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Michael Mashburn

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mmashburn@dailyvoice.com

Michael joined the Daily Voice team in April 2022 covering news throughout New York, including the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island. He previously worked as a reporter for ABC Radio affiliates KTAR in Phoenix and KOMO in Seattle. Michael graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in journalism in May 2014. 

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Masked Teen Robbed 16-Year-Old At Gunpoint Outside East Garden City Mall, Police Say Masked Teen Robbed 16-Year-Old At Gunpoint Outside East Garden City Mall, Police Say
Masked Teen Robbed 16-Year-Old At Gunpoint Outside East Garden City Mall, Police Say A 19-year-old man is accused of robbing a teenager at gunpoint outside a Long Island shopping mall. The incident happened in East Garden City, outside the Roosevelt Field Mall on Old Country Road, at around 8:40 p.m. Thursday, April 24. A 16-year-old boy was waiting for a bus just outside the mall when an unknown male donning a face mask approached, brandished a gun, and demanded the victim's red sweater, Nassau County Police said. The victim complied and the suspect fled the scene. Responding officers located 19-year-old Christian Altidor, of Hempstead, a short distance away and arreste…

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Chilling Update: Cause Of Death Revealed For Murder Victim Found Floating In Island Park Chilling Update: Cause Of Death Revealed For Murder Victim Found Floating In Island Park
Chilling Update: Cause Of Death Revealed For Murder Victim Found Floating In Island Park Authorities released chilling new details in the case of a homicide victim whose body was discovered in a Long Island channel. The body of the deceased man was discovered floating in Reynolds Channel in Island Park, near a dock on Railroad Place, at around 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, as Daily Voice reported. In an update Friday, April 25, Nassau County homicide detectives revealed that an autopsy concluded the man was beaten and stabbed to death. Police had previously circulated photos of the man’s clothing–a beige t-shirt with black lettering and two designs, and black cargo joggers with ta…

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Politics
Lyin’ King George Santos Sentenced To Prison In Final Act Of Political Circus Lyin’ King George Santos Sentenced To Prison In Final Act Of Political Circus
Lyin’ King George Santos Sentenced To Prison In Final Act Of Political Circus Disgraced former New York congressman and convicted fraudster George Santos is heading to federal prison. The Republican ex-lawmaker, 36, was sentenced to 87 months (just over 7 years) behind bars in Central Islip federal court on Friday, April 25, months after pleading guilty to wire fraud and identity theft.  As part of his plea agreement, Santos agreed to pay a $200,000 forfeiture and over $373,000 in restitution to his victims. Friday’s sentencing capped off one of the most bizarre chapters in American political history, one in which a sitting member of Congress was expelled and l…

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Lifestyle
Liberty Cancer Patient Who Spent 12th Birthday In Hospital Finds Swelling Of Support Liberty Cancer Patient Who Spent 12th Birthday In Hospital Finds Swelling Of Support
Liberty Cancer Patient Who Spent 12th Birthday In Hospital Finds Swelling Of Support A 12-year-old boy from New York is once again fighting for his life after suffering a dangerous complication amid ongoing cancer treatment. Hudson, who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this month, was airlifted back to Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla on Wednesday, April 23, after developing a large blood clot on his brain, according to his family. The Sullivan County resident, from the town of Liberty, had only just returned home from a previous hospital stay, where he spent nearly three weeks undergoing testing, receiving multiple rounds of chemotherapy, and recovering from a serie…

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NY Prison Guards Admit Beating Inmate, Conspiring To Hide Abuse NY Prison Guards Admit Beating Inmate, Conspiring To Hide Abuse
NY Prison Guards Admit Beating Inmate, Conspiring To Hide Abuse Three New York prison guards formally confessed to beating an inmate and then conspiring to hide the abuse from investigators. Brandon Montanari, 34; Rohail Kahk, 28; and Michael Williams, 38, each pleaded guilty to depriving an inmate of his rights in Syracuse federal court on Wednesday, April 23. The three men admitted to assaulting an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy in April 2023. They confessed to punching and kicking the man, causing bodily injury. Following the assault, all three agreed to lie about the attack during an internal investigation, prosecutors said. E…

