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Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Nabbed For String Of Armed Robberies At Long Island Gas Stations
A man and woman are facing a host of charges following a string of armed robberies at Suffolk County gas stations over the past two months, police said. Copiague resident Juan Carlos Fernandez Espinal is being charged with eight robberies, with West Babylon resident Marta Rafalko allegedly being involved in four of them. Both were arrested int he parking lot of Ultra Gas Station on West Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst at approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Robberies were reported at: USA Gasoline, 188 N Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst, on Oct. 2 at 9:55 p.m.; BP, 1235 Route 231, No…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Know Him? Man Accused Of Stealing $450 From Long Island Gas Station
Recognize him? Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a wanted man who allegedly stole cash from a Huntington Station gas station. Police said the suspect - who was sporting a hat and had a mustache at the time of the robbery - stole $450 from a cash register at the BP gas station located on Walt Whitman Road at approximately 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1. Investigators noted that the suspect has tattoos on the upper part of both of his arms. Anyone with information regarding the robbery or who reco…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
New Video: Suspect At Large After Robbery At Long Island Gas Station
This story has been updated with a video provided by Nassau County Police. A suspect is on the loose after an overnight robbery at a gas station on Long Island. It happened at about 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26 at the BP station located at 969 Atlantic Ave. in Baldwin, Nassau County Police said. After entering the station, the suspect reached over the counter and opened the register, grabbing currency before the attendant pushed his hands away, according to police. The suspect then ran out of the store and fled westbound towards Atlantic Avenue. He is described as being a w…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect On Loose After Overnight Robbery At Long Island Gas Station
This story has been updated with a video provided by Nassau County Police. A suspect is on the loose after an overnight robbery at a gas station on Long Island. It happened at about 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26 at the BP station located at 969 Atlantic Ave. in Baldwin, Nassau County Police said. After entering the station, the suspect reached over the counter and opened the register, grabbing currency before the attendant pushed his hands away, according to police. The suspect then ran out of the store and fled westbound towards Atlantic Avenue. He is described as being a w…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: NY State Man, 36, Struck Twice On Route 4 After Fight With Girlfriend Dies
UPDATE: A Dutchess County, NY man who was killed when he was struck by two vehicles on Route 4 in Paramus deliberately walked into traffic, witnesses said. One witness was getting gas at the BP station next to the McDonald's on the highway's westbound side moments before 9 p.m. Saturday. "My husband was inside the [gas station] store when the man walked over from McDonald's with a blank stare on this face," she told Daily Voice. Ryan O’Keefe, 36, of Wappingers Falls, NY man had been fighting with his girlfriend both inside and outside the McDonald's, near the highway's Forest Avenue e…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect On Loose After Robbery At Gas Station In Nassau County
A suspect is on the loose after a robbery at a gas station on Long Island. It happened at around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2 at the BP station at 969 Atlantic Ave. in Baldwin, Nassau County Police said. According to First Squad detectives, the man entered the station and demanded the male employee, 33, open the register. The employee did not comply and the subject began pressing buttons on the register until it opened, said police. The suspect then removed an undisclosed amount of cash fled westbound on foot, according to police. The suspect was wearing dark clothing and had …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Route 3 Gas Station Attendant Fights Off Masked Armed Robber
A Route 3 gas station attendant in Clifton fought off a masked robber who was armed with a handgun, police said. The robber – described as white, thin, dressed all in black and carrying a backpack -- accosted the attendant in the booth of the BP station on the westbound highway around 1 a.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. However, the attendant pushed him out of the booth, sending him running into a nearby wooded area, Bracken said. Police established a perimeter and searched for the robber with the help of a Passaic County sheriff’s K-9, with no luck, the lieutenant said. An…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton
UPDATE: A 24-year-old homeless man who'd been sleeping in his car shot himself dead at a gas station on Route 3 in Clifton late Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint statement. Police were called to the BP station on the westbound side of the highway after the man's body was found in his Nissan Maxima shortly before 11 a.m., they said. "The initial investigation indicates that the wound was self-…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Homeless Man, 24, Commits Suicide At Route 3 Gas Station In Clifton
UPDATE: A 24-year-old homeless man who'd been sleeping in his car shot himself dead at a gas station on Route 3 in Clifton late Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said in a joint statement. Police were called to the BP station on the westbound side of the highway after the man's body was found in his Nissan Maxima shortly before 11 a.m., they said. "The initial investigation indicates that the wound was self-inflicted," the…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station
A Bergen County Regional SWAT team, crisis negotiators and the county bomb squad were among the responders to what turned out to be a "swatting" incident at a Bergenfield gas station before dawn Saturday. The 5:13 a.m. a.m. caller claimed to be holed up in the BP station on New Bridge Road near the CSX railroad tracks and was planning to “blow the place up" -- prompting an immediate response, Bergenfield Police Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The caller made several claims -- among them, that he could see police outside, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident said…
