Suffolk County News

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.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are seeking the public's help to identify and locate a driver who left the scene of a crash in Holtsville earlier this month.

Suffolk County Crime Police are seeking the public's help in identifying and locating a man who broke into Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station on Friday, April 11 .

A kit with naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, is displayed at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014.

Two people were rescued after being thrown into the water when a canoe overturned on Sunday, April 13, 2014, Suffolk County Police say.

Police say witnesses at Kings Park Bluff at Old Dock Road alerted authorities after they saw the canoe capsize at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

John Barry Scheu of Levittown, who was in the U.S. Navy from 1963 to 1968, lobbied for the veterans school tax exemption, which the Levittown school board unanimously voted to support.

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April 13th, 2014 - 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.

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