Suffolk County News

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Seventh Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public's help to identify and locate the woman responsible for damage at a Middle Island smoke shop in March.

A Hauppauge-based producer of plant extracts used in food, medicine and cosmetics has changed a 2012 expansion plan to now include two factories, instead of one, and to add 28 jobs, an executive said.

In Suffolk construction work on Northern State Pkwy WB between Rt-347/Rt-454/Veterans Hwy and The Sagtikos/Sunken Meadow Pkwys/X44 in Commack In Suffolk construction work on Northern State Pkwy WB between Rt-347/Rt-454/Veterans Hwy and The Sagtikos/Sunken Meadow Pkwys/X44 in Commack In Islip construction work on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd WB between ... (more)

Travon E. Pettaway, 21, of Hampton Bays, pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned Wednesday, July 30, 2014, on charges of second-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child, and was ordered held on $25,000 bond or $7,500 cash bail, according to court records.

A Shih Tzu-type dog, which has been named Ziggy, was brought to the Babylon Town shelter in West Babylon, and it took workers more than three hours to shave 4 pounds of stinky, black fur from the dog, who now weighs 11 pounds, the SPCA said.

A man is suspected of killing at least two prostitutes and dumping their bodies in remote wooded areas of Long Island in the 1990s.

A Brooklyn woman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the killing and dismemberment of a mother of four whose body parts were found on Long Island.

A Long Island man accused in the deaths of two women more than 20 years ago has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

July 30, 2014 - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $176,850 in federal funding for Lindenhurst Fire Department and $308,750 in federal funding for Orient Fire District.

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime.

Individuals eligible for this round of funding experienced damage to their homes as a result of Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public's help to identify and locate a man who stole a television from a Centereach store last week.

The Suffolk County Legislature at its July 29 General Meeting unanimously passed a resolution, sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman , asking the County Attorney to explore legal action against the Federal Government on behalf of Suffolk's commercial fishermen to correct inequitable fishing quotas.

Latino, immigrant and civil rights advocates, concerned that no arrests have been made in a 2010 slaying of one immigrant and an attack on another in Shirley, called Wednesday for Suffolk police to solve the crimes and for federal officials to examine the case.

You can have your cake, and kale, too. Concession stands at Suffolk County parks and beaches, as well as vending machines in county buildings, will be required to offer healthy options under a bill passed by the county legislature.

Suffolk County is planning ground spraying for adult mosquitoes Wednesday and Thursday on Fire Island, weather permitting, health officials said.

Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a two-car crash that killed a Sound Beach man early this morning.

John Bittrolff, the Manorville man who was arrested last week and accused of killing two women whose bodies were found dumped in the woods within months of each other in late 1993, and suspected in a third case in which the woman's body was discovered in North Sea, will be arraigned on a grand jury indictment on Thursday, July 31. John Bittrolff is ... (more)

The Suffolk County Arson Squad is investigating a fire that quickly ripped through a house under construction in Water Mill on Tuesday evening.

A 19-year-old Coram man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after he crashed his car into a wooded area off Sunrise Highway in Brookhaven early Wednesday, police said.