(LONG ISLAND, NY) Suffolk County Police arrested a couple yesterday who left their three young children unattended in a running, unlocked car while shopping in Patchogue.

Fifth Precinct Police Officer Marc Sforza responded to a 6:22 p.m. call in which a witness reported young children crying in an unattended vehicle that was parked in Gateway Plaza parking lot located at 499 Sunrise Highway North Service Road. Upon arrival, Officer Sforza observed a 6-month-old boy, a 5-year-old girl, and an 8-year-old boy, in a 2012 Hyundai Accent that was unlocked and running. The children had been in the vehicle approximately one hour before the parents returned from shopping at Marshalls which is located within the shopping center. The outside temperature was approximately 31 degrees at the time of the incident.

A Fifth Precinct Officer responded to a call in which young children were crying in an unattended vehicle parked in a parking lot with children had been in the vehicle approximately one hour before the parents returned from shopping.

Donald Hayes, 33, and Sarah Hayes, 34, both of 15 Terrace Lane, Patchogue, were arrested and charged with three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

Donald Hayes, 33, and Sarah Hayes, 34, both of 15 Terrace Lane, Patchogue, were arrested and charged with three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

Both are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on March 3.

A notification will be made to Suffolk County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Bureau.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Defendants are entitled to a fair trial with the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) Protests Abusive Circus at Nassau Coliseum

(LONG ISLAND) A descendant of Ringling stars Mickey King and Antoinette Concello will be leading protests alongside her anthrozoologist fiancé at Nassau Coliseum March 5th, 2014 starting at 6:00pm.

Protest will continue one hour before each showing until March 10^th as well: https://www.facebook.com/events/286404221513488/

Costumes, a megaphone, and banners will be used to grab the public’s attention and educate them about Ringling’s long history of abuse.

“Wild animals used in circuses are deprived of everything natural to them.  Unable to practice even their most innate behaviors, such as roaming and foraging, elephants sway and tigers pace.  Circuses tell us these psychotic behaviors are their animals dancing and evidence of a good time, however, the reality could not be farther from the truth,” says anthrozoologist and president of Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) John Di Leonardo, “Circuses teach domination and conserve only slavery, neither of which we should be lauding.”

“As a descendant of The Flying Concellos, dubbed the most famous aerialist act in circus history, and grand-niece of Art Concello, former circus owner, I am evidence that no longer is this a fringe issue.  Scholars , historians, and even former circus families agree, it is high time we see an end to animals in circuses,” says Julie Cappiello, vice president of Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION).

Julie and John of Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION), an animal advocacy group who succeeded in the Piccadilly Circus’ cancellation on Long Island last year,will be present at most demonstrations and can be contacted at the numbers at the top of this release for interviews.  Hunters and representatives from other groups will also be demonstrating opening night.  

Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus was fined $270,000, the largest fine in circus history, due to Animal Welfare Act violations in 2011 and has been documented using bull hooks, electric-prods, and chains on baby elephants.  Ringling owner Kenneth Feld has also admitted to their habitual harm in court.

(Roosevelt, NY) The Nassau County Police Department has reported the arrest of a Roosevelt man for Criminal Possession of a Weapon on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 3:50 pm in Roosevelt, New York.

According to First Squad detectives, officers responded to a medical call at 43 John Street. When police arrived they observed a 22 year old male victim with a laceration to the left side of his face after hitting it on a door knob inside the home.

The victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment. While at the scene police discovered a .380 caliber hand gun with two live .380 caliber bullets lying on the driveway.

The defendant Wesley Jackson, 25, of 43 John Street claimed ownership of the illegal weapon. He was placed into police custody without incident. Wesley Jackson is charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree. He was arraigned in First District Court today, Sunday, March 2, 2014.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Defendants are entitled to a fair trial with the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

 

(Williston Park, NY) The Nassau County Police Department is investigating a Burglary that occurred on Sunday, March 02, 2014 at 7:00 am in Williston Park.

According to Third Squad detectives, a 59 year old female worker had noticed that an unknown person or persons had entered the St. Aidan’s Church between 8:45 pm Saturday, March 1, 2014 and 7:00 am Sunday, March 02, 2014 and removed a large screen Samsung television. Third Precinct Police Officers responded to investigate and it was determined that someone did pry open the rear door and remove a television from the alter area. The value is undetermined at this time.

