Katelyn Triolo,Sue E. Farrell,Adam Lang are scheduled to be arraigned Friday in First District Court, Hempstead.

Canonico, 23, of 2051 Paddock Road, Seaford, told them he arranged to meet two women - identified by police as Katelyn Triolo, 20, of 1081 Carukin Street, Franklin Square, and Sue E. Farrell, 25, of 243 Roslyn Road, Mineola - at the Gulf gas station at 2201 New Hyde Park Road.The meeting, police said Canonico later told them, was to sell the women heroin.
Police said Canonico met the women—and they got into his car. It was then, police said, that a man, identified as Adam Lang, 27, of 22 Eldridge Place, Glen Cove, approached the vehicle, produced a handgun, pointed it at Canonico and the trio stole his cell phone and wallet, as well as $340 from him.But as the trio fled from the scene, Canonico decided to call 911—to report the robbery.The subsequent investigation led to the arrest of all four: Canonico, Triolo, Farrell and Lang, police said.Canonico was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; Triolo and Farrell were each charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree robbery. Lang was charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and four counts of fourth-degree possession of a dangerous weapon.All four are scheduled to be arraigned Friday in First District Court, Hempstead.

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Norman's Cay

Norman's Cay is a small Bahamian island (a few hundred acres) in the Exumas, a chain of islands south and east of Nassau, that served as the headquarters for Carlos Lehder's drug-smuggling operation from 1978 to around 1982.
When Lehder arrived in Norman's Cay in 1978 he started purchasing large pieces of property, including a home for himself, a hotel and an airstrip. Shortly after Lehder began pushing the native population and vacationers off of Norman's Cay and gained full control of the island. Following Lehder's arrival air traffic over the small island began to increase and armed guards began patrolling the beaches. In July 1980 a yacht belonging to a retired couple was found drifting off Norman's Cay- blood stains were found when the boat was searched, and a corpse recovered.
As part of the Medellín Cartel, he used the island as a transshipment base for smuggling cocaine into the United States. Lehder, through Norman's Cay, is often attributed with revolutionizing drug smuggling. The typical method of transporting small shipments often carried by human drug mules, either through digestion or in their luggage, onto commercial airlines, was surpassed by the use of small aircraft shipping entire loads of cocaine.
Lehder eventually constructed a 3,300-foot long runway for his fleet of aircraft. In order to protect the island, armed guards patrolled the beaches and runway, radar was employed and attack dogs. Any pilot silly enough to land there was quickly warned off by heavily armed guards. The island served a strategic point as stop for Colombian drug flights to refuel and rest before proceeding to the United States.
With the Bahamian authorities looking the other way and the local inhabitants scared off, the island became a haven of debauchery for Lehder and his associates. Carlos Toro remembers, "Norman's Cay was a playground. I have a vivid picture of being picked up in a Land Rover with the top down and naked women driving to come and welcome me from my airplane... And there we partied. And it was a Sodom and Gomorrah... drugs, sex, no police... you made the rules... and it was fun."
In 1982, under pressure from US law enforcement, and despite years of turning a blind eye, the Bahamian government began to crack down on the activities on Norman's Cay, ultimately confiscating Lehder's land. It is now a tourist destination that can be reached by charter flight.
The island was again a subject of (minor) controversy when the newly-elected Progressive Liberal government honoured a pre-election in-principle agreement to sell the government-owned portion of the island valued at $60 million, despite the objections of the local MP. The government believes it may encourage further foreign investment.

The island's consortium of local and foreign buyers are thought to include resort chain Aman Resorts, a proudly small company that started in Phuket and specialises in five-star service amidst natural beauty environments.

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William P. Archer III

William P. Archer III, 32, was plucked from his life raft in choppy seas on Thursday, 42 days after he set sail from Spain's Canary Islands on a solo voyage to the Caribbean island of Antigua.
His 39-foot (12-meter) vessel, the Alchemy, listed Newport, Rhode Island, as its home port, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Archer could not immediately be reached for comment.
The tanker, the Omega Lady Sarah, had been carrying oil products from New Orleans to Gibraltar when crew members spotted Archer's red parachute distress signal, and then saw him waving for help from a life raft tethered to the sinking yacht.
"His boat sank 25 minutes after our crew dragged him up to the ship," Gregory McGrath, chief financial officer for Athens-based Omega Navigation Enterprises, said in a telephone interview. He did not know how or when the yacht had been crippled.
Archer told rescuers he had not eaten in four days and had pain in his back. He was taken ashore in Nassau, Bahamas, and evaluated at a hospital before his release.

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