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Drones are sweeping over the ocean off the coast of New York’s Long Island to patrol the waters for any danger possibly lurking WANTAGH, N.Y. -- Off the coast of Long Island, drones sweep over the ocean, patrolling the water for any danger that might lurk below the surface as beachgoers grow more vigilant because of a recent spate of shark encounters. Over two days this week, five people reported being bitten by sharks at some of New York's most popular beach es, leading to heightened surveillance of the area's waters. The sighting of a 10-foot (3-meter) shark on Thursday prompted officials to keep people out of the water at Robert Moses State Park, the same Long Island beach that delayed its opening July 4 after a drone spotted a group of 50 sand sharks off the coast. “We are now more vigilant than ever,” said George Gorman, the state's park director in Long Island. “We have drones in the sky that watch over the waters. We have lifeguards on WaveRunners that watch over ...

A grandmother said she encountered the suspect in the abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena speaking to her grandson in her yard. When New York State Police investigators came to her home this week and showed her a photo of the 46-year-old suspect in the abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena, Carol Brown said she almost "fell out of my chair." The Ballston Spa, New York, woman who lives down the road from a home where kidnapping suspect Craig N. Ross Jr. was arrested in a camper and where Charlotte was rescued on Monday, said she recognized the photo right away as a stranger she caught in her front yard a few months ago, just inches from her 9-year-old grandson. Brown told ABC News on Wednesday that she had no idea who Ross was until state police investigators knocked on her door asking if she had noticed "anything unusual happen" recently in her Saratoga County neighborhood. "The police asked me, 'Would you mind looking at pictures and seeing if you re...