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Sophie Grieser

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Sophie joined the Daily Voice team in March 2023, covering Long Island. Before this, her work appeared in publications such as the Borgen Project Magazine, The Interlude Magazine, and NYU Local.

Sophie graduated from New York University in 2021 with degrees in journalism and drama. 

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Police & Fire
Cop Accused Of Stealing Thousands From CT Police Benevolent Association Cop Accused Of Stealing Thousands From CT Police Benevolent Association
Cop Accused Of Stealing Thousands From CT Police Benevolent Association A Connecticut police officer and former president of a police benevolent association has been arrested after he allegedly stole thousands of dollars of funds over three years. New London County resident Ryan O'Connell, age 42, of the city of Norwich, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 12 on an arrest warrant, the Connecticut State Police announced. O’Connell, who is a Norwich Police Department officer, served as the president of the city’s Police Benevolent Association from 2015 until 2022. As the president of the PBA, O’Connell had access to the association’s debit card, which he allegedly us…

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Long Island Man Admits Raping 11-Year-Old Multiple Times Long Island Man Admits Raping 11-Year-Old Multiple Times
Long Island Man Admits Raping 11-Year-Old Multiple Times A man from Long Island faces a decade behind bars after he admitted to repeatedly raping a young girl over the course of a year. The man, a 20-year-old from East Hampton, entered his guilty plea on Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced. According to his guilty plea, the man (who has not been named in order to protect the victim’s identity) met and began talking to his victim when he was 18 and she was 11. He would talk to the girl over the phone and tell her that she was his girlfriend. Then, in November 2021, he began to ask the girl if she would have sex w…

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Police & Fire
Violent Carjacking: Trio Robs, Stabs Man On Long Island, Police Say Violent Carjacking: Trio Robs, Stabs Man On Long Island, Police Say
Violent Carjacking: Trio Robs, Stabs Man On Long Island, Police Say Three young women were arrested after they allegedly robbed a man on Long Island, stabbing him before taking off in his car. The incident occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in Valley Stream, according to Nassau County Police. It was about 10 p.m. when a trio of girls — one of which was underage — approached a 37-year-old man at the Shell Station located at 100 West Merrick Road. Police said the group demanded the man get out of his white 2017 Kia Sportage. He refused, and a scuffle ensued. During the struggle, the man was stabbed in the middle of his back. The trio got into his car and dr…

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Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Missing Man Last Seen On Long Island Alert Issued For Missing Man Last Seen On Long Island
Alert Issued For Missing Man Last Seen On Long Island Police on Long Island are asking for the community’s assistance in locating a missing man. Ken Jason Moore, age 45, was last seen on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in Lynbrook, according to Nassau County Police. It was around 6 p.m. when Moore was seen on Grace Avenue. He is 6-foot-5 and weighs approximately 230 pounds. Moore has a beard, brown hair, and brown eyes. When he was last seen, he was wearing glasses, a gray puffy jacket, and brown pants. Anyone with information regarding Moore’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Nassau County Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347 or to call 911. Al…

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Lifestyle
Support Swells For Long Island Man Following 'Tragic' Surf Accident Support Swells For Long Island Man Following 'Tragic' Surf Accident
Support Swells For Long Island Man Following 'Tragic' Surf Accident The community has rallied around a Long Island man fighting for his life after he was the victim of a surfing accident that put him on life support. Austin Gibbons, a 25-year-old man from Long Beach, spent Monday, Feb. 5 surfing at Hawaii’s Banzai Pipeline, as he might on any day. However, as he went to take his last wave of the day, the unthinkable happened. “He was held under by the brute force of two waves of whitewater, which unforgivingly filled his lungs with seawater,” wrote Traci Johnson Kilduff, who set up a GoFundMe for Austin and his family. Fellow surfers and lifeguards ru…

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Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Teen Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Teen
Alert Issued For Missing Long Island Teen Police on Long Island are asking for the community’s assistance in locating a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing. Jimena Chavez-Morales, age 14, was last seen on Monday, Feb. 12, according to Nassau County Police. Chavez-Morales had last been spotted at 6 p.m. that day and was reported to police hours later. The teen is described as 5-foot-4 and weighs approximately 145 pounds. She has brown and red hair and brown eyes. When she was last seen, Chavez-Morales was wearing blue pajamas and a gray hoodie. Anyone with information regarding Chavez-Morales’ whereabouts is urged to conta…

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Police & Fire
Machete-Wielding Pair Rob Man On Long Island, Search Ensues, Police Say Machete-Wielding Pair Rob Man On Long Island, Search Ensues, Police Say
Machete-Wielding Pair Rob Man On Long Island, Search Ensues, Police Say Police are asking for the community’s assistance in locating two men who they say robbed a 23-year-old victim, using a machete to threaten him. The incident occurred on Monday, Feb. 12 in Riverhead, according to police. Just before 7:30 p.m. that evening, a 23-year-old Riverhead man was walking north on Doctors Path near the PSE&G building when he noticed the two suspects sitting in a car on the side of the road. The two robbers then jumped out of the vehicle and came up behind the victim, grabbing the man and menacing him with a machete. According to officials, the duo fled the s…

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Police & Fire
Duo Nabbed For Swiping Credit Cards On Long Island: Police Duo Nabbed For Swiping Credit Cards On Long Island: Police
Duo Nabbed For Swiping Credit Cards On Long Island: Police Two people were arrested – with a third still on the loose – after police say they broke into a car on Long Island, making off with credit cards. It happened on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in Flower Hill, according to Nassau County Police. At around 1:40 a.m. that morning, the trio (two men and one woman) were allegedly seen breaking into a car parked on Mason Drive. The thieves took multiple credit cards and fled on foot. Later, police found two of the suspected thieves — 22-year-old Bronx resident Tammy Sandoval and 20-year-old Manhattan Logan Jones — in the parking lot of the Manhasset LIRR s…

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Big Win: $50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Northern Westchester Store Big Win: $50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Northern Westchester Store
Big Win: $50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Northern Westchester Store Three people are each tens of thousands of dollars richer after winning Powerball tickets were sold in stores on Long Island and in Westchester. Chiefs fans aren’t the only winners coming out of this weekend, according to New York Lottery officials. Multiple third-place-winning Powerball tickets, worth $50,000 each, were sold in the state for the Saturday, Feb. 10 drawing in Suffolk and Westchester counties: Waverly Express Mart, located at 1106 Waverly Avenue in Holtsville 7-Eleven, located at 112 Route 100 in Somers A third ticket, worth the same amount, was sold in Manhattan at a new…

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Police & Fire
Man Who Relocated To Fairfield County Uses AirTag To Stalk Woman, Police Say Man Who Relocated To Fairfield County Uses AirTag To Stalk Woman, Police Say
Man Who Relocated To Fairfield County Uses AirTag To Stalk Woman, Police Say A 25-year-old Connecticut man has been arrested nearly a year after he allegedly placed an Apple AirTag in an unsuspecting woman’s car to stalk her, police said. The Litchfield County incident started in March 2023 in Goshen, according to Connecticut State Police, culminating in the arrest of Anthony Magro, age 25, of Bridgeport.  A Goshen woman (whose identity has not been released) had first received a notification on her iPhone that an AirTag device was moving with her as she drove. At first, she ignored it, believing that it was due to a relative leaving a pair of Apple AirPods in…

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