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A jury found a Long Island woman guilty Monday of luring four young men to their slaughter by more than a dozen members of the notorious MS-13 street gang. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A jury found Leniz Escobar guilty of assisting in the 2017 murders of four young men.

A jury found a Long Island woman guilty Monday of luring four young men to their slaughter by more than a dozen members of the notorious MS-13 street gang. Prosecutors claimed Leniz Escobar helped orchestrate the 2017 massacre as a teenage associate of the gang before falsely claiming to be a victim in the ambush. Recorded phone conversations were used…

Prosecutors shared the details of how MS-13 gang members led friends into the woods and killed four of them. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng shares details of the lone survivor’s testimony.

A federal jury will hear opening statements next week in the trial of a Long Island woman accused of luring four young men to their slaughter by more than a dozen members of the MS-13 street gang

Undercover law enforcement officers began talking with Wustrow — who had the username “pervdad516” — via the Kik messenger app, during which he discussed child porn and shared images with an officer

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 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.