Brentwood

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.

A member of the notorious MS-13 street gang has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for a 2016 fatal stabbing on Long Island

Police on Long Island have charged a 23-year-old man with killing a dog and threatening a relative during a video phone call. Suffolk County Police said Saturday that they charged the Brentwood man with aggravated cruelty to animals and aggravated harassment in connection with the dog killing and threats last Tuesday. Authorities said they were not releasing the man’s...

An off-duty member of the NYPD was wounded early Monday morning at a Long Island home after a suspect drove to the residence and fired off nearly three dozen rounds, a senior NYPD official told NBC New York. The officer was grazed in the head when approximately 33 shots were fired at the Brentwood home around 2:30 a.m. Monday, the…

The driver who fatally ran over the anti-gang activist, Evelyn Rodríguez, mother of Kayla Cuevas, one of the teenagers who was allegedly killed by members of the MS-13 gang, was sentenced to nine months in jail Thursday. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced that Patchogue’s Annmarie Drago, 60, was sentenced for killing 50-year-old Rodríguez of Brentwood in 2018....

The break-in attempt happened as rap mogul Dr. Dre was hospitalized at the time with a brain aneurysm. Video broadcast on Today in LA on Jan. 6, 2021.

Four people were arrested in Los Angeles’ Brentwood area Wednesday night after a pursuit that followed a break-in attempt at the home of rap mogul Dr. Dre, who was hospitalized at the time with a brain aneurysm.

Others who live in the home, including a mother and her 4-year-old son, were able to escape outside — but that’s when a teenager noticed her neighbor was not there

A teen rescued a woman from her burning Long Island home on Thursday. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A second victim died from injuries related to a stabbing Thursday morning at a house party in Brentwood, Suffolk County Police said. Third Precinct officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting people stabbed near Hewes Street and Lincoln Avenue at 12:21 a.m. Police say that one man was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Four other…

A 27-year-old Long Island woman has been arrested on child endangerment charges for allegedly leaving her 3- and 9-year-old kids in a parked car for about 30 minutes while she shopped in a mall. It was 37 degrees at the time — and the car wasn’t running. Suffolk County cops responding to a 911 call at the Smith Haven Mall…

A New York mother was driving under the influence with her three daughters when she plowed through a home on Long Island, according to police.

A New York mother was driving under the influence with her three daughters when she plowed through a home on Long Island, according to police. Suffolk County police say they arrested 34-year-old Ashley Thomas-Smith after she allegedly lost control of her SUV Sunday afternoon on Blue Jay Drive in Brentwood. Thomas-Smith plowed through one of the homes on the street,…

The federal government will seek the death penalty against the alleged leader of an MS-13 gang chapter indicted three years ago on charges of murder and other crimes in connection with the gruesome slayings of seven people, including two teenage best friends, in Long Island’s crime-plagued town of Brentwood, officials said Wednesday. Alexi Saenz was one of five people...

A 19-year-old driver has been arrested following a crash that killed a 4-year-old on Long Island on Tuesday night. Suffolk County police say Christian Yanes was driving on Fulton Street in Brentwood just before 7 p.m. when he struck Roussy A. Cabrera Fuentes in front of her home. The girl was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead….

Firefighters are battling flames Wednesday at a West Los Angeles high-rise building.

An armed man was shot and killed by Suffolk County police late Thursday after he ran away from them following a traffic stop. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.