Officials say the body of a New York woman was found underneath a truck in a parking lot

A 22-year-old Suffolk County man was charged with animal cruelty for leaving his 2-year-old dog with no care for possibly days, according to the county’s SPCA. Savion A. Redhead, of Amityville, was charged with one count of failure to provide proper sustenance for leaving his dog Princess confined in a bedroom without food and water. Chief Roy Gross of...

The mother was granted temporary custody of her two surviving sons — from the same system she says failed to protect them and little Thomas Valva from abuse allegedly at the hands of their father, Michael Valva, and his fiancée Angela Pollina

The mother won temporary custody of her two surviving sons, and says that family courts failed to protect her 8-year-old son from the alleged abuse at the hands of his father and his fiancee which led to his death. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A veteran NYPD officer and his fiancee have been arrested in the mysterious Jan. 17 death of the cop’s 8-year-old son, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told News 4 Friday. The father, 40-year-old Michael Valva, and his fiancee, 42-year-old Angelina Pollina, are both charged with second-degree murder in the death of little Thomas Valva. Michael Valva offered no…

A veteran NYPD officer and his fiancee have been arrested in the mysterious Jan. 17 death of the cop’s 8-year-old son, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told News 4 Friday. Greg Cergol reports.

An investigation revealed a pattern of abuse at the hands of the officer and his fiancee toward the boy and his older brother, both of whom had been diagnosed with autism. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Michael Valva is accused in the death of his 8-year-old son last week. Greg Cergol reports.

The Center Moriches home was crawling with investigators, raw footage from the scene shows.

Nassau and Suffolk county officials are teaming up in an effort to find solutions in response to the new controversial bail reform law, that critics are saying lets too many repeat offenders back on the streets. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Anchor Stefan Holt reports on the day’s top headlines.

A driver hit and killed a 60-year-old woman on Long Island Friday evening, police say.  Paula James, was crossing Little East Neck Road, just north of 12th Street in West Babylon, around 5:50 p.m. when a driver traveling north on Little East Neck Road in a 2006 Kia hit her, Suffolk County police said. James was taken to a nearby…

Police in Suffolk County rescued three pigs that escaped from a trailer on a on Sunrise Highway Friday morning. According to Suffolk County Police, Sgt. Theodore Martinez was driving a marked police vehicle eastbound on Sunrise Highway, near Broadway Avenue in Sayville, when he observed what he thought was a pig on the side of the road shortly before 11:30…

A Long Island man is facing multiple counts of animal cruelty after nearly a dozen dogs were found confined in filthy crates and on the verge of starvation, Suffolk County SPCA detectives say. Peter Watson, 55, was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty by Suffolk County SPCA for failure to provide proper sustenance and medical care to his dogs….

Authorities said Friday they have dealt an unprecedented blow to the violent MS-13 street gang, announcing charges against nearly 100 of the group’s members and associates on Long Island in the largest takedown of alleged MS-13 members in New York history.

Authorities announced charges against nearly 100 of the group’s members and associates on Long Island. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Suffolk County police shot and killed an armed man near an LIRR station in Brentwood late Thursday. Officers were patrolling the area when they stopped a car in the parking lot of Brentwood LIRR station around 10:20 p.m. The driver grabbed a backpack and then ran away from officers towards 908 Suffolk Avenue, according to SCPD. The officers attempted to…

An armed man was shot and killed by Suffolk County police late Thursday after he ran away from them following a traffic stop. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

A jury convicted a powerful former New York prosecutor on Tuesday for covering for a former protege, who punched a handcuffed man suspected of stealing embarrassing items from his police department SUV, including sex toys and pornography. Thomas Spota, the longtime district attorney of Suffolk County, Long Island, was accused of conspiring with the county police chief and a top…

Former Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota was found guilty of trying to cover up a crime, even getting cops to lie to federal investigators. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.