According to detectives, an unknown person or persons entered the St. Aidan’s Church between 8:45 pm Saturday, March 1, 2014 and 7:00 am Sunday, March 02, 2014 and removed a large screen Samsung television.

Detectives request that anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

Crime Stoppers offers up to a $5,000 cash reward for information leading to an arrest. You do not have to reveal your identity to help solve this crime. All calls will remain anonymous.

(Westbury, NY) The Nassau County Police Department is investigating a Robbery that occurred on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 12:35 am in Westbury.

According to Third Squad detectives, a 39 year old male victim was standing on School Street at Railroad Avenue when an unknown male and female Hispanic ( no further description ) exited a red four door sedan that had an out of state license plate and began asking him for directions. The male subject then reached into the victim’s pants pocket and removed his wallet that contained an undisclosed amount of US currency and a cell phone. The two subjects then fled in the red auto in an unknown direction. There were no injuries reported.

Detectives request that anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

Sunday, April 27th, 2014 with a Rain Date of May 4th, 2014

(LONG ISLAND, NY) On Sunday, April 27th, 2014 St. Patrick School Presents the 9th Annual Spring Car Show Fundraiser. DAY OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! “Special Blessing” on all vehicles, non-judged show – First 200 receive goodie bag. Show features children’s activities, variety of craft vendors, raffles, giveaways, food. Music provided by “DJ NIGHT TRAIN”, BLOWING OFF THE DUST OF YOUR FONDEST MEMORIES”. See the B.A.T. Mobile DWI Processing Center and Drink Buggies provided by the Suffolk County Sheriffs Office.

Come see this year the B.A.T (DWI) Mobile. The B.A.T. is a mobile DWI Processing center on wheels. Inside it has holding cells, Computer work stations and everything needed to process DWI arrest. We are the only ones in the County with this High Tech DWI Enforcement Vehicle. They are also bring the Drunk Buggies from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office for all to ride!!!

DJ NIGHT TRAIN & JUKE BOX DRIVE WILL BE SPINNING THOSE OLDIES BUT GOODIES AND BLOWING THE DUST OFF OF YOUR MOST FONDEST MEMORIES AT THIS YEARS CAR SHOW!!!!! FOR ANY MORE INFORMATION VISIT – WWW.DJNIGHTTRAIN.NET

ALL YEARS, MAKES, MODELS, CAR CLUBS, PRIVATE OWNERS, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES ARE WELCOME!

Back to the Future Car with Matt A.K.A Marty Mcfly!!

Come meet and greet the Long Island Ghost Busters!!

The Mystery Machine Van and Scooby Doo!!!

Come see Somewhere in Time preforming live at this years car show!!! Need any more information on the band visit –
www.somewhereintimedoowop.com

• Sunday, April 27th, 2014 with a Rain Date of May 4th, 2014
• 9:00AM- 4:00PM Located at: 280 East Main Street, Smithtown, NY

Admission $5.00 adults, All Children FREE! Admission Cars $15.00, Motorcycles $5.00

For more information please call John Forlenza @ 631-588-2696 Craft and Vendor Space Available.

We would like to thank all who have participated and supported us over the past 8 years. 100% of the money raised during this event goes directly to supporting the educational needs of the school. Thank you from the entire St. Patrick School Community.

To keep up with this event please visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Patrick-School-Car-Show-Smithtown-NY/337378733038819

Note: St. Patrick School is not responsible for any damage to and/or lost or stolen property on the grounds during this event.

Avant-garde writer & Huntington Resident back on Stage; Long Island’s only National Endowment for the Arts award-winning Theatre presents: Barnes Raising, An Evening of One-Acts by Djuna Barnes; ONE NIGHT ONLY. limited seating Monday, March 31, at 7pm

(HUNTINGTON, NY) Airmid Theatre Company celebrates women’s history month through its on-going ALL SHE WROTE concert-style performance series with a staged reading of theatrical works of avant-garde writer and former Huntington resident Djuna Barnes. BARNES RAISING, AN EVENING OF ONE-ACTS BY DJUNA BARNES on March 31 at 7 PM. Three short plays, KURSY OF THE SEA, THE DOVE, and TO THE DOGS show Barnes’ wide variety of writing styles and genres-comedies and dramas; realism and surrealism, as well as her fondness for Irish writers like JM Synge whom she herself revered and sometimes imitated.

