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By Christian Abbatecola August 27, 2013
Joel Grassman, a seasoned MTA employee, caused massive amounts of damage with a stolen MTA truck in Elmont.
By Wendy L August 27, 2013
A 50-year-old man was slashed with a machete in the attempted robbery of his bicycle on Saturday. Police now seek your help with finding the man responsible for the attack.
By Christian Abbatecola August 26, 2013
A 10-year-old Long Island boy has passed away after sustaining injuries in a boating accident on Friday.
By Wendy L August 26, 2013
Female pedestrians and motorists in Patchogue, Blue Point and Sayville were the target of Rian Loper's indecent exposures and acts of public lewdness. Police are continuing to investigate and are asking for the public's help.
By Joe Randazzo August 25, 2013
Niheim Levy pushed a 49-year-old Freeport man onto the third rail of the Bellmore station after the two got into a fight.
By Lyndsay McCabe August 25, 2013
Maxwell Sherman, 18, of Long Beach was arrested Saturday and charged with second-degree murder in the case of Lauren Deverin, whose body was found on a footbridge Thursday night in Rockville Center.
By Eric Anderson August 24, 2013
Meminger was found in a Manhattan hotel room on Friday.
By Lyndsay McCabe August 24, 2013
Matthew Schrier of Syosset has returned to the U.S. after seven months in which he said he was held captive by Syrian rebels who tortured him, believing that he was an American spy.
By Joe Randazzo August 24, 2013
Jason Lee has been accused of raping a woman in the East Hampton home he rented with his wife.
By Joe Randazzo August 24, 2013
A 10-year-old boy caught his leg on a speed boat's propeller while swimming in the waters of the Cedarhurst Yacht Club.
By Eric Anderson August 23, 2013
Police have identified the body of a teen girl found Thursday night; Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver in Setauket.
By Vickie Moller August 23, 2013
After Learning the results of the 2013 Common Core Tests for his school district's third through eighth graders, Superintendent Joseph Rella robo-called parents urging them to attend an August 17 rally at Comsewogue High School ...
By Joe Randazzo August 23, 2013
One half of the investigative duo which brought down President Richard Nixon is now a member of Stony Brook University's faculty.
By Wendy L August 23, 2013
A stalker made himself at home at Jennifer Lopez's Water Mill mansion in the Hamptons. An order of protection against him did not stop him from entering Lopez's close quarters. Fortunately, Lopez and her family ...
By Lyndsay McCabe August 23, 2013
A bill proposed on Thursday will force shops and grocery stores to charge ten cents per plastic or paper bag used for a purchase in an effort to cut down on bag waste.
By Wendy L August 23, 2013
An investigation is ongoing into the deadly shooting of Jazzman Bryant of Roosevelt who was found in the passenger seat of a vehicle in Huntington Station.
By Lyndsay McCabe August 22, 2013
Obama tells an audience at University of Buffalo that he plans to pressure universities into lowering college tuition in order to obtain high ratings and federal grants.
By Joe Randazzo August 22, 2013
Devon Fenner realized he left his child in the car a half hour later but by then it was too late.
By Vickie Moller August 22, 2013
Citing a new College Board survey confirming that tuition for four-year state college is up five percent from last year, Congressman Steve Israel Monday announced new legislation to make college more affordable for middle-class families.
By Lyndsay McCabe August 21, 2013
Reddish brown algae blooms have taken over much of the bays and estuaries on the east end, and are killing off fish and shellfish in record numbers.
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