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	Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham, known as the &ldquo;Torso Killer,&rdquo; admitted to fatally strangling a young dance teacher outside Green Acres Mall in 1968 and killing four other women. NewsdayTV&#39;s&nbsp;Cecillia Dowd reports.&nbsp;
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Court records show attorneys for Rex A. Heuermann have asked a Suffolk judge to separately try cases related to three of the female victims found at Gilgo Beach. 

Heuermann asks judge to try cases separately

Bunice Knight, 47, of Copiague, is alleged to have had sex with the teen in his home the evening of Jan. 2, according to a criminal complaint. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

LI man arrested on rape and drug charges

Cody Fisher, 29, pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, including assault on an officer and driving while ability impaired by alcohol and THC. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports. 

'Willing to place himself at risk'

  The Suffolk DA's Office is seeking a cheek swab of Schwally to serve as a comparative analysis to a DNA profile from a blood test of the driver.

Prosecutors want Steven Schwally to give cheek swab in nail salon crash case

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The defendant was charged after authorities said they discovered that he promised a discount to drivers attending an event at the Elmont venue.

Prosecutors: UBS Arena parking attendant diverted nearly $5G in fees to personal account

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The district attorney said his office chose to highlight the cases because they are hopeful that disclosing new information could lead to a break in the case.

New sketches of unidentified remains unveiled on website by Suffolk DA's new cold case unit

It was the first time since 1918 that firefighters' lives were lost at two separate fires or emergencies in the same day, officials said.

At 20th anniversary of Black Sunday, FDNY honors firefighters killed, including 2 from LI

Alvin Tirado, of Far Rockaway, made antisemitic remarks and nearly ran over worshippers outside of a Cedarhurst synagogue in October, the Nassau district attorney said.

Queens man gets 60 days in jail in antisemitic bias incident in Cedarhurst, DA says

Jacob Walden, co-owner of Woodmere-based Emerald Healthcare, pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment.

LI health care executive indicted on child porn charges

"The defendants shamefully took advantage of a global health emergency to line their pockets," said interim U.S. Attorney John Durham.

3 LIers among 7 charged in $650M COVID fraud scheme

Lonnie Poindexter, 56, will also be sentenced to 5 years probation — a period for which he will be prohibited from possessing any animals, records show.

Freeport man sentenced for breeding pit bulls for fighting, Nassau DA says

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Francis Buckheit, of East Islip, is charged with the kidnapping and rape of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl who was found at an Islip marina, where she had been held for 25 days.

Prosecutors: LI man planned to take missing teen to Carolinas by boat

Jairo Saenz, a top deputy in MS-13 on Long Island pleaded guilty in connection with seven murders, including the 2016 Brentwood killings of teens Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'I did these things, and I knew they were wrong'

64-year-old Francis Buckheit was indicted by a Suffolk grand jury in the rape and kidnapping of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl, whose 25-day disappearance gained widespread social media attention. NewdsayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

The girl was missing for 25 days

Rex Heuermann's attorneys want to exclude certain DNA testing as evidence, arguing the technique used has not been generally accepted as reliable in the scientific community. 

'There's a lack of peer reviews about this particular science'

Police bodycam video shows Amandeep Singh, who pleaded guilty to killing two Roslyn teens in a wrong-way drunken crash, talking to Nassau police moments after the collision in May 2023.

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Amandeep Singh pleaded guilty Friday to causing the crash that took the lives of two young tennis stars from Roslyn. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

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Luigi Mangione, 26, pleaded not guilty Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court to federal murder and stalking charges. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Mangione pleads not guilty

Gilgo Beach Task Force investigators say accused Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann exhibited a "persistent interest" in the case before his arrest. Newsday Suffolk County Courts Reporter Grant Parpan has the story.

'He saved a newspaper article from 30 years before his arrest'

Luigi Mangione landed at MacArthur Airport on his way to New York City to face murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after waiving extradition Thursday. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Luigi Mangione ordered held without bail in NYC

Ex-LI teacher is facing new child pornography charges after investigators found negatives of nude photographs he took of a former student. 

Ex-LI teacher accused of sexual abuse facing new pornography charges

A settlement was reached in a lawsuit against the Bay Shore school district in an alleged sexual assault case involving former teacher Thomas Bernagozzi.

Update: Lawsuit against Bay Shore school district

Former Bay Shore teacher is at the center of 45 lawsuits against the school district under the Child Victims Act. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

Former teacher arraigned on sodomy, sexual conduct against a child charges

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