'There is a missing person who we suspect this driver to be,' Detective Lt. Kevin Beyrer said Tuesday afternoon. 'We made a courtesy notification to the family, but we have not definitively made any sort of identification.' 3 Human remains found in sunken car by volunteer divers searching for Long Island man missing for 15 years. Please Help Find Bob Long Pritchard and McIntosh plan on spending the next few months scouring waterways up and down the East Coast in search of sunken vehicles — including several on Long Island. They believe the search could recover the remains of up to 50 missing people. Advertisement The discovery at Cedar Beach marked the third vehicle they've pulled up during this trip, and the 16th for McIntosh since he first got involved in 2020, the divers said. 'When you find a person, you bring them home and you're able to close a chapter in another person's life, a family's life,' McIntosh told Newsday. 'We give them hope.'
