Suffolk County News

March 7, 2014 - The 80th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and 5K run in Huntington will be held on Sunday, March 9 and the Suffolk County Second Precinct is advising motorists of road closures in Huntington between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. The Townwide Fund of Huntington St. Patrick's Day 5K run will start at 12:45 p.m. at Main Street and Prospect Street ... (more)

A 71-year-old New Hyde Park man who had been reported missing last week has been found dead and his nephew is charged with his murder, Nassau police said.

March 7, 2014 - Suffolk County Legislator Robert Trotta presented proclamations to the three newest Eagle Scouts of Troop 301: Spenser Jamison Ochs, Thomas Dennis Harrington and Zachary Alexander Zwergel.

March 6, 2014 - Last night, County Executive Steve Bellone delivered his third State of the County address to a packed room at the William H. Rodgers Legislative Building in Hauppauge .

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to a crash on Depot Road near Brewster Street in Huntington Station Thursday at about 9:40 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found a Kia sedan resting precariously on its side after crashing into a guardrail and a tree with the driver trapped inside.

March 7th, 2014 - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public's help to identify a man who assaulted another man in Huntington Station last month.

David E. Eagan, an East Hampton attorney and the president of the Wainscott School District, was arraigned on Feb. 28 on a charge of criminal tax fraud in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

March 7th, 2014 - Suffolk County Police have arrested a man for committing a series of residential burglaries over the past several months.

As Massachusetts lawmakers scramble to revise a law that the state's highest court ruled does not bar creeps from taking "upskirt" photos of women in public, Suffolk County prosecutors said at least 13 people have been investigated for or charged with the crime since 2011.

"The system is broken," said Alex Kriegsman, a Sag Harbor attorney who often handles immigration problems.

Around 3:25 p.m. Thursday, a man entered the Chase Bank at 472 Medford Ave. in Patchogue, approached a teller, and handed over a note demanding cash, Suffolk County police said.

A Long Island police sergeant accused of stopping, intimidating then robbing Hispanic drivers in Suffolk County appeared in court to face charges of petty larceny and official misconduct Thursday.

A parcel of land at 113 Main Street in Wainscott that the Bridgehampton Fire District sold to Ronald Lauder is at the center of a $40 million lawsuit.

The man charged with rape for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl in Montauk was indicted by a grand jury in Suffolk County Criminal Court in Riverside Friday on eight felony counts - four counts of rape and four counts of committing a criminal sexual act with a child under 15 years of age.

Police are seeking the public's help to identify and locate the man pictured above who they say damaged property at a home in Ronkonkoma last month.

Dr. Patricia Dillon, Suffolk's former acting director of public health, filed her suit in November 2007, after she was suspended.

Suffolk is preparing a home-by-home analysis of areas to be sewered, as part of the county's push to address nitrogen pollution in local waterways, County Executive Steve Bellone was expected to say in his State of the County address last night.

Police on Long Island said Wednesday that they have found the man who spray-painted graffiti using the name "Timothy of the Seven Seas."

Smithtown, NY - March 5, 2014 - At the March 4 General Meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature, Legislator Robert Trotta abstained from voting on the Superior Officers Association's contract.

A Long Island live-in housekeeper has pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging her with murder in the death of her newborn .