violent crime

A Long Island man pleaded guilty to strangling a woman to death and leaving her body next to a dumpster behind an auto parts store in South Hempstead on Valentine’s Day 2023, according to the district attorney of Nassau County. Andrew Avila, 26 and from Elmont, pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter in the first degree, Nassau County District Attorney Anne…

Police are searching for two suspects accused of robbing a 15-year-old boy in Flushing on November 14th. Police say he was approached just after 3 p.m. on Metropolitan Ave. by two people. One had a knife. The other then punched the boy in the face, and yanked away his bookbag, which contained a laptop, calculator, and charger. Police say both…