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Crime Report: Woman Arrested for Prostitution; Bank Robbed in Babylon; Police Investigating Deadly Crash in Medford

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A Connecticut woman was arrested for prostitution in East Meadow; Capital One bank in Babylon was robbed; Medford crash claims a teen’s life.

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Woman Arrested for Prostitution
Police say that 23-year-old Danielle Cummings was arrested on Friday night and is now facing prostitution charges. Cummings allegedly offered sexual acts in exchange for money to an undercover police officer.

According to a report from the East Meadow Patch, the conversation allegedly took at a motel in East Meadow. Cummings is from Enfield, Conn.

Cummings was scheduled for arraignment on Sunday at the First District Court in Hempstead.

[Source: East Meadow Patch]

Bank Robbed in Babylon
A Capital One bank located on Little East Neck Road in Babylon was robbed shortly after noon on Friday, according to a press release from Suffolk Police.

The man entered the bank and verbally demanded cash from the bank teller. The teller complied, and the man fled from the scene in a light colored work van, heading north on Tappan Avenue.

Suffolk County Police are currently investigating the robbery, and said that the suspect is a white male, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, and was wearing a red or maroon hooded sweatshirt at the time of the robbery.

Anyone with information regarding the robbery should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. You can also report information through their website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. Tips given to Crime Stoppers will be kept anonymous.

[Source: Suffolk County Police Department]

Police Investigating Deadly Crash in Medford
A teen was killed in a motor vehicle crash early Friday morning in Medford. Suffolk County Police are currently investigating the crash that claimed the life of 16-year-old David Ross of Middle Island.

According to a press release from Suffolk Police, Ross was ejected from the vehicle after driver David Longford lost control, crashed into a tree and overturned the 2002 Toyota. The crash took place around 1:20 a.m. Ross was pronounced dead at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue.

Longford, 17, and a 17-year-old passenger were both treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center. A 15-year-old passenger was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Saint Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson.

Longford was issued a summons for Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle.

[Source: Suffolk County Police Department]