Stony Brook prof explores waterborne trash
While other tourists go to Alaska to see grizzly bears or whales, Stony Brook professor Carl Safina went to find trash, particularly the man-made refuse that floats in the Pacific and litters Alaska's...
View ArticlePolice seek pair in Islandia shed thefts
Galleries Web links Police are searching for two men who entered a backyard in Islandia earlier this month, stealing power tools from sheds worth more than $600. The men were caught on surveillance...
View ArticleCops seek pair in Islandia shed thefts
Galleries Web links Police are searching for two men who entered a backyard in Islandia earlier this month, stealing power tools from sheds worth more than $600. The men were caught on surveillance...
View ArticlePolice seek pair in thefts from Islandia sheds
Galleries Web links Police are searching for two men who entered a backyard in Islandia earlier this month, stealing power tools from sheds worth more than $600. The men were caught on surveillance...
View ArticleCops: Two hurt in Greenlawn break-in
Galleries Web links Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries after an early morning burglary Monday in Greenlawn, Suffolk County police said. The identities of the two injured, who were taken...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for wife's death
Galleries Web links Moments before a Bay Shore man was sentenced Monday to 20 years to life in prison for stabbing his estranged wife to death, he tearfully told her family he was sorry for doing it...
View ArticleNassau PBA seeks sanctions over release of report on Officer Anthony DiLeonardo
Galleries Web links Nassau PBA president James Carver said Tuesday that the police union's lawyers will seek "the strictest of sanctions" against whoever allowed a confidential Nassau police Internal...
View ArticleCops: Pair had drugs, gun in Baldwin
Galleries Web links A car parked illegally outside a Dunkin' Donuts -- and drugs and a loaded handgun plainly visible in bags on the rear seat -- led to the arrest of a man and woman on drug and weapon...
View ArticleCops: Teen charged in string of Valley Stream break-ins
Galleries Web links Two teenagers from New York City were arrested Monday in Rosedale, Queens, and charged with a burglary that occurred a short time earlier in Valley Stream, police said. One of the...
View ArticleCops: Argument in Oceanside leads to assault arrest
Galleries Web links An Oceanside man armed with a knife was arrested early Sunday after Nassau County police said he struck his mother's boyfriend during an argument. Police said a 60-year-old man was...
View ArticleCops: Armed man robs Elmont backyard gathering
Galleries Web links An armed man robbed partygoers gathered in a backyard in Elmont early Sunday, Nassau County police said. Five men were in the backyard of a Cameron Street home shortly before 1 a.m....
View ArticleSkateboarding teen assaulted, robbed, cops say
Galleries Web links A teenager was assaulted and robbed as he rode his skateboard in Plainview on Saturday afternoon, Nassau County police said. Police said the victim, 15, was skating at 1425 Old...
View ArticleCops: Fire report prompts Macy's evacuation
Galleries A reported fire at Macy's resulted in the evacuation of the store at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream early Tuesday, Nassau County police said. But, mall property manager Joseph Floccari of...
View ArticleSlight delays on LIRR due to New Hyde Park fire
Galleries Web links LIRR service is running on or close to schedule eastbound to Hicksville, with residual delays of up to 10 minutes east of that station due to earlier fire department activity near...
View ArticleCops: BMW sought in crash that injured jogger Karen Benjamin
Galleries Web links Suffolk County police said Monday they are looking for a light-colored sedan or station wagon that fled the scene after critically injuring a jogger in Mount Sinai. Police...
View ArticleSteven Gagliano admits LIRR disability fraud
Galleries A retired Long Island Rail Road employee who prosecutors say collected federal disability benefits even while competing in a grueling bicycle race pleaded guilty to fraud charges Monday....
View Article3rd suspect arrested in February stabbing
Galleries Web links A man being sought in connection with a stabbing that occurred in February in Inwood was apprehended early Tuesday in Riverhead, Nassau County police said. Manual Pelaez, whose...
View ArticleFriedman case: Timeline of events
Videos DA: Jesse Friedman justifiably convicted of child sex abuse Court order sought to compel disclosure of documents in Jesse Friedman case Galleries 1988. Jesse Friedman, now 43, and his father,...
View ArticleCops probe apparent drowning in Water Mill pool
Videos Guide to pool safety Riptide survival Galleries Web links Map Southampton Town Police are trying to determine how a man apparently drowned last week in a Water Mill pool and why he was at the...
View ArticleOfficial: 7 hurt in Rockville Centre DWI crash
Galleries Web links Seven people were injured when a crossover utility vehicle overturned on Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre on Monday morning and the driver was arrested and charged with DWI, a...
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