Suffolk County

It’s not clear what will happen to Barney next — or what exactly he’s been doing since his escape from a local farm on July 20.

Two teenage cousins were reported missing on Long Island Tuesday morning, and both have expressed thoughts of suicide in the past, police said.

A box truck collided with a school bus carrying numerous children on Long Island on Monday, with the truck driver needing to be taken to the hospital, authorities said.

A New York man has been arrested after he allegedly targeted Hispanic men, drove them to remote locations on Long Island and attacked the victims. Suffolk County Police say 19-year-old Christopher Cella of Selden was arrested Sunday and he was charged with several hate crimes in the alleged attacks of at least the three men, one of whom he tried…

Suffolk County Police say they arrested a man on Sunday after he targeted Hispanic men and brought them to remote locations and attacked them.

The district attorney said on six occasions in 2020, the officer was dispatched to calls — including emergency calls involving senior citizens as well as a disturbance at a residence — but never went

A Suffolk County IT supervisor is accused of using his job to hide cryptocurrency mining devices throughout the county clerks office, and use thousands of dollars of electricity to run the devices. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A former Long Island prosecutor has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for helping cover up the police beating of a prisoner suspected of stealing sex toys and other items from a police chief’s vehicle

Ten people were arrested and 89 dogs rescued in connection to an alleged interstate dogfighting ring — possibly the largest bust of its kind in New York history, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced Monday. The alleged dogfighting ring operated across Long Island, in New York City, and in several other states, Sini said. The fights were alleged to…

Federal prosecutors are seeing lengthy prison terms for a former Long Island prosecutor and one of his top aides convicted of helping cover up the beating of a suspect

In one of Tokyo’s busiest intersections, you’ll find a statue of Hachiko. The Akita dog would wait for his owner at a train station every day after work. When the owner suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, Hachiko still waited every day, for nine years.

Three people were rescued early Sunday after spending hours in the waters off Long Island. Suffolk County police said they received a distress call from a boater at about 2 a.m. Sunday reporting three people missing from the boat. County police marine bureau officers located the boat about one mile offshore in Bayport and searched the area along with other…

Three people were killed in Farmingville. Greg Cergol reports.

Police say the deaths of three people found inside a Long Island apartment on Friday are part of a criminal investigation. A couple living in the apartment and a friend staying with them were all found shot to death inside the rental home on Overlook Drive in Farmingville, according to police and friends. A baby and two dogs were also…

The boy, who was 12 or 13 at the time, was a student at the school in Deer Park when the then-Suffolk County priest abused him on numerous occasions in 1983 and 1984, resulting in “physical, psychological and emotional injuries”

One widely circulated video posted to Facebook shows the animal charging through a woman’s front yard as a swarm of cops give chase.

A bull is on the loose on Long Island. Greg Cergol reports on the effort to reign him in.

A bull was still on the run on Long Island late Tuesday, after authorities had to temporarily close Sunrise Highway in the morning as they tracked the animal. The bull was first reported to be on the run just after 10 a.m. in Shirley. Suffolk County police confirmed Sunrise Highway was temporarily closed in both directions near exit 58, but…

Mosquitos in Suffolk County have been tested positive for the West Nile virus for the first time this year. County officials said Thursday that two mosquito samples carrying the virus were collected on July 6 from Nesconset and July 8 from Northport. Residents are advised to remove standing water near their homes and use repellents when outdoors. “The confirmation of West…

A Suffolk County couple is facing charges after allegedly abandoning dozens of rabbits in a wooded area, the local SPCA announced. Kathi Willi, 59, and William Melton, 52, of Woodlot Road, Ridge were arrested and charged Sunday with violations of animal abandonment, a misdemeanor, the Suffolk County SPCA announced Tuesday. Roy Gross, Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said that…