Mastic Man's Light Sentence In Fatal Hit And Run Infuriates Victim's Family
Preston Mimms, 48, pleaded guilty last month to charges in connection with the accident that killed 24-year-old Erika Hughes on July 29, 2011.
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Preston Mimms, 48, pleaded guilty last month to charges in connection with the accident that killed 24-year-old Erika Hughes on July 29, 2011.
Erika Hughes was in the prime of her life, with a great job and a beautiful daughter, when her life was snatched away by a hit-and-run driver last year. Now, a controversial plea deal could send the driver away for little more than a year in prison.
About a dozen Colorado State University students are spending their Thanksgiving holiday week in Mastic Beach helping residents ravaged by superstorm Sandy.
On Long Island, looting has become such a problem on the south shore that state police are on patrol.
Robert Liguori is set to be arraigned on two additional indictments on Wednesday, authorities said.
There's a snappy mystery still unfolding on Long Island. Someone has been dumping gators in several neighborhoods. Yes, gators, as in alligators. And the thought of them roaming free has residents a little skittish.
An alligator was found crawling on the front lawn of a home on Moriches Drive in Mastic Beach Friday morning.
Preston Mimms of Mastic was charged with leaving the scene of the July 29, 2011, accident.
Currently, there are almost 40,000 vacant homes or apartments on the island.
Police on Long Island said a 64-year-old woman was struck and killed Wednesday by a pickup truck that was plowing a snow-covered parking lot.
First there was the heroin explosion plaguing the suburbs and killing kids. Now one Long Island school district has devised a plan, the first of its kind, to get its addicted students help.
The idea is to bring help to drug and alcohol addicted students by housing an out-patient clinic - at William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach.
