cbs 2's jessica layton has more from centreport. bomb scene, the front ends torn off car after car on main street in centreport last night but suffolk police say the damage was actually caused by 53-year-old local mark camenzuli driving under the influence. one of the victims was celebrating her 30th birthday inside the restaurant with relatives but now danielle is using a rental car as she tries to get her damaged bmw f >> reporter: he is a divorced father of three who had been living just a block west of the accident scene at a motel. the victim's boyfriend says he kept trying to drive away but couldn't because of major damage to his own vehicle. >> he obviously was drunk and, um, just panicking. trying to escape. hitting another car, trying to pull out, hitting another car. backing up. >> reporter: two people until police arrived even as stunned patrons assessed the damage. >> my mother's car is totaled. her whole entire side front end is shot. >> reporter: in court today, he pleaded not guilty to the dwi charges. despite the vio

live in ozone park, jessica layton, cbs 2 news. >>> police are hoping surveillance video will help catch an attempted rape suspect. investigators say the man seen here attacked a 20-year-old woman as she walked alone on fifth avenue and 10th street in greenwich village early saturday morning. police say the suspect tried to strike up a conversation and then got violent and grabbed the woman when she refused his advances. what's in the water after chemicals were found in water wells in suffolk county. all of them located near an airport and families with private drinking wells may be at risk. cbs 2's jennifer mclogan reports from westhampton. >> reporter: water worries continue for some families in westhampton and westhampton beach. those who live at homes that rely on private water wells are being warned to drink bottled water and to have their well water supply tested right away. concerned of contamination to please call. >> i called up the water department and said, what's this thing about the water? >> reporter: pete lives in the zone south of airport and east to the quogue border. 10

cbs 2's jessica layton has new details on the crash and is live at stony brook university hospital for three people are still being treated tonight. passed away from her injuries late this afternoon here at the hospital, only hours after her husband died from that same crash. news of their death really rocking the emotions of everybody at the synagogue where they were members for 20 years. with the sun setting on this sunset avenue synagogue in westhampton beach, members of the congregation prayed inside during one of the darkest times this community has ever known. >> very, very tough. >> reporter: of helen and isadore so heartbroken they could barely get the words out. >> this has rocked this community to the core. >> reporter: allen, and itchy, as he was best known to his friends, were with another couple, marvin and sandy driving to a wedding sunday morning when tragedy struck. a car slammed into the lei, slamming into a bmw. >> i was 10 minutes behind them and was stuck in two hours with the traffic not knowing why. >> reporter: itchy died sunday night, his beloved wife of 35 year

jessica layton reports on the >> reporter: fantasy may have gotten the best of this producer. roland is accused of quite the performance tricking 7 investors into giving him tens of thousands of dollars for a play that was a farce. it's alleged the 41-year-old dreamed up a sensational show on the life of opera singer kathleen battle. he said he had signed on award winning actress lupita niongo to star in the play. prosecutors told investors he had secured the historic booth th but it was all a big lie! a tale that schemed investors out of $165,000. the story of the phantom production is making the rounds on broadway stopping show-goers on the sidewalks. >> it makes me sick that stuff like that happens in the city. >> maybe it's a big misunderstanding or, you know, >> i think what's surprising is that the people invested [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the indictment alleges after the victims demanded their money back scahill sent them bad checks so where did the money go? court documents say he blew it on stocks, credit card payments, rent, food, alcohol, and entertainment. >>

. >> jessica layton is there live. >> reporter: the people who came out to this walk tonight support to the family. they also wanted to send a message to the killer who was in these weeds two weeks ago tonight. the folks who live here are not afraid of you, and you will be caught. hundreds filled the streets of howard beach for the woman who fought for her life. >> we're here to pray for her soul and for her parents who are hurting so >> reporter: ca her mother spoke of the murderer. >> he's a weak, evil piece of -- [ cursing ] >> and that's too good to even call him. >> reporter: walking in karina's honor is a reminder that somewhere the kill serwalking free. >> we should be safe where we live. >> we're together as a community, and we won't allow anyone to come in our community and get away with this clearly how the family has felt all along that is correct there is a community of support behind them every step of the way. >> they have been the life preserver. yes. without them, i don't know what we would have done >> reporter: releasing balloons into the sky for karina, her father

