Police: Brightwaters Man Killed In West Islip Hit-And-Run
Jason Nelson, 27, was standing outside a house when a car headed northbound on the street hit him and knocked him to the ground, Suffolk County police said.
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Jason Nelson, 27, was standing outside a house when a car headed northbound on the street hit him and knocked him to the ground, Suffolk County police said.
Police said that Rony Santos drove west in the eastbound lane of Long Island Avenue in Wyandanch around 10 p.m on Saturday. He then hit the officers' car near Wellwood Avenue, police confirmed.
Michael Grasing was driving westbound on Montauk Highway when he rear-ended Brittney Walsh's car causing it to overturn and strike a utility pole, Suffolk County police said.
A Long Island man has been arrested after police said he tried to rob two banks by telling an employee he needed cash because his daughter had been kidnapped and was going to be killed.
Toxicology results showed Smith had been smoking marijuana, District Attorney Thomas Spota said, but the crime lab did not find any controlled substances in his blood.
Barbara DeSouza, who was critically injured in a fire at her home in Mastic on April 26th, died on Sunday at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Suffolk County Police said.
Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone is revising his layoff list, and a good chunk of cops are grabbing early retirement in financially strapped Suffolk County.
Thomas Smith, 20, was released after his family posted $150,000 bond. He is charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired on drugs.
Thomas Smith of Ridge is set to face a judge on Sunday following Saturday's car crash that killed two teenage passengers. 20-year-old Smith is charged with driving under the influence of prescription drugs.
A 20-year-old Ridge man was arrested Saturday for driving under the influence of drugs following a crash that killed two teens on William Floyd Parkway, Suffolk County Police said.
Police say Craig Monte, 59, was arrested Sunday for allegedly driving drunk with his two grandchildren in the car.
Police say 17-year-old Anthony DeStefano of Coram drove the girl to the home of George Harris of Mastic. Police say DeStefano had made the arrangements for the girl to be tattooed, but that she was unaware of the plan.
The fire broke out around 2 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Weichers Street in Lake Ronkonkoma and quickly spread to the first and second floors.
Police say a Long Island man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a Central Islip woman's body in Suffolk County.
In a statement, Jack Fitzpatrick said he believes that based on the available information, it is very unlikely that one person committed all 10 murders.
Four New Yorkers were arrested by Suffolk County Police on Friday for their alleged connection to several burglaries dating back to February 8. The burglaries are believed to have taken place in the towns of Centereach, Selden and Coram on Long Island.
Reynaldo Flores, 46, was observed acting in a lewd manner in close proximity to children, according to police.
Investigators say 25-year-old Aaron Tarkin of Huntington Station was stopped while taking a friend's two children, ages 8 and 5, to lunch.
Police say the pair was responsible for multiple residential burglaries in Patchogue, dating back to 2010.
Officials are investigating two separate fires Friday in Wainscott and Commack that left two people dead.
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Cops say a woman was driving on Brentwood Road around 5 p.m. Friday when she accidentally turned onto Long Island Rail Road tracks near Union Boulevard and got stuck.
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Police say the driver hit a tree with his SUV in front of a two-story home before it flipped and crashed through the home's garage.
Police say Leonard Hoppie, 20, and his 10-year-old brother were uninjured in the crash.
Snow and rain will return to the New York City area ahead of Christmas, and it may cause some travel problems.
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Snow and rain will return to the New York City area ahead of Christmas, and it may cause some travel problems.
Police said Zhu Hou, 76, was found dead in her Lower East Side apartment Friday evening. She had suffered trauma to the head and body.
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Snow and rain will return to the New York City area ahead of Christmas, and it may cause some travel problems.
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Some of the highest totals were on Long Island and in New Jersey, where greater than 6 inches of snow was measured.
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Snow and rain will return to the New York City area ahead of Christmas, and it may cause some travel problems.
If you're flying out for the holidays, this is the time when airports flip the switch from busy to brutal.
NJ Transit, New Jersey Transit Police and the NTSB are investigating what caused two trains to collide at the Bay Street station in Montclair.
An NJ Transit spokesperson said two trains on the Montclair-Boonton Line collided, causing one train car to derail.
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Researchers on Long Island say they've found physical evidence of PTSD in World Trade Center first responders.
In New York, cases of flu, RSV and COVID have spiked since Thanksgiving.
The suspect in the 1997 murder of a woman and her daughter whose bodies were found near Gilgo Beach appeared before a judge in Mineola on Thursday morning.
The car appeared to plow into the garage of a home on East Broadway in Woodmere just before 3 a.m. Thursday.
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Josh Norris got the deciding goal in the shootout and the Sabres beat the Islanders 3-2 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.
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Stefan Noesen and Connor Brown each scored goals, Nico Hischier had two assists, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Utah Mammoth 2-1 on Friday night.
The 76ers became just the second visiting team to win at Madison Square Garden this season, beating the Knicks 116-107 on Friday night.
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