Suffolk County

A vehicle slammed into a police cruiser on Long Island, then careened into a nearby house before igniting on fire, according to police

Police say an SUV slammed into a police car in a North Babylon intersection, then crashed into a home before catching fire.

A Manhattan couple is accused of forging multiple positive COVID-19 test results in order to delay a trial in which the husband faced drug charges, a Long Island district attorney said

The island, home to rare birds and sea turtles, houses a government animal disease research facility; the land was also used during the Cold War for biological weapons research

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.

Suffolk County Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old Copiague girl who was reported missing Thursday morning. Keithy Obando was last seen at her home, located at Pio XI St., at 7 a.m, according to police. She was reported missing by a family member at around 11 a.m. Obando is described as Hispanic, 4′ 11″ tall,…

A Suffolk County Legislator-elect was arrested in connection with an alleged domestic incident, according to police. Suffolk County Police say Nicholas Caracappa, 53, was arrested Tuesday at his home for criminal contempt in the first degree and criminal obstruction of breathing related to a domestic incident. The alleged victim in the incident already had an order of protection, according to…

Suffolk police say Nicholas Caracappa, 53, was arrested on Tuesday at his home for Criminal Contempt 1st Degree and Criminal Obstruction of Breathing related to a domestic incident. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Grinches are out once again, snatching packages from a growing number of front porches in Suffolk County. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

The renter accused of throwing a massive party at a Long Island mansion earlier this week is now facing the might of Airbnb, the company who rented the 10-acre property out to the party’s organizer. The online rental company said Friday it had notified the booking guest who held the unauthorized and illegal gathering of the company’s intention to...

Numerous individuals have been charged in connection with a birth tourism and money laundering scheme in Suffolk County that allegedly facilitated pregnant Turkish women to fraudulently enter the United States using tourist and business visas to give birth so that their children would obtain birthright citizenship and medical benefits, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Authorities busted a huge party at a sprawling 10-acre Long Island property earlier this week — and cops say they’re still trying to figure out who hosted the bash in the first place. Suffolk County police say they responded to the five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home on Hawkins Lake in Brookhaven around 12:30 a.m. Monday after getting multiple 911 calls reporting a…

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 Queens man faces 92 counts of animal cruelty after horses, a dog, and other animals in declining health were being kept on a piece of property on Long Island, the Suffolk County SPCA announced Monday. Marlon A. Alzate, 29 and of Elmhurst, was arrested on Thursday by SPCA detectives while he was appearing in a Queens courtroom on a…

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 LEGO set meant to be the birthday present for a 6-year-old was stolen from a porch in Mastic Beach in broad daylight late last month, and authorities are now searching for the woman they say was responsible. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police officers asking the public for help in identifying the woman they say is responsible…

Suffolk County’s Department of Health Services said any patrons of the Friendly’s Restaurant in Riverhead on Nov. 5 or 6 may have been exposed after it was determined more than one person with ties to the establishment had been infected with the virus

A stolen ATM was discovered in the middle of a Suffolk County street — and cops are trying to find out who is responsible. Fourth Precinct police officers responded to a call of a transformer in the road on Ronkonkoma Avenue at Hillcrest Street in Lake Ronkonkoma at approximately 5:45 a.m. Tuesday. However, once police arrived at the location they…

A 24-year-old victim was bit in the leg just a short while before the two dogs, who those in the neighborhood didn’t recognize, attacked a 78-year-old woman taking out the garbage