Suffolk County News

A NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS On SATURDAY, March 29, Suffolk County Police Department, along with Sayville School District Administrators, will be conducting an "Intruder Alert Drill" as training to establish proper practices in the unlikely event of an emergency or crisis.

An Oceanside man was arrested Thursday after State Police said he led a trooper on a short pursuit, then attempted to flee on foot, after a minor accident on Route 231 in Deer Park.

March 14, 2014 - Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that the 2014 Ms.

March 14, 2014 - Suffolk County Police have arrested a man for using stolen credit card information that was obtained in the recent Target data breach to make several purchases at a store in Islandia.

Suffolk County police are seeking help in identifying a man who they said sexually assaulted a woman on Dec. 19, 2013 at a commercial site on Route 109 in West Babylon.

East Hampton Town police working in conjunction with Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota's East End Drug Task Force on Thursday afternoon arrested an East Hampton man with two prior felony convictions and charged him with making two sales of cocaine last year, both class B felonies.

The second-in-command in the Islip Town Republican Party, Tom O'Hara, resigned after an altercation at Long Island MacArthur Airport led two town employees to drive him and his wife in a town-issued vehicle to LaGuardia Airport to take another flight.

Enforcement of Suffolk County's sex-offender registry's reporting requirements has been problematic, with dozens of oofenders providing inaccurate addresses in the year since county lawmakers passed a law to intensify monitoring of the ex-convicts.

Quinton Rubin, 37, of Bay Shore, pictured in this Nov. 14, 2012 photo, was convicted in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife's boyfriend, Sean Berry, 36, of Bay Shore.

Police on Thursday were investigating the violent death of a man whose body was found on a Long Island beach.

A suburban New York man is denying charges he forcibly kept a teenager and a woman inside his home and forced them to work as prostitutes.

March 13, 2014 - A 35 year old Lindenhurst man arrested for forcing two females, one a teenager, to work as prostitutes, has been indicted by a grand jury, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said.

Hollywood, Sports, News, and Fashion Stars to Raise Funds for Families of Long Island's Seriously Ill Children on March 14 9th Annual Contractors For Kids Reception at the Atlantis Aquarium in Riverhead to Bring Together Over 1,000 Celebrities, Socialites, and Business Leaders Riverhead, NY - March 13, 2014 - Hollywood, sports, news, and fashion ... (more)

March 13th, 2014 - Suffolk County Police today arrested a man that vandalized a Port Jefferson restaurant earlier this month.

About two dozen South Shore community leaders and residents voiced their opposition to the Serota Properties Islip Pines Project, a 136-acre, mixed-use development proposed for Holbrook.

In an interview this week, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota praised the East End Drug Task Force for cracking down on heroin distribution in Suffolk County, including a recent bust involving nine men-six from Riverhead, three from East Harlem-who Mr. Spota said were a part of a heroin ring that sold to users from Southampton, ... (more)

A March 27, 2013 photo of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility, which won't be sold for at least six months.

March 12, 2014 - Using his knowledge and experience from his service with the FBI, Suffolk County Legislator Robert Trotta has filed legislation directing the County Attorney to examine the feasibility of commencing a legal action against certain major cigarette manufacturers.

Homicide detectives are investigating Wednesday evening in Miller Place after police found a dead body on the beach near a local surf club, authorities said.

March 12, 2014 - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Suffolk County man who stole more than $172,000 from the Great Neck business where he worked as a salesman.