CRIME & SAFETY
Five Accused of Selling Flavored Vapes to Minors
The crackdown on vape sales continued Monday, with five employees arrested for selling flavored vape products around Huntington. Suffolk County police said that as part of the department’s “Operation Smoke Out,” Second Precinct Crime Section officers conducted an investigation into 11 smoke shops during which Read More ...
Man Arrested in Stabbing at Deli
A Huntington Station man was arrested Sunday night in the stabbing of another man at a deli, Suffolk County Police reported. Two men were engaged in a verbal dispute inside Las Lajas Deli, 156 Depot Road, when one of the men stabbed the other in Read More ...
Woman Nabbed In Wrong-Way DWI Incident In Seaford: Police
The incident occurred on Friday, May 10 in Seaford, according to Nassau County Police. Just after 9:30 p.m. that day, a Black 2020 Kia SUV was reported spotted driving in the wrong direction on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway. When police arrived, they pulled over the car, driven by 55-year-old...
Know Him? Man Wanted For Commack Assault
The incident occurred in Commack around 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, at 10 Garet Place. According to Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section, officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who pushed a 79-year-old man in a Commack parking lot.
Authorities Conducting Search for Missing 14-Year-Old Farmingdale Boy, Requests the Public's Help
The Missing Persons Squad reports the details of a Missing Juvenile that occurred on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 12:00AM and was reported to Police on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 8:07AM. According to Detectives, Maurice Hannah, 14, was last seen leaving his residence in Farmingdale. He is a male...
NCPD: Three Arrested Following Reports of "Shot Spotter" Incident in Freeport
First Squad Detectives report the arrests of three (3) Freeport men for Criminal Possession of a Weapon that occurred on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 2:34 am in Freeport. According to Detectives, Freeport Police Officers were notified of a shot spotter incident in the vicinity of Main Street and Leonard Avenue. An officer in close proximity when the call was dispatched observed a grey 2008 Honda CRV with dark tinted windows flee the location of the shooting at a high rate of speed. The officer activated their emergency lights and conducted a Vehicle and Traffic Law stop. There were three (3) subjects seated in the vehicle.
Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Sell Cocaine, Heroin, & Enough Fentanyl to Kill Hundreds of Thousands of People
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Nathaniel Howell, 40, of Medford, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree for possessing cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl with intent to distribute out of his Medford home.
Farmingdale schools the latest on Long Island hiring armed guards
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Farmingdale is joining the list of Long Island school districts with armed guards on patrol, but teachers and parents are conflicted on whether they are actually a deterrent. At least 20 of Long Island's 125 school districts now have or plan to hire armed security guards, which could cost $1 million per year. Some parents support armed guards, some don'tSam and Nick Ziegler, who have four children in Farmingdale, are on board with the district's plan to hire armed guards. "I feel safer with my children knowing that there's an armed guard at the school. God forbid anything should happen,"...
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