Hit-And-Run Horror: 13-Year-Old E-Biker Hurt, Ronkonkoma Driver Tracked Down Next Day, Police
A Long Island woman has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 13-year-old e-bike rider in Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Virginia Waka, 47, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was arrested after investigators identified her as the driver of a 2012 white Ford Fusion that struck the teen at the intersection of Hawkins Avenue and School Street around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26.
According to Fourth Squad detectives, the Ford turned left from southbound Hawkins Avenue onto School Street, hitting the northbound teen and then fleeing the scene eas…
Back-To-Back Subway Slashings: Rider’s Face Cut In Queens, Neck Slashed In Bronx
Police released photos of a man wanted for slashing a 29-year-old straphanger in the face aboard a Queens F train, authorities announced.
The suspect attacked the victim while riding a southbound F train at the Jamaica–179th Street station around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, police said.
According to a police source, the attacker approached the victim and asked, “What are you looking at?” The 29-year-old replied, “I don’t want any problems,” but was then slashed across the face with an unidentified sharp object.
The men were strangers, authorities said. After the random attack, the suspect …
