Prosecutors want to revoke Espada's bail
Brooklyn federal prosecutors have moved to revoke the bail of former state Senate power broker Pedro Espada, accusing him of continuing to siphon money from the defunct nonprofit Soundview health care...
View ArticleChild dies after being hit by fence in Bayville
An 18-month-old boy, hospitalized on Monday with a head injury after a metal fence fell on him at a Bayville beach, has died of his injuries, Nassau County police said. Detectives are investigating...
View ArticleSyosset firm to rehabilitate Sagamore Hill
The National Park Service has awarded a $7.2-million contract to E & A Restoration Inc. of Syosset for the rehabilitation and restoration of Theodore Roosevelt's mansion at Sagamore Hill National...
View ArticleFeds: food stamp fraud at Bellport grocery
Galleries Web links The owner of a Bellport grocery and two of his employees were indicted Tuesday on federal charges of defrauding the food stamp program. Santiago Ramirez, of Oceanside, owner of...
View ArticleFeds: Retired teacher charged with child porn
Federal agents searched the home of a Bellmore man for child pornography and arrested him Wednesday after he confessed to downloading them through a computer file-sharing program, the U.S. Attorney's...
View ArticleGroup: Tighten East End wastewater permits
A Quogue-based environmental group has asked the state to limit nitrogen levels in East End waterways by tightening permits for more than 1,100 septic systems and sewage treatment plants. Peconic...
View ArticleIslip residents offer budget advice
They came by email, on Facebook and Twitter, and through the postal service. Some came by phone, and others in face-to-face exchanges. When Islip Supervisor Tom Croci recently asked town residents for...
View ArticleSecond person pleads guilty in LIRR pension fraud case
A Long Island Rail Road retiree from Oakdale on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to filing a phony disability claim with the Railroad Retirement board, making him the second of 32...
View ArticleTheodore Roosevelt artifacts
History buffs on will have a chance to see the eyeglass case, pages from the speech, the revolver that shot the bullet and other artifacts from Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 campaign in a centennial...
View ArticleSuspects sought in Roosevelt street robbery
A man was walking on a street in Roosevelt on Sunday night when, police said, two men approached him, assaulted him and robbed him at gunpoint before running off. Now, Nassau County police are...
View ArticleTwo more plead guilty in LIRR pension fraud case
Videos LIRR disability fraud Galleries Web links Two Long Island Rail Road retirees on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to filing phony disability claims with the Railroad...
View ArticleThird person pleads guilty in LIRR pension fraud case
Videos LIRR disability fraud Galleries Web links A Long Island Rail Road retiree from Oakdale on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to filing a phony disability claim with the...
View ArticlePedestrian hit by pickup in Hewlett parking lot
A 69-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured in Hewlett Wednesday afternoon when a pickup truck struck her as it turned into a parking lot, pinning her under the vehicle, police said. The woman,...
View ArticlePedestrian hit by pickup in parking lot
A 69-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured in Hewlett Wednesday afternoon when a pickup truck struck her as it turned into a parking lot, pinning her under the vehicle, police said. The woman,...
View ArticleTheodore Roosevelt group seeks new leader
The Oyster Bay-based Theodore Roosevelt Association, which has gone through several chief executives over the past decade, is again on the hunt for a new leader. The association has decided not to...
View Article'Passenger' to be charged in house crash
Photos Videos Driver charged with DWI after crash into house Galleries Web links...
View ArticleDWI charges to be dropped for woman in house crash
Photos Videos Driver charged with DWI after crash into house Galleries Web links...
View ArticleHuntington Station man found shot dead
Galleries Web links Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the shooting death early Wednesday of a Huntington Station man, Suffolk County police said. Second Precinct officers responded to an...
View ArticleZachary Parker sentenced to prison time
matthew.chayes@newsday.com A Merrick man at the center of a police-corruption scandal was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison after violating probation by driving with a suspended license and crashing...
View ArticleCops: Officer involved in Westbury shooting
Nassau County police were investigating an officer-involved shooting in Westbury late Tuesday afternoon that left a suspect wounded, they said. The shooting occurred near a Best Buy Store on Old...
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