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Dec 11, 2025

Feds Seek Death Penalty for Gangmember Farmingdale Slayer

U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella filed a notice on Dec. 4th to seek the death penalty against Kendrick Seymore, 22, of Coram, who was indicted for killing three in Farmingdale.

Dec 10, 2025

Nesconset Teen Indicted in Murder of Sayville Ex-Girlfriend

Nesconset teenager Austin Lynch, 18, was charged with Murder in the Second Degree for the fatal Thanksgiving-week shooting of his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old Emily Finn of Sayville.

Dec 1, 2025

Ex-Suffolk Cop Sentenced for Holbrook Brothel Operations

George Trimigliozzi, 56, of Islip, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution, official misconduct, and unlawful imprisonment in two separate indictments.

Nov 19, 2025

Infant suffers fentanyl poisoning, Brentwood man charged

Suffolk County officials announced the arrest of Henry Martinez, 21, this week. The Brentwood resident faces multiple charges following an incident in which an eight-month-old infant in his care suffered fentanyl poisoning and required emergency lifesaving treatment.

Nov 17, 2025

Honduran national indicted for sexually abusing children in TJ Maxx

Honduran man allegedly sexually abused children under 12 years old on multiple occasions.

Nov 16, 2025

Brentwood cocaine distribution ring busted up

Three men and a woman were indicted for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance following a long-term investigation into narcotic trafficking.

Nov 14, 2025

Man indicted for vicious sexual assault of an elderly woman

Justice is coming for and elderly woman who was viciously, sexually assaulted in her own home.

Oct 28, 2025

El Salvadoran woman indicted in Riverhead hit-and-run

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced on Tuesday that Silvia Alvarez DeReyes, 46, has been indicted for Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting.

Oct 26, 2025

Woman Arrested After Fatal Melville E-Bike Crash

Suffolk County Police arrested a Melville woman early Saturday morning after a motor vehicle crash killed an e-bike rider in Melville.

Oct 26, 2025

Bay Shore man guilty of sex trafficking

Freddie Rice used narcotics and financial coercion to force victims into sexual acts and now he faces 50 years in prison.

Oct 26, 2025

Thieves make off with cash in thrift store theft

Taking food from the mouths of the poor, thieves target church and thrift store.

Oct 23, 2025

Man charged after middle school students sickened by cannabis gummies

Suffolk Police an arrest in William Floyd gummy poisoning case.

Oct 21, 2025

Center Moriches man arrested for 1984 murder of Nassau teen

Nearly four decades after 16-year-old Theresa Fusco disappeared following her last shift at Hot Skates ice rink, Richard Bilodeau, 63 has been charged with raping and murdering the late Lynbrook native.

Sep 10, 2025

Flare Gun Foul: West Babylon Retirement Community Resident Shoots Man in Face

“I’ve lived in Manhattan, I’ve lived in San Francisco, I’ve lived in Boston, and nothing ever happened. I move to Suffolk County, in a retirement community, and my neighbor shoots me in the face.”

Sep 10, 2025

Domestic Devastation: Brentwood Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Her Home

After receiving a 911 call, officers responded to Melida Velasquez' West White Street abode just before 5:30 that evening. She was reportedly found in an upstairs bedroom with several knives sticking out of her.

Sep 10, 2025

Riteway, Wrong Decisions: Babylon-Based Boat Broker, Business Owner Arrested for Financial Fraud

Rory P. Hogan, 60, of Babylon, allegedly defrauded customers of hundreds of thousands of dollars from his Riteway Marine Solutions post, DA Ray Tierney announced.

Sep 1, 2025

Sobriety Checkpoint Never Fails: Six People Arrested in Patchogue 

Police officers from Suffolk’s Highway Patrol Bureau Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team conducted a joint sobriety checkpoint operation from 11 p.m. on Friday, August 29th to 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 30th.

Aug 28, 2025

Enough is Enough: Teenage E-Biker Seriously Injured in Hit-and-Run

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina and detectives implore anyone who may hold information pertaining to the whereabouts of the Hawkins Ave hit-and-run driver contact the Fourth Squad hotline or Crime Stoppers.

Aug 27, 2025

New Jersey Contractor Bilks Suffolk County Workers

Geraldo DeAlmeida, owner of R&L Concrete, Inc, plead guilty and will pay back $99,671 he illegally withheld from his employees on a project for Longwood Central School District.

Aug 22, 2025

Huntington MS-13 Gangmember Gets 52 Years For Kidnapping, Robbing and Assaulting Teen

Yeison “Yerba” Chavez Campos, 23, of Huntington Station, and his Criminal Locates Salvatrucha bretheren kidnapped a 15-year-old, robbed him, beat him unconscious with into to bury him

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Sports

Are The Mets Going with a Youth Movement?

It’s hard to believe that the New York Mets, with a billionaire owner, might opt for a youth movement after spending so much on a star player like Juan Soto just last season, but that nightmare might become a reality for Amazin’ fans.


Sports

Bowl Season Brings Value

The new landscape of college football has brought many changes, and the transfer portal has significantly affected bowl games. More and more players are opting out of bowl games if their teams aren’t in the College Football Playoff, and while that is disappointing for fans, it gives sports bettors an edge.