Suffolk County

Opening arguments got underway Tuesday in the murder trial of Michael Valva — a former NYPD officer charged in the death of his 8-year-old son, Thomas — and the trial began with a bombshell revelation from the defense.

The murder trial of Michael Valva, the former NYPD officer charged in the death of his 8-year-old son, began with a bombshell revelation from the defense. Greg Cergol reports.

NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Ten days after a cyber attack hit Suffolk County computers, much of the county’s police department is still deeply feeling the effects — and is calling on the NYPD for backup.

Police on Long Island arrested a 14-year-old boy they said made a school threat on social media. Suffolk County Police arrested the teenager Thursday night after he allegedly said on social media that he was going to bring weapons to the R.C. Murphy Junior High School in Stony Brook and harm students and faculty. Following an investigation, detectives arrested...

It’s been more than a week since Suffolk County discovered its computer networks were hacked, but while some county services are still offline, the hackers are upping the ante. The News 4 I-Team learned the group behind a cyberattack against the Suffolk County government posted documents with personal information obtained from the hack on the dark web and threatens to…

The hackers have sent messages saying they will release more documents if they do not receive communication from Suffolk County, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Eight football players from a Long Island high school have been suspended after a massive on-field brawl during a Friday night game. NBC 4 New York obtained video of the fight that broke out at the end of Friday’s game at Mount Sinai High School. Cellphone video shows punches flying along the Mount Sinai High School sideline Friday night. The…

New video shows a fight break out at the end of a football game in Mount Sinai, leaving eight players suspended for the team’s next game. Greg Cergol reports.

A cyberattack has prevented Suffolk County officials from doing their jobs — as computers from police departments to traffic court were down Tuesday. “We have detected malware and that it has the hallmarks of ransomware but the investigation at this point has not concluded that this is a ransomware incident,” Steve Bellone, County Executive of Suffolk County, said. It is…

A cyber attack on Long Island is disrupting county agencies from doing their jobs. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Three people died in a single-car crash that wrapped a vehicle around a utility pole on Long Island, police say. Suffolk County detectives responding to a crash in front of the Brookhaven Fire Department house on Montauk Highway around 7:50 p.m. Thursday found the car mangled. Three people were inside and all three died. No information on the victims or…

It was Jan. 17, 2020. Police responded to a call about a boy who had fallen in the driveway of his family’s home on Long Island. When cops arrived, the child’s father, an NYPD officer, was performing CPR on him in the basement. The boy died. He was 8. His name was Thomas Valva. In the days after his death,…

It was Jan. 17, 2020. Police responded to a call about a boy who had fallen in the driveway of his family’s home on Long Island. When cops arrived, the child’s father, an NYPD officer, was performing CPR on him in the basement. The boy died. He was 8. His name was Thomas Valva. In the days after his death,…

The Suffolk County Water Authority has issued a stage one water alert as drought conditions hit the area, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

The Suffolk County Water Authority said Friday it had extended its water emergency order to its entire customer base, all 1.2 million of them, citing persistent drought conditions that have both Long Island counties squarely in the “severe drought” category. The Stage 1 Water Emergency now stretches from the Nassau/Suffolk border to Montauk, SCWA said. Only its East End customers…

A man was stabbed nearly a dozen times and hospitalized with serious injuries after a run-in with a jogger at a Long Island gas station Thursday night, police said. The 49-year-old was behind the wheel of a car, pulling into a Shell gas station in Centereach around 8 p.m., when the jogger was running past the entrance to the station,…

It could be lights out on one of the most beloved holiday traditions: Getting a Christmas tree. NJ farmers have said that the current drought has killed thousands of trees in the state. So what will that mean when it comes time to go tree shopping? NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

The 9-year-old boy badly hurt in an alleged drunken driving crash on Long Island a week ago has died, Suffolk County police said over the weekend. Angel Salis was in the car with his father on the Long Island Expressway in Farmingville shortly before 2 a.m. Aug. 22 when cops say a man driving a BMW hit them in the…

The 9-year-old boy injured in a Long Island crash on Aug. 22 has died, police said.