Suffolk County News

With government assistance in steep decline and other funding scarce, two Long Island crisis-intervention agencies are tapping an unusual fundraising source: standup comedians.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber is hosting a 5K run next month to benefit the Guardians of Our Dependents , an organization that helps families of police department members who have died.

A lawsuit filed against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Village of North Haven, and the Long Island Farm Bureau, over efforts to reduce the deer herd, will be heard in a Suffolk County court, as opposed to one in Albany County, according to a decision handed down by the State Supreme [...] [ News Source ]

Police are asking for the public's help to identify and locate the person or persons who stole the motorcycles pictured above from a trailer in Holtsville last week.

State government leaders announced this week an initiative aimed at combating heroin abuse on the East End, as law enforcement, public health and court officials acknowledged the growing threat the drug-and other opioids-in Suffolk County.

Stony Brook, NY - Watch the grounds of the Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook come alive and transform into a Spring Fair as Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn, The Stony Brook Long Island Children's Hospital and the Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook present Long Island's largest Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Fair, on Friday April 18, 2014 starting at ... (more)

April 16, 2014 - Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a single-car crash in Farmingville that seriously injured a Middle Island man early this morning.

April 16, 2014 - Suffolk County Legislator Robert Trotta honored Thomas J. Izzo of Boy Scout Troop 7 for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout at his recent Court of Honor held at the Sts.

Luis Guevara-Henriquz, 26, of Hempstead, was arrested on April 14 after passengers aboard the bus he was driving were found intoxicated, State Police said.

A man who led Suffolk County Fifth Precinct police officers on a wrong-way pursuit on Sunrise Highway in the East Patchogue area Wednesday was located and arrested in Bohemia about 45 minutes after the chase was terminated because of safety reasons, police said.

A man pulled over who was driving erratically early Tuesday in Fairfield was wanted for contempt of court charges in Suffolk County, N.Y., police said.

County Executive Steve Bellone Tuesday unveiled a whopping $410.3 million 2015 capital budget that will borrow $5 million to pay for new police cars in the depleted fleet and spend $207 million to replace an aging bay outfall pipe for the Southwest sewer district.

Suffolk residents under the age of 21 will soon find it a little harder to get a hold of cigarettes, e-cigs, and other smoking products.

Suffolk County Crime Police have arrested a 35-year-old man for trespassing at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station on Friday, April 11. James Rankin, of Roxbury Street in Huntington Station, is charged with criminal trespass.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, holding a new law that he signed, shakes hands with Legis.

The suspects have been identified as 21-year-old Jamesley Dery, 18-year-old Jahnick Gainey and 20-year-old Charles Harris.

The East Northport Fire Department responded to a gas leak at Pulaski Rd and Old Bridge Road on Monday at 11:19 a.m. Crews arrived to find a Town of Huntington garbage truck that was leaking as much as 4,000 pounds of natural gas.

Suffolk County Police arrested a Coram man last night for pretending to be a police officer and utilizing equipment that is intended for identifying police officers and their vehicles.

It's official. Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, anyone in Suffolk County buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, liquid nicotine, rolling papers, and pipes must be 21, by law.

The following is a list of court cases adjudicated at the February 10 and February 24 sessions of Shelter Island Justice Court.