David Laffer & Melinda Brady Under Suicide Watch As Grand Jury Considers...
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Additional charges were being considered by a grand jury Monday against Melinda Brady, the wife of the man accused of killing four people in a Medford, Long Island...
View ArticleMedford Pharmacy Massacre Suspect David Laffer Receives Jury Notice
MEDFORD, NY (CBSNewYork) – No jury duty for David Laffer. A Suffolk County official says the 33-year-old, who is charged with killing four people at a Medford pharmacy in June, has been excused from...
View ArticleReport: David Laffer, Medford Pharmacy Massacre Suspect, Gets High-Profile...
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The man charged with killing four people during a drug holdup at a Long Island pharmacy is now represented by Amy Fisher’s former attorney. PHOTOS: Medford Pharmacy...
View ArticleMedford Pharmacy Massacre Suspect Melinda Brady Charged With First-Degree...
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — No murder charges were filed Tuesday against the wife accused in connection with Long Island’s pharmacy murders. Instead, Melinda Brady pleaded not guilty to upgraded...
View ArticleHaven Drugs, Site Of Medford Massacre, Reopens Early
MEDFORD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — It’s back open. The Long Island pharmacy where four people were gunned down during a robbery reopened Monday, a week ahead of schedule, reports CBS 2’s Derricke Dennis....
View ArticleSuffolk Police Investigate Pharmacy Robberies In Selden And Sayville
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police in Suffolk County are looking into pharmacy robberies in Sayville and Selden. The robberies come just two months after June’s Medford pharmacy massacre which left four...
View ArticleN.Y. Attorney General: ‘Prescription Drugs Are Permeating Our Society’
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — An Oxycodone epidemic is running rampant through New York State, according to State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Former addicts told CBS 2′s Jennifer McLogan on Wednesday...
View ArticleFamily Of Medford Pharmacy Massacre Victim Filing Lawsuit
MILLER PLACE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The family of one of the victims killed in the Medford pharmacy massacre says they are filing a lawsuit against a number of defendants, including the Suffolk County...
View ArticleSchumer Launching Campaign To Reclassify Addictive Prescription Drug
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There is a new push under way to reclassify a highly addictive and potentially dangerous narcotic painkiller that may already be in your medicine cabinet. Hydrocodone, better...
View ArticleSchumer: ‘Hard To Believe’ Potent New Painkiller Approved Without Protections...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A potent new painkiller just hit pharmacies all over the country and there are already calls for the federal government to pull it. Sen. Charles Schumer was joined by family...
View ArticleTrial Of Former Queens Doctor Begins After Overdose Deaths
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A former Queens doctor is on trial on manslaughter charges after authorities said he sold painkiller prescriptions to two patients who died of overdoses. Opening statements...
View ArticlePharmacists Tell Horror Stories At Suffolk County Specialized Security...
NESCONSET, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — In the wake of skyrocketing and violent drug store robberies on Long Island, pharmacists gathered in Suffolk County on Tuesday for specialized security training....
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