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Norwalk Man Admits To Helping Smuggle People Into US, Child Porn Possession
A Fairfield County man pleaded guilty to helping smuggle four Vietnamese nationals from Canada into the United States and to possession of child pornography.
Jose Angel Portillo-Lopez, age 72, of Norwalk, admitted to charges of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and possession of child pornography on Wednesday, Oct. 12, US Attorney Carla Freedman announced.
Portillo-Lopez admitted that in April 2021, he traveled to the border in the Franklin County village of Burke, New York, and help smuggle the four people into the US for profit, Freedman said.
He also admitted that he …
Duo Nabbed With Drugs Following Fight With Officers On Long Island, Police Say
Two men were arrested for drugs and one for attacking and injuring two police officers during a traffic stop associated with a countywide drug operation on Long Island.
Jonathan M. Burwell, 30, and Brian Jacobs, 33, both of Hogansburg in upstate Franklin County near the Canadian border, were arrested around 10:50 p.m., on Wednesday, October 28, in Bethpage, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, as part of Operation Natalie, Nassau County’s War Against Opioids, officers pulled over a gray 2006 Chevrolet Pickup truck for a defective license plate light.
During the inv…
Covid-19: New Rundown Of Total, New Cases Per County In New York
The following are the latest number of total novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases followed by new cases for counties in New York as of early Saturday evening, April 11.
Albany
446 total cases, 20
Allegany
26, 0
Broome
117, 5
Cattaraugus
19, 1
Cayuga
28, 1
Chautauqua
21, 1
Chemung
60, 1
Chenango
61, 1
Clinton
43, 0
Columbia
77, 3
Cortland
17, 0
Delaware
39, 0
Dutchess
1,744, 146
Erie
1,472, 63
Essex
12, 2
Franklin
11, 0
Fulton
21, 3
Genesee
67, 2
Greene
37, 3
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Covid-19: Here's The Latest Number Of Positive Cases In NYC, All State Counties
There have been newly confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in 55 New York counties as the statewide total climbed to 159,937.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced at his daily COVID-19 press briefing on Thursday, April 9 that there have been 10,621 new cases of the virus, which resulted in 7,067 deaths.
Approximately 18,000 New Yorkers are still hospitalized with COVID-19.
Though the number of cases continues to rise, and the death toll has risen to new highs, Cuomo said that social distancing has been working to help “flatten the curve,” and people being hospitalized for the virus…