Called everything from a genius to incomprehensible, Djuna Barnes’ works explore the very heart of humanity: love; sensuality and family. In BARNES RAISING, AN EVENING OF ONE-ACTS BY DJUNA BARNES, three plays take different looks at what makes us human and how we all deal with who we are and who we want to be. A member of the early Provincetown Players, Barnes is today seen as one of the most important writers working in Greenwich Village in the teens and 20’s, and of the thriving Paris literary scene of the 30’s. Barnes plays strike at the heart of who we are today. They will make you laugh, will challenge you, and make you wonder.

The evening will be directed by founder and artistic director Tricia McDermott, with dramaturgy by Airmid literary manager, Elizabeth Bojsza. The cast will feature members of Airmid Theatre Artists’ Circle, classically trained professional actors from across Long Island and Manhattan. The performance will take place at Cinema Arts Center Café, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY 11743.

The evening will begin with a short contextual presentation by poet and historical journalist, George Wallace, first poet laureate of Suffolk County, who will discuss the family’s ties to Long Island–the Huntington area in particular—and the life that she shared as part of an experimental and possibly polygamous extended family. This will be followed by a concert-style performance of her three plays. The evening will conclude with an informal discussion among the audience and artists’ company.

ABOUT THE PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHT
DJUNA BARNES (1892 – 1982). Journalist, illustrator, theatre critic, and avant-garde author was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, but moved to Huntington, Long Island where she lived for many of her formative years. In her early 20’s the family split up and Barnes and her mother and brothers moved to Brooklyn. Barnes studied art at the Pratt Institute, and at the Art Students’ League of New York. Over the years, Barnes wrote and illustrated for various papers and magazines including Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York Morning Telegraph, the New York Press, the New York Sun, Vanity Fair, McCall’s, Charm, Smart Set, and Theatre Guild Magazine. She was a member of the bohemian artistic set in Greenwich Village, and lived and worked in England and Paris, France for twenty years. A number of Barnes short works were produced by the Provincetown Players in 1919 and 1920. Her verse play The Antiphon (1958), was produced in Sweden in 1961 in a version co-translated by United Nations’ secretary Dag Hammarskjöld. Nightwood (1936), considered by her masterpiece, was written under the patronage of Peggy Guggenheim and championed by T. S. Eliot, Barnes’s editor at Faber and Faber. Barnes died in New York City on June 18, 1982, at the age of ninety.

ABOUT AIRMID THEATRE COMPANY
Long Island’s only National Endowment for the Arts awardee, the Airmid Theatre Company, was founded in 2000 to produce classic works by women. With these plays at the heart of its mission, the company creates a safe home for women theatre artists, and ignites broad public recognition of the essential contribution women have made to the worlds of theatre, dramatic literature, and society. By establishing the history of playwriting by women and professionally producing their work, we open the door to broader discussion on women’s roles today, and in the future. For more information about Airmid Theatre Company, please visit www.airmidtheatre.org.

Barnes Raising, An Evening of One-Acts by Djuna Barnes
Produced by Airmid Theatre Company
March 31, 2014, 7 pm; Free Admission
Cinema Arts Center Café, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY 11743

• Reservations required. 631-704-2888 or email: info@airmidtheatre.org

The ALL SHE WROTE Reading and Discussion series is presented with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

(BABYLON, NY) Suffolk County Police have arrested two men in connection with a series of commercial burglaries that have taken place at various locations on the south shore of Suffolk County since September of 2013. Proceeds from these burglaries included ATM machines and cash.

According to Suffolk County Police, forensic evidence recovered by Fifth Squad detectives at the scene of one of the burglaries, and analyzed by the Suffolk County Crime Lab helped develop leads which led to the identification of the suspects.

