A Queens bar owner was killed in a head-on collision on a service road near Exit 19 off the Long Island Expressway early this morning after a car going the wrong way struck his livery cab. According to the Daily News, the violent impact of the crash sent 37-year-old George Gibbons, owner of The Gibbons' Home, flying into the front seat of the Lincoln Town Car and onto the driver's lap. "I heard the boom—just boom, no tire," one nearby resident tells the Post. Police are still attempting to locate the driver of the 2002 Chrysler Sebring, who fled on foot, while its passenger was treated at the scene for head injuries and later charged with possession of marijuana. more ›

An alligator found on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 68 on Monday morning is now in the custody of the SPCA, but the questions are just beginning! The SPCA is offering a $1,000 reward for information about the alligator's origins—namely because keeping an alligator is illegal. SPCA head Roy Gross said, "This is not something that will be tolerated in Suffolk County and if you have something like this, you're not only endangering yourself or your family but you're endangering the public." more ›

There's speeding, and then there's speeding. Early Sunday morning, Nassau County Police arrested Joseph Melendez after he was caught speeding on the Long Island Expressway at speeds of 122 mph and 126 mph. The police said, "During the process of following and bringing Melendez to a stop, other motorists on the road were observed being forced to take evasive action in order to avoid becoming involved in a collision." more ›

Yesterday, it was reported that the wife of a Bronx NYPD precinct commander had been beaten by two masked men on Valentine's Day; officials then began investigating a sordid police love triangle between her husband and another officer. But it turns out that Tsui D'Adamo was lying to police the whole time—especially the part about two black men beating her up. more ›

Yesterday's wrong-way crash on the Long Island Expressway claimed the life of a Queens father of three. Mauricio Visoso-Ornelas was riding in Juan Cruz's mini when Cruz somehow started driving west in the eastbound HOV lane. According to Newsday, at 4:45 a.m., Cruz hit a "median at a spot where the edge of the median was uneven because of the placement of a stanchion, just west of the Sunnyside Boulevard overpass in Plainview. The passenger side of the van was torn off." Visoso-Ornelas was pronounced dead at Nassau University Medical Center. more ›

Two people are in critical condition after a Mercedes-Benz that was driving the wrong way on the Long Island Expressway crashed into an airport shuttle van in Queens. All eastbound lanes were closed this morning because one of the vehicles caught fire near the Kissena Boulevard exit. Apparently the Mercedes was going west in the eastbound lane; 1010 WINS reports, "Both drivers were brought to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition. Police say the driver of the Mercedes has been arrested for driving with a suspended license. Sources tell 1010 WINS he had a blood alcohol level of 1.9 -- 1.1 over the legal limit." more ›

The woman whose false rape accusations put an innocent man in prison for four years wouldn't have admitted her story was a lie if she knew she was pregnant at the time, according to court documents. Biurny Peguero Gonzalez told investigators she wouldn't have come forward during confessional with her priest if she knew she was going to have a child. "She said that had she been aware of her pregnancy, she probably would not have confessed when she did," the papers state. more ›

Why should Kathleen A. Frascinella, 61, have to sit in traffic when she's on her way into the city for mani-pedis with her gal pal, just because that friend appears to be an insentient wooden mannequin? (She's actually a lot of fun once you get a few drinks in her or introduce her to Andrew McCarthy.) Yesterday morning Frascinella was cruising down the Long Island Expressway in the High Occupancy Vehicle [HOV] lane with her fashionable friend—let's call her "Emmy"—in the passenger seat, when she ran into trouble with the law. more ›

The woman who sent an innocent man to prison for four years when she made up a story about being raped will face charges for perjury, the Post reports. more ›

A New Jersey woman has admitted she fabricated an allegation of rape against a man who's now serving a 20-year-sentence for the alleged assault. William McCaffrey, 31, was sentenced in 2006 after Biurny Peguero Gonzalez testified that he and two other men raped her at knife point in a van parked in Upper Manhattan in September 2005. But she now says she made the whole thing up, to cover for a fight with some of her women friends. Last year, new scientific developments enabled investigators to retest the DNA from bites on Gonzalez's arm; no "Y" chromosome was found, meaning the bites could not have come from a man. more ›

The Nassau County Highway Patrol saw a number of cars street-racing on the Long Island Expressway at speeds of over 100 mph, "weaving across several lanes of traffic," according to Newsday. The police chased the drivers, and when they pulled them over, one of the drivers--Anil Isaac of Queens-- had the vanity license plate "HEYOFFCR"! Isaac, along with brothers Ziad and Riad Mohamed and Rajesh Prashaud, were arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and reckless driving. They apparently claimed they had been drag racing on Route 231; their cars, a BMW, Nissan, and Infiniti were impounded. more ›