Crime & Safety
Grenade Found Outside LI Home By Resident Doing Yardwork: Patch PM
Also: Fire alarm fraud: feds / Gilgo DNA hearing / Rookie officers deliver baby / Crash / Man flees to El Salvador after hit-and-run: DA

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The grenade was not live and it was removed, police say
Find out what's happening in Westhampton-Hampton Baysfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
He and another man defrauded New York City out of millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District says.
Find out what's happening in Westhampton-Hampton Baysfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The Frye hearing, to determine whether critical DNA evidence will be deemed admissible in Rex Heuermann's trial, begins Friday.
The three, who graduated from the academy on Friday, wrapped the baby in a blanket before EMTs took her and the mom to the hospital.
She was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
The pedestrian suffered a traumatic brain injury, and the driver was tried in absentia after fleeing to El Salvador, DA Tierney said.
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