jessica layton is following that breaking story for us. >> reporter: hearing those gunshots was scary for everybody here because of what's in this neighborhood on this corner. a daycare. on the corner behind me, a church. and in the distance a block away, a bawl field where kids were practicing -- a ball field where kids were practicing football when this happened. and saw police officers swarming their street, sealing off the area. source tell cbs2 news, this was an incident between an off-duty police officer, and a person who tried to rob him. the officer fired a shot. it's not clear if the suspect was injured or caught, but police have been appearing to be searching for something or someone there's a park, and kids were practicing for their youth football league. the coach was despaired their safety. >> after we heard the loud bang, we start seeing the police officers and activity, we decided to cancel practice, and take the kids home. >> i was in the house and i heard one very loud gunshot. and when i looked out the window, maybe a minute and a half later, the block was flooded wi

cbs 2's jessica layton has more on the park hazard. >> reporter: beautiful sunset views and a well maintained path for hiking and riding bikes, all part of the appeal at high mountain park preserve. >> reporter: something a little less desirable has suddenly become part of the landscape. >> it's disturbing somebody has been setting up booby traps in this popular park. wooden boards hidden beneath the surface with sharp nails stick out. broken bottles lining the trails, even barbed wire and rope strung across the path. >> they're trying to harm somebody intentionally. a child, an innocent party that's walking, enjoying the day, riding a bicycle. that's just reprehensible behavior >> reporter: police say a frequent visi he's been removing the material since then and finally called police wednesday night. >> i think a couple of weeks ago for the first time irk found the nail >> reporter: bob simpson is the trailer supervisor and even though nobody has been hurt, his head is spin, wondering who would do something so senseless. >> very angry, yes. and they ought to be in jail. >> there's a lot of

jessica layton has the story of the pup who was rescued and reunited. >> this usually playful pup wasn't up to his usual tricks friday night after pulling a stunted that worried sick. >> he's my best friend. i'm a single guy, i don't have kids yet so all my time i spend with him. we go running. it's just a routine we have every day. >> thursday morning the family dog a year and a half old white german shepherd named chase broke that routine running away. >> and he's never done this before. >> never. >> miguel and his brother francisco think the dog got spooked by storms the night before, somehow got beyond this gate and then took off. empty because when we get here, the dog is always here waiting for us at the door. >> the family posted about the missing pup on facebook. hours later they got a call the nypd had discovered the dog in grave send bay, a couple miles from their brooklyn home. the family says when officers spotted the dog, he was out on the water about a half mile from land struggling to stay afloat. >> he was tired. he was having trouble keeping his head up. >> welcome home.

the arms of his last friend, miguel hopes his dog's next adventure will keep him in brooklyn, jessica layton, cbs 2 news. >> the family says chase was very, very thirsty when he got home, but he went to the vet and is in good condition. >> good news for everybody. >>> up next, our top stories including a tragedy in queens. >> reporter: a 9-year-old girl is dead, and her stepmother is a person of interest in the case. more on the investigation >>> and guests run for cover when a wedding is crashed by an unexpected explosion, and this is cbs 2 news saturday morning. i'm hall of famer jerry west and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. ner. then i made the switch. xarelto? significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at least six blood clotting factors. xarelto? is selective targeting one critical factor of your body's natural clotting function. for people with afib currently well m

jessica layton has more. >> reporter: donald trump right at home inside trump tower with his advising team on the heels of another staff shake-up. he appointed steven bannon of breitbart news as hi ceo. his new campaign manager kellyanne conway. the trump campaign says he is not telling paul manafort you're fired but he will stay on in a diminished role after reports the republican nominee was frustrated over disloyalty within his campaign and as he is turning to a noticeably more unifying message. >> we will reject bigotry and hatred and oppression in all of its many ugly forms. >> reporter: news of the businessman was to have his first classified intelligence briefing. and the same week he delivered a major speech outlining his plan to defeat isis. top democrats don't think trump can be trusted with sensitive information. his opponent is among those in that school of thought. meanwhile, in the battleground state of ohio, hillary clinton toured a middle school in cleveland touted a new plan for taxes and spoke candidly about trump's new campaign line-up. >> they can make him ew [ lau

