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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.

Michael Mashburn's Contributions

Lifestyle

Winning $33K Lottery Ticket Sold At Long Island Store A winning lottery ticket worth over $30,000 was sold at a Long Island business. The top-prize-winning Take 5 ticket, worth $33,667, was sold in Port Jefferson Station at the Sunoco station located at 669 Old Town Road, New York Lottery announced. It was sold for the evening drawing held on Monday, Oct. 30. Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. The drawing is televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prize money. Players can check their numbers on the New York Lottery website.

by Michael Mashburn

11/01/2023

News

$2M Fraud Scheme: Long Island Trio Steals Millions From Financial Services Company, Feds Say Three Long Island men are among several people accused in an elaborate scheme to defraud a financial services company out of millions. An indictment unsealed in Central Islip federal court on Tuesday, Oct. 31, charges four men with conspiring to commit securities fraud and money laundering. The following Suffolk County residents are named in the indictment: Christopher Flagg (aka “Venus”), age 28, of Copiague Daquan Lloyd (aka “Payday”), age 29, of Copiague Eduardo Hernandez (aka “Ghost”), age 33, of Lindenhurst According to prosecutors, the group created hundreds of sham brokerage accoun…

by Michael Mashburn

11/01/2023

Lifestyle

'Time Is Not On Our Side': Beloved Restaurateur In Capital Region Seeking Kidney Donor A beloved chef and restaurateur known for giving back to the community is now turning to that same community in desperate need of help. Chef Yono Purnomo, founder of Yono’s Indonesian restaurant in Albany, suffers from kidney failure that has progressed to end stage renal failure. In early October, doctors told him he would need a live kidney donation. “It hit us both like a ton of bricks,” Yono’s wife Donna said on a Facebook page dedicated to the cause. “We knew based on his declining kidney function over the past few years that dialysis would become a life-saving necessity. We didn’t…

by Michael Mashburn

10/31/2023

News

'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison A convicted sex trafficker will spend decades in prison for forcing underage girls into prostitution. New York resident Christopher Thomas, age 40, of Colonie in Albany County, was sentenced to 40 years behind bars Monday, Oct. 30, in Albany federal court. According to prosecutors, Thomas coerced numerous vulnerable children and young women, some as young as 16, to engage in sex work for his financial benefit between 2018 and 2020. His crimes spanned New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. In March 2023, following a 5-day trial, jurors convicted Thomas of 16 counts, including s…

by Michael Mashburn

10/31/2023

News

Shoplifter Carjacks Victim At Capital Region Business Before Leading Police Chase, Cops Say What began as a run-of-the-mill theft in the region ended with a carjacking and highway police pursuit involving multiple agencies, authorities said. The Albany County incident started Wednesday, Oct. 25, at a CVS store in Delmar, located on Delaware Avenue, according to Bethlehem Police. Officers were initially called about a shoplifter. However, within moments the incident escalated into a carjacking when the female suspect and an accomplice forcibly stole a victim’s car from the parking lot, police said. Officers spotted the stolen car a short time later and attempted a stop, but the dr…

by Michael Mashburn

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

22-Year-Old Snatches Woman's Purse Outside Long Island ShopRite, Police Say A man is facing robbery charges after allegedly stealing a woman’s purse outside a supermarket on Long Island. The incident happened at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at the ShopRite store in Riverhead, located on Old Country Road. According to Riverhead Town Police, the 79-year-old victim was walking in the parking lot when a man confronted her and grabbed her purse. The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Erick Contreras Guevara, of the hamlet of Flanders, eventually broke the handle and fled with the bag, police said. Officers located Guevara a short time later at the DSW Shoes in th…

by Michael Mashburn

10/31/2023

News

Deadly Drug Trove: 20-Year-Old Cops To Felonies After Fentanyl, Guns Found At Long Island Home A 20-year-old man is facing a decade behind bars after being caught with thousands of dangerous fentanyl pills at a home on Long Island. Shanti Felton, of Virginia, pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Oct. 30. His plea came a year after multiple law enforcement agencies, including Suffolk County Police and the US Marshals Service, got a tip that Felton was hiding out at a Bay Shore home in connection to a Virginia armed robbery in May 2021. Officers watched as he attempted to flee through a basement window armed with a fully automatic and loa…

by Michael Mashburn

10/31/2023

Police & Fire

Swastikas, Antisemitic Graffiti Found At Long Island Beach, Business Police are investigating after swastikas and antisemitic graffiti was found at two locations on Long Island. The graffiti was found painted on bathrooms and two food trailers parked near the Ditch Plains Beach trailhead in Montauk on Monday morning, Oct. 30, according to East Hampton Town Police. The offensive words and images were also discovered on the rear exterior of the Naturally Good Foods and Sausages Pizza, located on Main Street in Montauk. Detectives are asking anyone with surveillance cameras in those areas to check for suspicious activity overnight Sunday, Oct. 29, into Monday …

by Michael Mashburn

10/30/2023

News

Husband, Father From Norwalk Dies In ATV Crash: 'His Life Was Full Of Potential' A Connecticut family is mourning the loss of a beloved husband and expectant father who was killed in an ATV crash. Fairfield County resident Andrii Yavorskyi, age 30, of Norwalk, died in the wreck that happened Friday, Oct. 27, in New York, according to New York State Police. An investigation determined that he was operating a Polaris Sportsman ATV in Boonville in Oneida County when he lost control on a sharp curve. He then drove off the roadway and was ejected when the vehicle overturned. Yavorskyi was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said. According to investigators, he was not …

by Michael Mashburn

10/30/2023

News

Wrong Driveway Killing: Trial Date Set For NY Homeowner Accused Of Shooting 20-Year-Old A trial date has been set for the man accused of opening fire on a car that mistakenly turned into his driveway in upstate New York, killing a 20-year-old woman. Jury selection in Kevin Monohan’s murder trial will begin on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, with the trial expected to start two days later, Washington County District Attorney Anthony Jordan told Daily Voice. He expects the trial to last two to three weeks. Monohan, age 65, is currently locked up without bail, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Kaylin Gillis. Earlier Report: Wrong Turn Shooting: Suspect In …

by Michael Mashburn

10/30/2023

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