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Thursday, March 5, 2026 ~ Volume 71 ~ Issue Number 20 ~ $1.00
Tierney Nabs BurglaryCarjacking Ring By Matt Meduri A seventeen-day crime spree last summer resulted in a thirty-eight-count indictment against nine defendants, who are alleged to have organized an armed robbery, burglary, home invasion, and carjacking ring. The criminal conspiracy was uncovered by a wide cast of law enforcement bodies, including the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Gang Task Force, the Suffolk P.D., the Suffolk Sheriff’s office, State Police, NYPD, and the Nassau P.D., as well as municipal law enforcement across Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley. The investigation consisted of hunting patterns between burglaries, stolen vehicles, and armed robberies. Thirty search warrants later, the enterprise was found to have operated primarily within Suffolk County. The nine defendants are alleged to have broken into eight auto-body shops and two residences, committed three armed robberies, stole multiple vehicles, and were in possession of multiple handguns. Cash, vehicles, and license plates, the last of which were used to swap with other vehicles to evade detection by law enforcement, are alleged to have been stolen. Continued on page 5
Alleged defendants of a Suffolk-based carjacking and home invasion ring rifle through an auto-body shop (Credit - Office of Suffolk County District Attorney)
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