COURT DENIES COX OPPORTUNITY TO BALLOT

Randy Altschuler, the conservative Republican candidate for Congress (NY-1) and the Suffolk County Conservative Party won a major victory Friday as the State Supreme Court, Suffolk County, released three decisions this afternoon denying Christopher N. Cox his attempt to seek an Opportunity to Ballot on the Conservative Party line. The decisions, handed down by Justice Thomas F. Whelan, block Cox from attempting to challenge, through a write-in procedure, the nomination of St. James businessman, Randy Altschuler as the Conservative Party candidate in the hotly contested battle for the 1st Congressional seat.

The first decision denied Cox the recusal motion, the second decision removes Cox from the ballot and the third denies his petition to validate the Opportunity to Ballot.

Randy Altschuler said, “This is a major victory for the voters of Suffolk County and a major defeat for the candidacy of Christopher Cox. In May, the Executive Committee of the Suffolk County Conservative Party voted 81-2 to deny Chris Cox their party’s nomination. Today, the Supreme Court denied Chris Cox’s cynical and un-democratic attempt to do an end run around the Executive Committee and ultimately the will of rank and file members of the Conservative Party throughout the 1st Congressional District.

“The victory we achieved today brings us a step closer to winning the GOP Primary and uniting the Republican and Conservative Parties so we can defeat Tim Bishop in November.”

Attorney Vincent J. Messina, Jr., who represented the Conservative Party in the case said, “We are thankful that the Court protected the voting public from the ‘statutory irregularities involved in the signature gathering process’ that occurred in this case. We believe that such actions should never be perpetrated upon the voters of Suffolk County, nor bear the imprimatur of any court.”

Three Men Stabbed In Smithtown In Front of Eagle's Pub

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Smithtown man for stabbing three men outside of a Smithtown pub early this morning.

 

Fourth Precinct officers were called to Eagle’s Pub, located at 532 Smithtown Bypass, after three men were stabbed outside of the bar following a confrontation at 3:13 a.m. Officers located and arrested Kurt Meyer Jr. several blocks from the bar shortly after he fled. 

The victims were transported to local hospitals where they were treated and released.

Fourth Squad detectives charged Meyer, 30, of 196 Maple Ave., Smithtown, with three counts of Assault 2^nd Degree. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on August 22.

A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

SUFFOLK COUNTY SPCA OFFERS REWARD FOR PERSON(S) WHO TORTURED DOG

The Suffolk County SPCA is offering a $2,500.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) who tortured and abandoned a female pit bull. Roy Gross, Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA said that on Sunday August 15th, a resident of Brown Ave., Amityville was walking in a wooded area on Brown Ave. and spotted the dog inside of a closed storage container. The emaciated dog appeared to have recently given birth and had wounds on its body indicating that it had been tortured. The resident took the dog to a Veterinarian where it was found to be lactating. Gross said that anyone with information on the dog should call the Suffolk County SPCA at 631-382-7722. All calls will be kept confidential.

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Update on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 10:20PM by .

THE REWARD HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $5,000.00 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES  

Sentencing for Darnell Festus adjourned to August 27

Sentencing for contract murder of L.I. Attorney adjourned to August 27   The sentencing of a Queens man convicted of first degree murder in the 2008 shooting of a Long Island real estate attorney was adjourned today to August 27.   Darnell Festus, 25, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole for shooting 44 year old James DiMartino to death in a Commack restaurant parking lot.  Jurors deliberated for four days, convicting Festus last month of first degree murder, second degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder   State Supreme Court Justice C. Randall Hinrichs explained that the court had received an anonymous letter alleging another person shot DiMartino to death.  The court granted a short adjournment to allow defense counsel to investigate.   Four months ago, Festus’s codefendant, Ronald Thornton, 39, of Nesconset, was convicted of concocting the murder plot to prevent DiMartino, his business partner, from connecting him to a series of fraudulent mortgage deals.   Thornton is serving a sentence of life without parole in the Five Points Maximum Security Correctional Facility in upstate New York.  

SCPD Arrest Woman For Robbery At Bank Of Smithtown - Kings Park Branch

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Huntington Station woman for robbing the Bank of Smithtown branch in Kings Park.

Dashona Minor, 26, entered the bank, located at 14 Park Drive, at 3:45 p.m., reached over the counter and grabbed money from behind the counter. She then fled northbound on Indian Head road on foot.

Employees of the bank notified police of Minor’s description, a black female with a medium build, wearing a dark top, blue jeans and a red Yankees baseball cap. One of the employees followed Minor outside and into the Sunlee Nails Boutique, at 23 Indian Head Road, and informed police of Minor’s location. A responding officer arrived at the scene and arrested Minor.

Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Major Case detectives, Minor, of 21 Tower St., Huntington Station, was charged with Grand Larceny 4th Degree.

Minor will be held overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on August 19.

A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.