Reuban Phillips Of Hempstead Accused Of Dog Fighting, Animal Cruelty
He was accused of abusing two pit bulls at his home, one of which was allegedly found dead in the backyard. The other was found severely malnourished and covered with injuries.
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He was accused of abusing two pit bulls at his home, one of which was allegedly found dead in the backyard. The other was found severely malnourished and covered with injuries.
The suspect, identified by police as 22-year-old Olvin Noe Ordonez-Cruz, walked up the woman's car, pulled out what looked like a gun and demanded money, police said.
A college student who was severely burned in a house fire in Island Park, two decades ago has been given a new lease on life.
Back in 1996, Curtisha Morning, a college-bound nursing student, high school senior and homecoming queen, mysteriously vanished. Five weeks later her tall slender body was found punctured with 96 stab wounds on school grounds.
The thrills and economic boost of Saturday's Belmont Stakes horse race have revived talk of bringing a casino to Belmont Park, WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs reported.
Suffolk County police say the driver of an SUV was killed in a fiery crash with a Long Island Rail Road train. Nobody on the train was hurt.
A Long Island lawmaker who admitted to revealing portions of an internal investigation about police failures in a domestic-violence case that led a woman's death was found in contempt by a federal judge on Friday. He was fined $2,500.
There is currently a warning out to drivers: the number of red-light cameras on Long Island is about to double. But some are wondering if the cameras are there to reduce accidents or to make money for the counties and companies that install them.
Geremias Caceres was shot to death in front of his Huntington Station home over two years ago. Now his family is struggling to hold on to the house.
One of those charged, a doctor from Great Neck, is accused of conspiring to distribute oxycodone to "shoppers" he knew were reselling to addicts, prosecutors said.
The Belmont Stakes is this weekend and Long Island is already counting the blessings of having one of the largest sporting events in the world in the Tri-State Area.
If Fido weighs more than 25 pounds he's limited to the large dog play area inside West Hills County Park in Huntington, while on the other side of the sprawling acreage small dogs are allowed in the small dog park at no cost.
Mayor James Altadonna has proposed a new law that would charge a bank $500 every time a village employee has to clean up an unkempt property.
Rep. Steve Israel demonstrated how hackers can go to a "spoofing" site, enter a cell phone number and gain access to that number's voice messeges.
It was a heartbreaking sight to see 16-month-old Angel hooked up to machines to prolong her life. But her parents now have a small measure of comfort because the child's grandmother is finally at her side.