. >> as jessica layton reports. >> it's very hurtful we have to come here today and find it like this. >> la tonya smith wasn't prepared when her brother passed away after an illness and visiting his grave site she definitely wasn't prepared this. the area all dug up and the vault holding her brother's body visible from aboveground. >> who wants to visit a family member likes that. >> tam isha smith was even more distraught. >> i can't even sit down and sit next to him and have a conversation with him because the ground looks disgusting. >> as she wiped away tears. the cemetery's superintendent funeral this saturday. >> latonya says this grave site has been exposed before and she wants to know why after a year grass still hasn't been planted here. >> our soil is very poor here. we do the best we can. i mean, we're a volunteer organization. >> smiths don't buy it. feet away from the dirt and mulch, emotions boiled over. >> it's not fair. >> how >> the cemetery's superintendent worked into the night trying to tidy up this area, but that might not matter to the smith family. latonya says

. >> cbs 2 jessica layton is live in our newsroom with more. >> reporter: this was seen as a critically important speech and trying to turn the trump seriously. remember, he once said he knew more about isis than the generals. and now, he outlining his plan to defeat those terrorists. citing one yeahs-driven atrocity after another, donald trump unveiled his plan to make america safe again. >> we cannot let this evil continue. >> he says it starts by stopping the spread of radical islam before it gets to our develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. i call it extreme vetting. >> that vetting would include a test, to anyone from countries the u.s. can't properly investigate. to make sure their ideologies, line up with american values. and he also wants to shut down terrorist access to the internet. blasting hillary clinton, he said the rise of isis was on her watc of decisions she and president obama made, while she was secretary of state. >> friends should not let friends vote for trump. >> before trump's speech, hillary clinton appealed to supporters in scranton, penns

jessica layton, cbs2 news. >> now missing from trump's speech. any mention of a total ban on muslims as he's called for in the past. >>> well, new yorkers talking trash and city hall is getting the earful. complaints collection complaints have increased 26% this year. residents in some neighborhoods complain garbage just isn't being collected. the sanitation department says the problem is due to an increase in recycling and collection in park slope, brooklyn in ozone park, queens. >> exactly -- could complain but who listens? >> as we've expanded our composting program, we're using a different truck. which can't always fit the bulk and we're picking bulk up in a different truck later in the day. >> oh. commissioner says many residents don't realize there's a second pickup and they take the trash back inside. >>> severe flooding across southern louisiana has now of more flooding continues. more than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes in baton rouge and 11,000 are now in shelters. it's the largest since superstorm sandy struck the reg

at high mountain park preserve, jessica layton. >>> two long island men rush to the rescue of a young osprey. the men put a ladder into the water to reach the bird. they had a tough time because the current was strong but they finally managed to untangle the bird come off the edge of the nest, flapped its wings a couple times and kind of did a nose dive into the water. >> the osprey's recovering at a wildlife center. it is expected to be returned to its nest sometime next week. >>> it is now 5:19. still ahead, an ice cream shop in brooklyn is using science to create yummy desserts, and all new summer sweet spot. >> and if you want a little coffee with that dessert you may want to think twice about it. there's so confusion, is it good for you, is it bad for you. >> plus we'll get another check of your traffic and weather on the 2's next. geramis rovg tici fvo a cor fr o cea.a! y c le re.. ?slow, building african-style m? it's the little moments that make the biggest waves. kalahari resorts & conventis the world's coolest indoor wate. >>> it's now 5:22. let's get you to traffic and weat

jessica layton reports. >>reporter: with the sun setting on this west avenue synagogue in west hampton beach, many of the members prayed inside, during one of the darkest times this community has ever known >> very, very tough. >>reporter: long-time friends so heartbroken they could barely get the words out. >> this has rocked this community to the core. >>reporter: helen and itchy as he was best known to his driving to a wedding in new jersey sunday morning when tragedy struck. a car flew over the median of the l.i.e., slamming into the couple's blue bmw. >> i was 10 minutes behind them, so i was stuck in two hours worth of traffic, not knowing why. >>reporter: itchy died sunday night. his beloved wife of 35 years passed away monday afternoon. also killed in the accident, 29- year-old scott martella, the communications director for the suffolk county executive was a cuomo and engaged to be married next spring. >> it is one of the great, great tragedies, and there are no words for it. >>reporter: martella's