A Mastic Beach man, Patrick Poillon, 24, was arrested and charged after fleeing the scene of a crash in Mastic Beach Saturday night that left two people dead and one injured, Suffolk police said. The driver of a 2004 Subaru, William Molnar, 50, and his wife, Jean Molnar, 41, a passenger in the front seat, both of Mastic Beach, were pronounced dead at the scene.


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A man is in custody for allegedly fatally stabbing his cousin in Hauppauge and stabbing his girlfriend's sister in Brentwood, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison said Thursday.

Man arrested in 2 alleged stabbings

The father of a 14-year-old girl was "infuriated" by a video he says shows his daughter being attacked March 17 by other students at Central Islip Senior High School. The school district says the safety of its students is "a paramount obligation." NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

'My daughter didn't have any help,' Ezra Hoyte says

A male student was stabbed in the leg after a hallway altercation with another student in Lindenhurst Middle School Monday that triggered a lockdown lifted about 90 minutes later, Suffolk police said. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

'It was a normal day in school like normal and then everything changed' 

The number of ghost guns — unlicensed, unregistered, untrraceable firearms — recovered in the state has tripled over the last three years. Long Island law enforcement officials spoke with NewsdayTV's Steve Langford about the issue.

Ghost guns on the rise on Long Island

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Known as the Overwatch program, the initiative is modeled on the NYPD's highly visible Hercules counterterrorism team.

New police unit will drive around Nassau to deter crime at schools, houses of worship

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Trump's surrender will usher in the unprecedented scenario of a former U.S. commander-in-chief being arrested and arraigned.

Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment

Jessica Beauvais has been in jail since her 2021 arrest for allegedly drivng drunk, striking and killing NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos on the LIE.

Defendant in fatal crash that killed NYPD officer from LI denied bail reduction, officials say

The arrest came after the suspect's girlfriend reported a stabbing in Brentwood, later saying her boyfriend had told her he had stabbed a second person, police said.

Brentwood man arrested after fatal stabbing and assault, police say

Javel Welch was arrested Wednesday after a narcotics dog detected drug residue on his personal belongings as he arrived for work at the jail in East Meadow, Nassau prosecutors said.

Nassau jail correction officer arrested on contraband, weapon charges

A Smithtown fishing boat captain pleaded guilty in July 2021 to causing the destruction of a vessel, intentionally wrecking a vessel, conspiring to wreck a vessel and making materially false statements.

Fishing boat captain sentenced to house arrest for deliberately sinking vessel

Javel Welch, a Nassau County correction officer, was arrested after a narcotics dog detected drug residue on his belongings as he arrived for work at the jail in East Meadow, prosecutors said. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Correction officer arrested on contraband, weapon charges

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Suffolk County police announced Daniel Forsberg of Sayville was charged with allegedly possessing more than 100 images of child pornography, NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Police: Cache of child porn in Sayville

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 ...'

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. 

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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'

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