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New Cassel News

Local news for New Cassel, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

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New Cassel man gets max for killing wife

Eva Torres wept in court Tuesday as the man who stabbed her mother to death apologized in Mineola for the pain he caused her.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Newsday.com

Police liability in New Cassel murder debated in court

Nassau police should have done more and should have done it sooner to protect a New Cassel woman whose ex-boyfriend was threatening to kill her -- and then did -- her family's attorney argued Thursday in ...

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Newsday.com

New Cassel woman charged in knife-throwing incident

A woman, angry at seeing her ex-boyfriend with another woman, was arrested after she threw a knife at him and cut him on the abdomen on a New Cassel street corner, Nassau police said Tuesday.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Newsday.com

Tip leads police to woman's body in New Cassel

A woman was found dead in a vacant New Cassel house Tuesday, Nassau police said, with a man saying his cousin confessed the crime to him.

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Related Topix: Nassau Metro

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Newsday.com

Woman found dead in vacant New Cassel home

Nassau police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found Tuesday in a vacant New Cassel house.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

Hicksville Illustrated News

'Troubling Discoveries' Revealed in CPS Investigation

A 25-page report issued last week by the Nassau County Commissioner of Investigations has determined that Nassau County Department of Child Protective Services caseworkers and supervisors made several errors in ...

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

New York Daily News

Found guilty in wife slay

Jurors found a New Cassel man guilty Tuesday of murdering his wife after she admitted to having an affair with another man and told him that he had a small penis.

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY, Mineola, NY, Nassau Metro

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Newsday.com

Defense: Victim made comment 'no man should ever hear'

Jose Toxtle was the first one to admit he killed his wife, breathlessly calling police after he stabbed her eight times last December to tell them what happened.

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Wed Jun 18, 2008

Newsday.com

New Cassel man on trial in fatal stabbing of wife

A man charged with stabbing his wife to death with a knife after she said she was having an affair -- and that his penis was too small -- went on trial for murder Wednesday in Nassau County.

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Fri Jun 13, 2008

Newsday.com

Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children

The Nassau County Commissioner of Investigations, in a report to be released Saturday, lambasted the work of Child Protective Services caseworkers investigating an abuse complaint against a New Cassel mother ...

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Mon May 26, 2008

Newsday.com

Pair Accused in Series of Robberies

Two men have been charged with a string of robberies spanning more than two weeks in Westbury and New Cassel, Nassau police said.

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Related Topix: Nassau Metro, Westbury, NY, Hempstead, NY, Nassau County, NY

Tue May 06, 2008

Newsday.com

Cops: Westbury man robs, slashes man for $20

A Westbury man faces robbery and assault charges Tuesday after he slashed another man's neck with a drywall knife and stole $20 from the victim, the Nassau police said. via Newsday.com

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Tue Apr 29, 2008

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Court document: LI mother will use insanity defense

A court filing shows that a Long Island woman accused of drowning her three children in a bathtub is expected to use an insanity defense at her trial.

The legal document was filed in Nassau County Court by the woman's attorney, Michelle Armstrong.

Police say Leatrice Brewer drowned her children then laid them in a row on her bed in their pajamas before calling 911 and confessing to the killings. The children were 5, 6 and 18 months old.

The 27-year-old New Cassel woman is charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder. Read more

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Mon Apr 28, 2008

Newsday.com

Woman charged in kids' deaths plans insanity defense

“She said some woman on BET was talking about her and the kids”

The New Cassel woman charged with drowning her three children in a bathtub will defend herself by saying she was insane at the time of the killings, according to a legal document her attorney filed in Nassau ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Violent Crime

Thu Apr 24, 2008

Newsday.com

Nassau police arrest suspected gang member

First the Nassau police arrested an Amityville man on an assault charge early Thursday morning. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Amityville, NY, Nassau Metro, Nassau County, NY, Westbury, NY

Thu Apr 17, 2008

Newsday.com

Cops: Four teens rob man, caught nearby

The four attackers, one of them a juvenile, surrounded a 25-year-old man on a street in New Cassel, displayed a gun, displayed a knife, punched him in the head -- and stole his gold chain and money, police ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY, Huntington Station, NY, Huntington, NY

Sun Apr 13, 2008

Westbury Times

Father of Murdered Siblings Moves Forward With Lawsuit

“Parents should never have to bury their children.”

By Victoria A. Caruso The father of the two siblings killed in February, allegedly by their New Cassel mother, moved forward with a lawsuit against Nassau County, its executive and several agencies. via Westbury Times

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Related Topix: Mineola, NY, Westbury, NY, Point Lookout, NY, Violent Crime

Fri Apr 11, 2008

Newsday.com

Brownfield cleanup studies on state's chopping block

“They were looking for every nickel that wasn't nailed down and that money was too tempting for them to resist”

State lawmakers are poised to cut most of the funding for a popular program that has helped struggling communities like Wyandanch, New Cassel and Huntington Station assess environmentally damaged areas and ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Huntington Station, NY, Babylon, NY, Wyandanch, NY, Environmental Law, Law, Lindenhurst, NY

Wed Apr 09, 2008

Newsday.com

Man charged with assault in New Cassel stabbing

A New Cassel man was arrested and charged with stabbing another man after a verbal altercation, police said yesterday. via Newsday.com

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Sun Apr 06, 2008

Newsday.com

Westbury men arrested after melee

Four Westbury men were arrested after what police described as a melee in broad daylight in New Cassel on Friday that resulted in a man being hospitalized, Nassau County police said yesterday. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Westbury, NY, Nassau County, NY

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