Kieran Crowely
The Archive
A reform that the crooks just love
Real reform means taking tax dollars away from crooked politicians, not writing checks to their campaigns. Still,Democrats in Albany, including Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, are pushing taxpayer...
Hot dog hooker busted
Long Island’s hot-dog hooker is back to selling her buns, cops said yesterday. Catherine Scalia, 47 — who got seven days in prison last year for selling sex out of...
Long Island's hot-dog hooker busted again for prostitution: police
Long Island’s hot-dog hooker is back to selling her buns, cops said. Catherine Scalia, 47 — who got seven days in prison last year for selling sex out of her...
I win? I quit! LI dockworker dumps job after winning $26.5M lotto jackpot
A Long Island dockworker raked in a $26.5 million Lotto jackpot — and promptly quit his job. Fidencio Argueta, 60, from Brentwood, said the decision to play Quick-Pick numbers in...
Author and Hamptons socialite Steven Gaines hit with pot-possession charge
A national best-selling author and Hamptons socialite was busted for pot possession while cruising around the East End, cops said. Steven Gaines, 66, wrote “Philistines at the Hedgerow,” a 1998...
Facebook cheat scandal at HS
Long Island honors students have been caught using Facebook to cheat on their homework — by posting and sharing answers online, school officials said yesterday. At least 11 ninth-graders in...
Friendly fire killed tragic coed, cops say
The Hofstra University student killed during a home-invasion robbery was the victim of friendly fire from a veteran cop, Nassau County police revealed last night. The officer unleashed a barrage...
Hofstra student shot in head by cop while being used as human shield during home invasion
The Hofstra University student killed during a home invasion robbery was the victim of friendly fire from a veteran cop who unleashed a barrage of bullets when the armed intruder...
Hofstra student shot dead during home invasion
A beautiful Hofstra University sorority girl was shot dead during a home invasion early yesterday after a masked gunman stalked her and her twin sister from a bar to their...
Hofstra student shot dead during home invasion: police
A Hofstra University student was killed early this morning in a botched robbery while her twin sister was in the house, cops said. Andrea Rebello and the armed suspect were...
LIRR train kills ‘distracted’ driver
An LIRR work train slammed into a Lexus that got stuck on the tracks at a crossing yesterday, killing the driver and splitting the car in half, witnesses said.“It sounded...
Vet’s Rx killed our dog: suit
A Long Island couple is suing their former veterinarian for $350,000, claiming he killed their beloved yellow Lab by giving him a drug with a possible deadly side effect —...
Wed hall jilts brides
A bevy of blushing brides-to-be are worried about where to exchange their vows after a beachfront banquet hall on Long Island went belly-up.At least nine couples and a family planning...
Teachers in ‘boy toy’ probe
Two female Long Island high-school teachers were abruptly yanked from their classrooms Monday after being accused of inappropriate contact with two of male students, sources said. Sachem HS North business...
16-year-old Jewish student makes bomb threat against his own high school in Long Island
A 16-year-old orthodox Jewish high-school student from Long Island has been arrested for a bomb threat on Facebook against his own school, police said. The teen is a student at...
With film release approaching, 'Wolves of Wall Street' scammers are back on top
The disgraced “Wolves of Wall Street” have landed on their feet. The top two convicted scammers in Long Island’s infamous $200 million “pump and dump’’ stock fraud in the 1990s...
Cycle-slay mom held
A Long Island mom dragged a bicyclist the length of nearly two football fields to his death — and then conspired with a body-shop owner to cover up the grisly...
‘Bigot’ rap puts golfer in rough
His temper is his biggest handicap. A Long Island golfer was arrested in a bias incident — for allegedly hurling racial slurs at two duffers who wouldn’t let him play...
‘Zombie’ to the rescue
It took a zombie to bring this cat back from the dead. A Times Square performer rescued a runaway tuxedo cat — named Disaster — from a busy intersection, wrapping...
Fake psychologist known as 'The Happy Hippy' caught selling pot to undercover cops
A $150-an-hour fake psychologist - who called himself “The Happy Hippy’’ and sold pot to undercover cops posing as patients - has been busted on Long Island, authorities said. Adam...