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LI Powerlifter’s Social Media Flexes Exposed $100K Disability Fraud: Authorities
A Long Island powerlifter bilked more than $100,000 through disability payments while competing in professional competitions, authorities said.
Raymond Phillips, 40, of Huntington Station, pulled off the fraud between 2021 and 2024, the New York Attorney General’s office said.
Phillips said he suffered a serious injury while weightlifting in 2018, rendering him unable to work or perform routine activities without help, investigators said. He applied for state disability payments and was approved in May 2021, according to authorities.
But by 2021, Phillips was perfectly capable of working a…
Help Pours In After Fatal NY Crash Kills Dad, Critically Injures Local Musician (Update)
In the weeks following a devastating Hudson Valley, NY motorcycle crash that both killed a beloved father and critically injured a popular local musician from Connecticut, community members have raised over $100,000 to make sure their families receive the help they need.
The crash, which happened at around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, on Route 22 near 5761 Route 22 in the Dutchess County town of North East, killed Morris, CT resident Tim Nurnberg and severely injured CT-based blues musician Eran Troy Danner.
As previously reported by Daily Voice, a vehicle colli…
Speeding Big Rigs Flips On NY Thruway, Spills Gravel Across Road: Police
A tractor-trailer flipped and spilled gravel across Interstate 87 on- and off-ramps on Tuesday morning, July 14, creating a traffic nightmare.
Evenor Melgar, 56, of Bay Shore, was driving the 2006 Peterbilt vehicle through the Hudson Valley and attempted to enter the New York State Thruway at Exit 20 in Saugerties, New York State Police said.
But instead, Melgar’s vehicle overturned and spilled gravel across the southbound exit and entry ramps, police said.
Investigators determined, “speed appeared to be a contributing factor in the crash,” according to state police. Melgar was hospitalize…
Probationer Caught With Meth, Cocaine, Over $5.1K In Cash In Hudson Valley Drug Raid: Sheriff
A man already on probation is facing major felony charges after investigators said they found large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine, loaded guns, and thousands of dollars in cash during a raid at an Orange County apartment.
Alton Junior, 42, was arrested on Tuesday, July 7, following a search at 15 Colden St., Apt. 219, in Newburgh on the same day, the Orange County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, July 14.
The raid followed what authorities described as an extensive investigation into fentanyl and cocaine trafficking throughout Orange County.
During the search, inves…
Hudson Valley Woman, 39, Fatally Shot In Bronx
A 39-year-old Westchester County woman was shot and killed in the Bronx, prompting a search for the person responsible.
The fatal shooting happened at around 11:56 p.m. on Monday, July 13, outside 4385 Murdock Ave. in the Bronx, according to the NYPD.
Officers responding to a 911 call reporting an assault found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to her abdomen.
The woman, identified by police as Julia Anderson of Mount Vernon, was taken by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, where she was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation …
