Reporter police have since arrested 51yearold Yakubu Abdulazeez who was allegedly caught in the lounge. This mom questions how long these alleged acts were going on and if there could have been other victims. If he did it to her, half the kids cant even talk. They dont have a voice. He took away her innocence. He took away her trust in people. That was wrong of you. And you will pay for this. Abdulazeez has no prior arrests. Hes set to appear before a judge tonight. Aj ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Just heart wrenching. Thank you, aj. An arrest tonight in connection with a destructive fire in new jersey. Three adjacent businesses were destroyed in the fire in keyport last friday. 28yearold andrew meyer is working without a permit. He was doing roof work on one of the buildings before the fire started. A raging fire ripped through a home overnight in Suffolk County. The fire broke out in a house on west smith street and North Amityville just before 1 a. M. By the time firefighters ar
Treated for minor injuries. We are live in east islip, emily smith. Emily, thank you. New information on the self proclaimed red light robin hood, moments after confessing to our cameras last night, the long island map was arrested, and police are warning that any wouldbe copycats would not be tolerated. Carolyn gusoff has more. Carolyn . Reporter alice, he said he was trying to do things legally, lobbying the legislature but it hasnt worked, so he knowingly broke the law. Suffolk police said she is looking at jail time. Stephen ruth, smiling broadly, said he got what he wanted. He cut the wires running dozens of red light cameras. You realize what you are doing a crime . I call it saving lives. Reporter last year, the selfproclaimed red light robin hood was charged with a victim for pointing lights s away from traffic, and in january, he cut down a camera pole. Crews are splicing back together the cut wires on at least 18 cameras across Suffolk County. In Suffolk County, you have the
Instinct to punish her more severely than any other mother in the same, tragic situation. Reporter but ultimately, the judge ruled that times with her history of drug addiction and drunk driving suppered enough and ordered 5 years of probation. This is a woman who will never be the same. She lost her 6yearold. She is responsible and admitted to being responsible for the death of her 6yearold and will remember that every day. Reporter the childs father who found the two unresponsive accompanied times to court. But besides heavy sighs, he remained silent. No comment, please. Reporter times lawyers said she needs ms. And emotional help and for long term chemical dependencey. The judge said that times has 30 days to appeal. Police are investigating a tragic ox long island, a young mother struck and killed after bus on Union Boulevard in east islip. 25yearold Skye Brunetti was walking away from her sons bus stop walking her dog when a driver lost control, slammed into her and crashed into a
Freight train derailment. 1000 feet of track, railroad ties, the third rail and two switches. Railroad officials hope to have it restored by this evenings rushhour but that is clearly not going to happen. The delays and cancellations will affect nearly tens of thousands of commuters over the next few hours. We call this the main line and this line feeds both the port jervis branch and the ron Port Jefferson branch and the Ronkonkoma Branch and those taken together will take half of the ridership on the Long Island Railroad. Reporter this contingency plan just went into effect. If youre in penn station tonight, there will be Eastbound Service and you will be able to get out to long island but there will be cancellations roughly 1 3 of the evening schedule out of penn station is going to be cancelled, and there will be no service into new york city on the ronkonkoma and port jeff branches. The advice, get to the Babylon Branch or the Fort Washington branch because those drains are trains
And it was really late. Then had to spend 25 minutes on a bus or so. Now i will be late for meetings so im trying to figure out what to do next. Reporter overnight rail workers removed the derailed freight care and spent the next 16 hours struggling repair the damage. It would not come soon enough to save the evening rush hour. Our track guys have been at it for many hours and they got a good look at the damage. I was told it was in excess of a thousand feet of track damaged, significantly damaged, third rail, regular rail, ties, all of that. Reporter with one of the two tracks out of service, the railroad canceled Westbound Service on the ronkonkoma and port jeff branches at 3 00 p. M. To make way for eastbound trains. The priority, to get commuters out of new york city. Most seemed resigned to the inconvenience. Sometimes things break and you got to adapt to it and do the best you can. How do you think they are doing the best they can . I think they are doing a good job. You can alwa