Suffolk County News

A Centereach man was arrested at his home Saturday by US Marshals and Massachusetts police accused of forcibly raping teenage boys nearly 30 years ago, Suffolk County police said Monday evening.

Suffolk County police are seeking the public's assistance in locating and identifying a woman wanted in connection with the theft of a credit card from a woman's purse in Port Jefferson , Suffolk County Crime Stoppers said Monday.

Two lanes closed on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X62/Nicolls Rd and X63/North Ocean Ave in Medford In Nassau Cnty stop and go traffic on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X40/Jericho Tpk/NY Rt-25 and x35/Shelter Rock Rd due to slow moving maintenance vehicle In Nassau Cnty stop and go traffic on The L.I.E./I-495 WB between X40/Jericho Tpk/NY Rt-25 and ... (more)

Four people were arrested on drunken driving charges Saturday night at a sobriety checkpoint in Huntington Station, Suffolk County police said in a Sunday news release.

In Carle Place accident cleared on Meadowbrook Pkwy SB at Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/M5. Moving just under the speed limit from Stewart Ave in Nassau Cnty In Carle Place accident cleared on Meadowbrook Pkwy SB at Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/M5. Moving just under the speed limit from Stewart Ave in Nassau Cnty In Valley Stream accident.

Question: Will owners of a controversial house on Cartwright Road accept half a loaf or try to overturn a ZBA decision? A ruling will come down next week, enabling the owners to get a certificate of occupancy for the main part of their house, but they'll have to make changes to what is now an accessory building before it can be occupied.

In Islip accident on Rt 111 / Wheeler Rd SB at Southern State Pky/Heckscher Pky.

Nassau and Suffolk county officials are pushing Gov. Cuomo to allow slot machines on Long Island as part of his plan to expand legalized gambling in the state.

Melrose's Michael Garvey and four other Massport employees allegedly solicited and took bribes from cab drivers at Logan Airport in exchange for letting them cut other taxis in line, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

The results are in, and they confirm what some had already suspected: the rates of alcohol and drug use among Sag Harbor students are higher than average.

It was as recently as November 2012 that the Public Works Department had to dig up the floor inside and out to lay new sewer pipes to accommodate new requirements for the Senior Activity Center kitchen.

Martin Drew, left, Jeffrey Miller, and Adam Wilson are running for the two open slots on the Springs School Board.

The head of the Nassau County Off-Track Betting says a proposal to build a Long Island casino with video slot machines is part of negotiations to expand casino gambling in New York.

A 51-year-old Bridgehampton man was found hanging from a tree early Saturday morning in what Southampton Town Police say was an apparent suicide.

Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman announces the kick-off of Sunday and holiday bus service on two major East End lines.

Louis Newman, of Bay Shore, who was arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, is led out of the Third Precinct in Bay Shore for arraignment in Central Islip Criminal Court.

A Long Island man pulled over for driving unusually slow was arrested after police found he was driving with 50 suspensions on his license.

The Suffolk County Police Department promises a full investigation after the YouTube clip showed an officer grabbing a 22-year-old man by the throat.

Motorists are advised that the northbound Wantagh State Parkway will be closed each day between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. beginning Wednesday May 15, through Friday May 17, between Ocean Parkway and Merrick Road, weather permitting.

The town of Southampton has bought nine acres of land in the hamlet of Bridgehampton in order to preserve it, according to a release from East End brokerage Town & Country Real Estate.