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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...

A former New York City police officer has pleaded guilty to an obstruction charge in a murder-for-hire plot that authorities say sought the death of her husband and her boyfriend’s teenage daughter

A man in his 90s when rescued Saturday after falling about 10 feet down a storm drain on Long Island, New York, firefighters said. Fire officials say it appears a storm drain grate gave way when the man stepped on it in Central Islip. He was found by a neighbor who was taking a walk and heard him moaning for…

Two dozen New York State troopers lined the hall outside of court Friday after a plea agreement let Jesse Cohen walk out a free man after serving 30 days in jail for driving distracted when he hit Trooper Joseph Gallagher in Suffolk County three years ago. The uniformed officers stood in silence, making sure Cohen felt the emotion from the…

The New York State Trooper, who was hit three years ago and got badly injured, court case left family and friends upset, Greg Cergol reports.

A 35-year-old pedestrian died after three different drivers hit him on Long Island, one of whom fled the scene, police said.  The first driver hit the man, identified by police as Terrance Tuffini, of Central Islip, on Hawthorne Avenue, near Storey Avenue, around 6:35 p.m. on Friday before fleeing the scene, Suffolk County police said.  Tuffini was then hit by…

New York State Police are asking for the public’s help cracking the stabbing death of a 29-year-old Long Island mother whose body was found in the snow just off the Southern State Parkway more than three decades ago.

A woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash that seriously injured a 5-year-old girl on Long Island, police said.

A Long Island man drowned helping to rescue his young nephew who was struggling in the water during a beach outing on the Fourth of July.

A woman with 89 license suspensions and revocations was arrested on Long Island, authorities say.

Three Suffolk County volunteer firefighters are facing criminal charges in connection to nearly a half-dozen recent arson fires in New York, authorities say. Wale Aliyu reports.

Three Suffolk County volunteer firefighters are facing criminal charges in connection to recent arson fires in New York, authorities say.

A fourth suspect has been charged with murder in the death of a Long Island man who police said was lured into to a car with promises of marijuana and sex only to be killed by MS-13 members hoping to boost their stature in the ruthless street gang.

A third suspect has been charged with murder in the death of a Long Island man who police said was lured into to a car with promises of marijuana and sex only to be killed by MS-13 members hoping to boost their stature in the ruthless street gang.

A group of MS-13 members lured a Long Island man into a car with the promise of marijuana and sex and took him to a secluded nature preserve where they fatally attacked him with knives and machetes to boost their stature within the ruthless gang, police said Wednesday.

The president said he would “liberate” Long Island, and he caused controversy when he told officers “don’t be too nice” when arresting suspects.

At least 15 members of the MS-13 street gang have been arrested on murder and other charges following a spate of bloodshed that included the massacre of four young men in a Long Island park and the killing of a suspected gang rival inside a deli, police said Wednesday.

Two more members of the violent MS-13 gang were arrested, police said. They’re accused of killing a man in Hempstead. Greg Cergol reports.

Authorities say a 14-year-old Missouri girl remains missing after the arrest of the registered sex offender from New York who may have been with her.

Prosecutors said in a recent court filing that four young men found slaughtered in a Long Island park last April were lured to the site by two female associates of the MS-13 street gang, which was hunting for rivals and perceived enemies.