More Than Two Dozen Animals Turned In At Suffolk County Amnesty Event
The Suffolk County SPCA says more than two dozen animals were turned in Sunday at an amnesty event. They include both reptiles and mammals that cannot legally be kept as pets.
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The Suffolk County SPCA says more than two dozen animals were turned in Sunday at an amnesty event. They include both reptiles and mammals that cannot legally be kept as pets.
Police on Long Island arrested a woman on DWI charges Saturday, after she allegedly crashed into a telephone pole with three children in her car and took them along as she ran off.
Four of the five people in the Nissan were killed in the crash, a fifth was in serious condition on Saturday morning, CBS 2 reported.
Warren Sanderson, an economics professor at Stony Brook University, authored a study that found handshakes are an indicator of person's "true age."
Jim Hunter, board president of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays, said someone broke into the building Wednesday night and stole $10,000 in prizes for two upcoming fundraisers, as well as $50 in cash from a donation jar.
Sharon Savino nearly died before she could deliver her baby and had to undergo open heart surgery while pregnant.
The rooms all belonged to female students and the break-ins occurred between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Thursday.
Police are standing guard at the gate of the now-closed Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood, after Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota said about 1,100 truckloads of contaminated debris were dumped there.
A Queens teenager was high on marijuana and speeding when he slammed into a tree, splitting his new car in two and killing four of his friends, a defense attorney conceded Thursday, but he insisted pot was not the reason for the crash.
Cierra English, 15, was reported missing by her family on March 23 after she left home the day before and never returned, police said.
William Wahl, of Levittown, was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, second-degree assault, and fourth-degree criminal mischief.
According to Chief Roy Gross of the Suffolk County SPCA, Harry Tommy Patrick, of Central Islip, was arrested and charged with eight counts of animal cruelty.
A Long Island man was arrested Wednesday, on charges of running off from the scene of an accident that left a woman seriously injured last fall.
The statue, "The Virgin Mother,'' by British artist Damien Hirst has an exposed fetus, skull and tissue. It stands on a conservation easement of the historic Old Westbury estate of real estate mogul Aby Rosen.
A Long Island town has approved a $20,000 settlement with the family of a girl who was injured by a petting zoo rooster.
