Central Islip

An MS-13 gang member has admitted to participating in the brutal killing of four young men on Long Island in 2017. Edwin Rodriguez, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering charges in connection with the April 11, 2017, deaths of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez, Jorge Tigre, and Jefferson Villalobos in Central Islip. The then 17-year-old, who authorities said went by the…

The parents of a 13-year-old Long Island student said their daughter was bullied and discriminated against by her classmates to the point where she was considering taking her own life, but say the school district did nothing to address it. “This has been a nightmare,” said Antoinette Moore-Thomas, alongside her husband Gregory on Thursday. The source of the family’s...

The family of a 13-year-old student says their daughter was bullied and discriminated against at her school in Central Islip. Greg Cergol reports.