Police said Patrick Myrthil, 31, of Elmont, fatally shot his wife Tertue Gregoire, 30, and then turned the gun on himself.


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The StarChase vehicle-mounted GPS launcher allows police to track cars without the need for a high-speed chase. Old Westbury police are the first on Long Island to get the equipment. Chief Stuart Cameron describes the technology.

Police get vehicle-mounted GPS trackers

An alleged MS-13 gang member was charged in connection with two fatal shootings. Gerson Hernandez pleaded not guilty to murder and gang assault at his arraignment Tuesday in Mineola. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

'We believe this to be retaliation'

Jonathan Nunez was sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing Sgt. Christopher Racioppo in 2021. The Suffolk County police officer nearly died. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

Man who stabbed Suffolk police officer sentenced to 16 years 

Angela Pollina on Friday was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva. Pollina forced Thomas and his brother to sleep on the concrete floor of an unheated garage in the dead of winter. Thomas died of hypothermia. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Suffolk DA: '... make sure something like this never happens again ...'

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Suffolk County police said investigators served a search warrant after a tip by the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the National Center for missing and exploited children.

Cops: Man faces child porn charge

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Outside her Elmont home Wednesday, where the acid attack took place on March 17, 2021, Nafiah Ikram and her family held a news conference to remind the public of the attack and to urge anyone with information to come forward. 

After '21 acid attack, woman hopes for an arrest

Christine Belusko, at the time of murder, had a two year old daughter named Christa Nicole and investigators are trying to locate the child, who would now be about 34 if she has lived.

Victim of 1991 murder ID'd with novel DNA technique used in Gilgo killings

Madeline Henriquez admitted Wednesday to striking pedestrian Cherokee Fletcher on a sidewalk along Motor Parkway on May 23 and later attempting to conceal evidence that could have led to her conviction.

Woman pleads guilty in 2022 crash that killed mother of 5

Leniz "La Diablita" Escobar was convicted in April of racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering on the fifth anniversary of the four victims' April 2017 hacking deaths in a Central Islip park.

Prosecutors oppose new trial for convicted MS-13 gang associate, court papers show

Nassau detectives, working with the FBI, believe the yet-unidentified attacker of Nafiah Ikram, 23, is from the Elmont community.

Reward increased to $50G in Elmont acid attack

Nafiah Ikram and her family held a news conference Wednesday in Elmont, about two years after she was attacked by someone who threw acid in her face, to keep a spotlight on the unsolved case. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Acid attack victim speaks out

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Angela Pollina was convicted Friday of killing 8-year-old Thomas Valva by exiling him to the unheated garage of their Center Moriches home on a 19-degree night and failing to help the autistic child as he froze to death. 

Inside the courtroom as Angela Pollina hears her fate

The jury in the murder trial of Center Moriches-based Angela Pollina, who is accused in the hypothermia death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, has returned a verdict.

Watch live: Verdict reached in murder trial of Angela Pollina, charged in Thomas Valva's death

Jurors in the trial of Angela Pollina began deliberating on Thursday in Riverhead. The prosecutor said Pollina "didn't care one iota" about Thomas Valva. Pollina's attorney told jurors his client wasn't responsible for Valva's death. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Jury begins deliberations in Angela Pollina's murder trial

Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison announced on Thursday that the digital forensics unit will dedicate more resources to investigate the sharing of sexually explicit photographs online.

New focus on investigating revenge porn, sextortion and child pornography

Suffolk County police have offered a reward for information that leads to the driver who fatally hit a Huntington Station woman on Saturday.

Reward offered in Huntington Station hit-run

At the Riverhead courthouse Wednesday, Angela Pollina admitted that she agreed with Michael Valva in 2020 to exile 8-year-old Thomas Valva and his brother to the garage on the night before Thomas died from hypothermia, under cross-examination at her murder trial. She continued to try to blame the ex-NYPD officer for his son's death. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Pollina faces cross-examination by prosecutors

Angela Pollina testified in her own defense Tuesday. She admitted to putting the Valva boys in the garage but pinned the blame for Thomas Valva's death on Michael Valva. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Pollina: 'Yes, I was evil'

Jurors in the trial of Angela Pollina saw videos of Thomas and Anthony Valva in the garage. The jury also saw text messages between Pollina and Michael Valva. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

Jurors see videos of Thomas and Anthony Valva in the garage

Police have released surveillance footage of a recent catalytic converter theft in Merrick and are asking for the public's help with any information they might have to help the investigation.

Surveillance footage related to a recent catalytic converter theft in Merrick

Thomas Valva told a Child Protective Services worker that he and his brother Anthony were forced to sleep in a garage and to go to the bathroom in the back yard of their home, Thomas' school psychologist testified.

Frustrations toward CPS on display at Pollina murder trial

Andrew D. Avilla. was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found on Valentine's Day behind a South Hempstead auto parts store.

Second-degree murder charges for Andrew D. Avilla

Thomas and Anthony Valva's teachers described the boys as always hungry, always cold and injured. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

 'I never saw him again.'

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