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Dad Murders Mom Before Plummeting To Death From Hudson Valley Bridge, Orphaning 2 Kids: Cops Dad Murders Mom Before Plummeting To Death From Hudson Valley Bridge, Orphaning 2 Kids: Cops
Dad Murders Mom Before Plummeting To Death From Hudson Valley Bridge, Orphaning 2 Kids: Cops A Hudson Valley father murdered his wife before jumping to his death from a bridge, orphaning their two toddlers, police said. Emergency crews in Ulster County were called to the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge for a report of a jumper at around noon Wednesday, April 23. A short time later, investigators located the body of Caleb Smith, 45, of Kingston. When officers went to his Fair Street residence to notify his family, they found his wife, 37-year-old Kaleigh Smith, dead from stab wounds, police said. Detectives concluded that Smith stabbed his wife to death before taking his own life, po…

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Southern State Triple Fatal: Driver High On Marijuana Sentenced For Causing Farmingdale Crash Southern State Triple Fatal: Driver High On Marijuana Sentenced For Causing Farmingdale Crash
Southern State Triple Fatal: Driver High On Marijuana Sentenced For Causing Farmingdale Crash A 29-year-old man who was high on marijuana and driving nearly 100 miles per hour when he caused a triple-fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway will spend years behind bars. Matthew Whyte, of Queens, was sentenced to between 4 ½ and 13 ½ years in prison in Nassau County Court on Thursday, April 24. It followed his guilty plea to aggravated vehicular homicide for the Nov. 5, 2022, collision that killed Ciara Hare, 18, Florence Oprisan, 18, Jean Marc Miller, 22. Whyte had been weaving in and out of traffic in a 2018 Subaru WRX while impaired by marijuana, racing another unidentified driv…

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Bridgehampton Beekeeper Hid Role in Rwandan Genocide to Gain US Citizenship, DOJ Says Bridgehampton Beekeeper Hid Role in Rwandan Genocide to Gain US Citizenship, DOJ Says
Bridgehampton Beekeeper Hid Role in Rwandan Genocide to Gain US Citizenship, DOJ Says A New York beekeeper concealed his role as a leader and perpetrator in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to enter and remain in the United States, federal prosecutors alleged. Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, of Bridgehampton, was indicted on charges of visa fraud and attempted naturalization fraud in Central Islip federal court on Thursday, April 24. The charges stem from allegations that he lied to US immigration officials for decades in order to obtain refugee status, a green card, and later US citizenship, prosecutors said. Nsabumukunzi served as a “Sector Councilor” in Rwanda during the 1994 genocid…

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Alert Issued For Missing 15-Year-Old Girl From Setauket Alert Issued For Missing 15-Year-Old Girl From Setauket
Alert Issued For Missing 15-Year-Old Girl From Setauket Authorities are asking for help in locating a missing teenager from Long Island. Keyli Garcia-Gomez, 15, of Setauket, was last seen on Wednesday, April 23, according to the New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse. She may be traveling with a male companion, officials said. No other details were given. Anyone with information is asked to contact the NYS Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 1-800-346-3543. Share this story by clicking the Facebook icon below. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Axe Attack: Ex-Taxi Worker Ambushed Colleague Before Unleashing 'Horrific' Assault: Nassau DA Axe Attack: Ex-Taxi Worker Ambushed Colleague Before Unleashing 'Horrific' Assault: Nassau DA
Axe Attack: Ex-Taxi Worker Ambushed Colleague Before Unleashing 'Horrific' Assault: Nassau DA A Long Beach man is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly ambushing a former coworker with an axe during a brutal early-morning assault, prosecutors said. Anthony Calvo, 34, was indicted on attempted murder and related charges in Nassau County Court on Thursday, April 24 in connection with the Feb. 13 attack that left a 60-year-old man clinging to life. The victim was walking home around 5:50 a.m. from an overnight shift as a dispatcher at Long Beach Taxi when Calvo approached him from behind on Arizona Avenue and struck him multiple times in the head, face, and arm with an axe, a…

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