Fifth Squad detectives conducted an investigation into six commercial burglaries that occurred at the following locations:

• September 22, 2013 – BP Gas, 386 Commack Road, Deer Park
• October 28, 2013 – JG Deli, 147 East Main St., Bay Shore
• November 5, 2013 – Citgo Gas, 1310 Fifth Ave., Bay Shore
• November 18, 2013 – Express Hero Shop, 2116 Union Blvd., Bay Shore
• December 2, 2013 – Ella’s Market, 14 Washington Ave., West Sayville
• January 12, 2014 – Citgo Gas, 283 West Main St., Patchogue

Forensic evidence recovered by Fifth Squad detectives at the scene of one of the burglaries, and analyzed by the Suffolk County Crime Lab helped develop leads which led to the identification of the suspects.

Chanin Dennis, 44, of 46 East Locust Ave., Central Islip and Arthur Henderson, 53, of 10 Rosewood Ave., Central Islip, were arrested yesterday and each was charged with six counts of Burglary 3rd Degree. Both suspects are being arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip.

Chanin Dennis, 44, (left) of 46 East Locust Ave., Central Islip and Arthur Henderson, 53, (right) of 10 Rosewood Ave., Central Islip, were arrested yesterday and each was charged with six counts of Burglary 3rd Degree. Both suspects are being arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip.

Detectives from the Suffolk County Police First and Third Squad’s, along with Nassau County detectives are working in conjunction with the Fifth Squad. Dennis and Henderson are implicated in similar-type burglaries in Lynbrook, Valley Stream and Bellmore. Charges are pending for those burglaries.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Defendants are entitled to a fair trial with the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

BroadHollow Theatre Company, a Not-For-Profit Arts Organization; Robert O’Neill, Executive Artistic Director; Quartet at The BayWay Arts Centre; 265 East Main Street, East Islip March 15 – March 30, 2014

(EAST ISLIP) Comedy by Ronald Harwood. The play centers on retired opera singers Cissy, Reggie and Wilfred who are delighted at the prospect of performing in a concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday. Their offbeat world is disturbed by a surprise newcomer to the home. None other than the legend that is Jean Horton, who also happens to be Reggie’s ex wife! As former rivalries come to the surface and old secrets come to light too, can these four players work together and forget the past?

Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students, and $14 for children 12 and under in advance. All tickets are $25 at the door. Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are accepted. Group rates are available. Call (631) 581-2700 or email bhtgroupsales@aol.com for group information. For individual ticket information and reservations, please call the Box Office at (631) 581-2700 or go to www.broadhollow.org.

PERFORMANCE DATES

• Saturday, March 15 at 8pm
• Sunday, March 16 at 8pm
• Friday, March 21 at 8pm
• Saturday, March 22 at 8pm
• Sunday, March 23 at 2:30pm
• Wednesday, March 26 at 2pm
• Friday, March 28 at 8pm
• Saturday, March 29 at 8pm
• Sunday, March 30 at 2:30pm

(Hempstead, NY) The Nassau County Police Department has reported the arrest of a Queens man for Grand Larceny on February 28, 2014 at 2:45 P.M.

According to Fourth Squad detectives, between June 21, 2013 and February 24, 2014 Dorient G. Reid, 33, of 129-31 153rd Street, Jamaica damaged numerous vehicles and their exhaust systems by removing in excess of 35 catalytic converters from the vehicles. These crimes occurred in several communities throughout Nassau County in parking lots including but not limited to body shops and U-haul truck parking. He was placed under arrest at his home without incident.

According to Nassau County Fourth Squad detectives, Dorient G. Reid, 33, of Jamaica damaged numerous vehicles and their exhaust systems by removing in excess of 35 catalytic converters from the vehicles.Reid is charged with four counts of Auto Stripping 1st degree, five counts of Grand Larceny 3rd degree, five counts of Auto Stripping 2nd degree, nine counts of Grand Larceny 4th degree and five counts of Auto Stripping 3rd degree.

Reid is charged with four counts of Auto Stripping 1st degree, five counts of Grand Larceny 3rd degree, five counts of Auto Stripping 2nd degree, nine counts of Grand Larceny 4th degree and five counts of Auto Stripping 3rd degree. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Saturday, March 01, 2014 at First District Court in Hempstead.