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Friday, January 19, 2024
Vol. 12, No. 3
HOME & DESIGN
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Threat at G.N. home of Trump civil trial judge Nassau police respond to report of bomb at Arthur Engoron’s residence BY C A M E RY N O A K ES Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over ex-President Donald Trump’s civil trial for fraud in Manhattan, had his Great Neck home swatted early Thursday morning with a bomb threat that was determined to be unfounded upon police investigation, according to published reports. A Nassau County Police Department spokesperson told Blank Slate Media that early Thursday morning police received the report of an email saying a bomb had been placed at a Kensington home in Great Neck. Nassau County Police responded to the report at 5:30 a.m. along with the Kensington Police Department. The county’s arson and bomb squad and multiple other units investigated the home. No threats were found at the home, according to the police’s spokesperson. The spokesperson said he would not provide the information of who resided at the home to protect the victim, but multiple reports have said that it is the residence of Engoron. The investigation is ongoing, according to the spokesperson, and police patrol will increase. “The Nassau County Police Department continues to investigate this
morning’s threat and takes seriously any threat made to an individual,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said in a statement. “The Police Department continues to work with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners on all aspects of this case.” Efforts to contact the Kensington Police Department were unavailing. Swatting is the act of an individual reporting a false threat to police to garner a large police response to a location. The threat reported at Engoron’s home comes amid recent swatting incidents against judges across the United States. This includes Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over Trump’s federal election interference case, who was reported to have also been a victim of swatting days before the Thursday morning incident. The swatting occurred hours before Trump was to appear in court for closing arguments in his New York civil fraud trial – over which Engoron is presiding. No delay to the court appearance Thursday morning due to the threat was reported. Trump’s relationship with Engoron has been tumultuous during the trial, with many personal jabs made by the Continued on Page 38
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Three Roslyn High School students were honored as 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars.
3 from Roslyn make cut in Regeneron competition BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
Search–the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math comTwo dozen high school seniors petition for high school seniors. across North Shore public school Leading the way was William A. districts were named semifinalists in Shine Great Neck South High School the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent with seven students and Paul D. Sch-
reiber High School in Port Washington with five students. Long Island in total has 50 semifinalists, the most of any region in the country. From the crop of 300 Continued on Page 39
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