Suffolk County News

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 .

March 4, 2014 - A live-in maid working at a West Islip mansion who was arrested for killing her newborn baby girl is scheduled to be arraigned on a grand jury indictment in Riverhead tomorrow, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said.

March 6, 2014 - As part of the opening weekend of a new play being presented during Women's History Month, Huntington Town Receiver of Taxes Ester Bivona and Huntington Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia will be honored before performances.

A Medford man has been arrested, charged with driving while intoxicated, after an accident late Tuesday, March 4, 2014, after he rear-ended a car, then sideswiped a sport utility vehicle on the Long Island Expressway, Suffolk County police said.

Police at the scene of an accident on Route 25A in Mount Sinai on Monday, March 3, 2014, which left two people injured after their car overturned.

The Suffolk County Legislature addressed a wide range of topics during their session Tuesday session in Riverhead, and adopted several esoteric bills and resolutions.

Opening statements were heard Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of gunning down his estranged wife's boyfriend.

The Suffolk County SPCA has increased the reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for throwing a pit bull from the window of a vehicle in Mastic Beach this February.