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Eltingville
Man charged with ending an argument by running someone down with his car
Police say Frances E. Morano, 45, of Eltingville, pulled a U-turn with his 2001 Mercedes Benz four-door sedan Saturday afternoon and hit a man at Hylan and Kensington.
There she is, Miss Staten Island – and also Miss Congeniality
Jamie Lynn Macchia is Miss Staten Island 2012. The Eltingville girl said she’ll use her reign to promote the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She also moves on to the state pageant.
Social Security kept saying she was dead
Three weeks after her husband died, Margaret Arrighetti’s insurance company, her bank and Social Security all said she was dead, too. Social Security said they’d clear it up, but a month later, she was still dead. And her checks weren’t coming.
Tries to rob diner where cops are eating
A pair of plainclothes officers happened to be taking a meal break at the Golden Dove Diner in Eltingville when a man walked in wearing a camouflage mask and announced it was a robbery. That’s when the shooting started.
Man doesn’t even know how many cars he has stolen, police say
Daniel Millan was so busy supporting his pill habit, he just kind of lost track of the cars, police say. Plus, he already had been caught in the drug sweep by Nel Boy Bagels.
Staten Island doctor caught with Medicare fraud
Alleged Medicare fraud occurred only before Dr. Billy N. Geris began practicing in Staten Island.
Driver in fatal crash blames brake failure; others say he just drove too fast
Said he tried to stop before the crash. But other say they’d been screaming for him to slow down.
Eltingville man breaks into the same dry cleaners twice in one day
Police say the dry cleaner security camera caught him both times.
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