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SCPD's Milagros Soto, highest-ranking female, promoted to IAB assistant chief, top cop says
Milagros Soto will oversee investigations of complaints made against officers, the county's top cop said. → Read More
Thomas Compitello, former Suffolk police chief of patrol, dies at 87
Thomas Compitello was critical in expanding SCPD's operations and capabilities. → Read More
Valva trial: Jurors see 31 video clips depicting Thomas and Anthony's living conditions
The clips were recorded between Jan. 5, 2018 and Jan.12, 2020 at the home on Bittersweet Lane Suffolk prosecutors labeled "the house of horrors." → Read More
Witness: Video from Thomas Valva's house the day he died was deleted
Surveillance video recorded at the 8-year-old's Center Moriches home leading up to his 2020 hypothermia death was deleted hours after he died, a police detective testified. → Read More
Motorcyclist killed in Garden City crash, police say
The motorcyclist was eastbound on Stewart Avenue when he struck the rear of a 2015 Hyundai Sonata turning south on Edgemere Road, Nassau police said. → Read More
Nassau, Suffolk warn about 'rainbow fentanyl'
Deadly fentanyl is now being offered in brightly colored pills and powders in an attempt to drive up addiction among children, officials warned. It has not been found on LI. → Read More
American Airlines: Decision to end service at LI MacArthur Airport is 'permanent'
The impact of American Airlines' decision to pull out of Long Island MacArthur Airport was unclear but Islip Town says it continues to communicate with the airline. → Read More
2 die in separate crashes on LI roadways
Nassau police have identified two men who died in separate accidents Sunday, one in Seaford and the other in Wantagh. → Read More
Longtime Newsday employee James 'Jimmy' McBride dies at 84
James "Jimmy" McBride was a platemaker for 43 years and a dedicated union member. → Read More
Notice of claim: Police assaulted Wyandanch man at gas station, tearing off prosthetic leg
Suffolk police "violently ripped off" a Wyandanch man's prosthetic leg and fractured his orbital bone during an altercation last summer at a gas station, according to a notice of claim filed against t → Read More
Adams: Revived NYPD plainclothes anti-crime unit to work to reduce shootings
New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed on Sunday to battle a surge in shootings by bringing back the NYPD’s controversial plainclothes anti-crime unit, but he declined to say how it will differ from the → Read More
Stuart Cameron, acting Suffolk police commissioner, retiring in January
Stuart Cameron, the Suffolk police chief of department described by many as a "true gentleman" who served as acting commissioner since May and deftly took over a department rocked by scandal, will ret → Read More
Explosion on Fox Island created crater, caused loud bang heard by residents, cops say
A loud noise that sparked multiple 911 calls to Suffolk police on Sunday was apparently caused by detonation of a device that left a crater on Fox Island in Babylon, officials said. Marine Bureau offi → Read More
Search for Suffolk's next top cop enters final stage
The more than six-month search for the next Suffolk County police commissioner has been narrowed to 20 candidates, with a year-end target date to select a leader for one of the nation’s largest depart → Read More
Widow of NYPD detective, at sentencing: 'Today, I cannot forgive you'
A Brooklyn man whose attempted robbery led to the 2019 friendly fire death of NYPD Det. Brian Simonsen expressed remorse Wednesday for sparking the events that led to the officer's demise before a jud → Read More
Suffolk cop injured in suspected DWI crash remains in critical condition, officials say
The Suffolk County police officer who suffered life-threatening brain injuries in a crash authorities said was caused by a drunk driver is in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital afte → Read More
Suffolk building renamed for fallen sheriff's office veteran
Elected leaders and law enforcement officials joined family and friends of Sgt. Keith Allison on Monday to rename a county building after the Suffolk sheriff’s veteran, who died in December due to com → Read More
Ex-Suffolk DA Thomas Spota sentenced to 5 years in prison
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced ex-Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota to five years in prison for trying to cover up a prisoner’s 2012 beating at a Hauppauge police precinct and impeding a fe → Read More
Boat operator charged in Great South Bay crash; search is on for missing passenger
Suffolk police are searching for a 25-year-old man who was ejected from a boat after it struck a jetty on the Great South Bay near Sayville early Monday, officials said, and the boat's operator has be → Read More
Gang member from West Hempstead forced women into sex work, officials say
A Bloods gang member who allegedly forced teenage girls and women into prostitution was charged with sex trafficking and other crimes in a seven-count indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court in → Read More