🌱 Prison Time For Long Beach Xanax Crash + Fatal Elmont Rollover

Happy Sunday, neighbors! Here's everything worth knowing today in Five Towns.

A man who drove 80 mph in Long Beach high on Xanax and hurt a passenger received a prison sentence. A woman was killed in a car crash in Elmont. And a Nassau woman was sentenced for fraudulently collecting a state salary.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 47 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. A Suffolk man was sentenced to three to six years in prison for a Long Beach crash that left a passenger seriously injured. East Setauket's William Byrus, age 29, drove over 80 mph in Long Beach while high on marijuana and Xanax before crashing in 2020. (Daily Voice)
2. Jerry Barmash reports that a fatal car accident happened 2 a.m. Friday in Elmont. A female passenger, 33, died after a BMW hit a car and a utility pole and rolled over. (Patch)
3. A Baldwin woman was indicted for fraud. Sabine Alexis, 46, is a former state tax compliance agent who is accused of collecting thousands of dollars of taxpayer-funded salary from falsified records. Nassau's DA says she worked other jobs, operated a day care, and took college courses while submitting fraudulent time sheets. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Jeff Bessen has notes from the November Lawrence Village board meeting. The new playground equipment for Zion Park that has been delayed due to supply chain issues. And a group of residents want a four-way stop sign installed at the intersection of Virginia Street and Cedar Lawn Avenue. (LI Herald)

Today in Five Towns:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Christmas Tree Lighting, Veterans Memorial Plaza, Hewlett, 6 p.m.

From my notebook:

• These Woodmere Middle School students were Geography Bee finalists and winners: First place, Eric Mazo, Second place, Izzy Ginsberg, third place Zenon Eliopoulos. Finalists were Katelyn Adams, Liev Hecht, Tiffany Lin, Joshua Racer and Ivy Zellner. (Facebook)
• Iron Maiden will be playing at UBS Arena in 2022. (Patch)

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