Brentwood

A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly filing a false police report of a kidnapping that never happened. Police in Suffolk County said the Brentwood man claimed to be kidnapped from a parking lot the morning of June 16. In his report, police said the man claimed three strangers threw a bag over his head and forced him…

The killing of a 5-year-old boy in Brentwood has led to the arrests of his 26-year-old mother and her boyfriend, taken into custody after a grand jury indictment brought murder charges against the couple. Police in Suffolk County arrested the couple, of Orange, New Jersey, on Thursday, one year and two weeks after the boy’s death. Authorities say King...

A passenger in a car traveling on the Long Island Expressway has died in a hit-and-run crash

A Long Island man is behind bars Sunday following a fatal crash the previous night that resulted in the death of a 57-year-old woman, police said. Police in Suffolk County said 27-year-old Christian Lopez was driving while under the influence of drugs in Brentwood when he crashed a chain-reaction crash on Second Avenue around 9:40 p.m. Saturday. Lopez struck a…

A Long Island man is expected to face charges for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs when he crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman and injuring eight people.