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Alleged Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty. Newsday Suffolk courts reporter Grant Parpan, a legal expert and a neighbor discuss the case.

'Why he's doing it, only he knows'

Family members of the victims tell Newsday they have been notified that alleged serial killer Rex A. Heuermann is expected to plead guilty next month.

Heuermann expected to plead guilty

Rex Heuermann is set to stand trial in September for seven killings he allegedly committed between 1993 and 2010. Newsday Suffolk County courts reporter Grant Parpan explains.

'Alarming to prosecutors'

The case stands as a notable example of how quickly the newly formed investigative unit in Suffolk can use modern forensic investigative genetic genealogy to turn a case from red to black. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'There were no investigative leads'

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Queens Supreme Court Judge Michael Aloise will charge the jury Wednesday morning.

Jury expected to begin deliberations in trial of man charged with Det. Jonathan Diller's killing

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Prosecutors said Joshua Alvarado fell asleep while on prescription drugs and illegal pills, drove over a curb and killed John Miro in Merrick.

Queens man pleads not guilty in death of Nassau crossing guard

Jih Yeuan "Mike" Hwang, 50, of Great Neck, is charged with two felony counts of bribery and conspiracy.

LI man accused of making $65G in bribes to NYC building official

Mitchell Johnson, 38, faces up to 25 years in prison.

LI man convicted of sex trafficking woman he forced into prostitution

There has been no trace of Peishuan Fan and JuanJuan Zwang, Chinese immigrants who vanished from their Old Brookville mansion.

A year after they disappeared, police are still looking for this LI couple

The brother of Noel Bermudez-Chin, of East Northport, said he has schizophrenia.

Teen allegedly admitted he stabbed grandmother's fiance

Eilish obtained a restraining order against the Farmingville man in 2020, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court documents.

Farmingville man accused of stalking Billie Eilish hit, killed by LIRR train

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The Village of Sag Harbor released redacted body cam footage of Justin Timberlake's 2024 drunken-driving arrest.

Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest footage released

Teen accused of killing ex-girlfriend in a botched murder-suicide is facing a new charge for allegedly plotting a burglary of her family's home after her death. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'It's just horrific'

Frank Labidi, 24, of Farmingville, "treated a public roadway like a race track," Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'We want justice done properly'

Matthew Smith, of Hauppauge, pleaded not guilty to new charges in the January crash that killed Nassau County Police Officer Patricia Espinosa.

Matthew Smith, 20, pleads not gulity to upgraded charges

A police chase down Dogwood Avenue in Farmingville led to the arrest of Gerald Matzen, of Mastic Beach, who is charged with drug possession, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless endangerment, officials said.

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Joshua Alvarado, from Queens, pleads not guilty in a Merrick crash that critically injured a crossing guard. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'This is a terrible accident'

Nassau officials on Thursday announced the arrest of Wen-Lone Chou, who is accused of operating a shooting range in his basement near schools. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

'All of this activity is extremely dangerous'

A jury found former Bay Shore teacher Thomas Bernagozzi guilty on five of seven felony sex charges. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'I'm glad they got justice'

Terrell Campbell, of Brooklyn, has been arrested in the 2021 Elmont acid attack that left Nafiah Ikram permanently scarred. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'It's sickening, it's cruel'

Officers responded to an Oakwood Road residence at about 11:07 a.m. where two people were found dead of gunshot wounds, according to Suffolk County police.

Police: Couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide

The 20-year-old Suffolk man accused of kiling NCPD Officer Patricia Espinosa was driving with more than twice the legal blood alcohol content, Suffolk prosecutors say. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

'This is a bunch of bad decisions'

Nearly 690 pounds of cocaine were seized in what is being called one of the largest narcotics busts in Nassau County's history. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'This is over $20 million dollars of street value'

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NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa visited Seafood Mania in Oceanside to try the Big Boi seafood boil, which includes a lobster tail, snow crab legs and much more.

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The increased demand comes as companies struggle to find skilled workers and face tight production deadlines.

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NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland takes a look back at the Katie Beers kidnapping case in 1993.

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NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits the Babe Cave in Rockville Centre, a collaborative space home to several women-owned businesses.

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NewsdayTV's Doug Geed shows us a rare farm on Long Island where buffalo roam and where you can try their nutritious meat too.

Out East: Where the buffalo roam

"Their swift action ... prevented even more fatalities," Rebecca Liquori told Newsday outside her Baldwin home Tuesday morning. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

LI woman who survived LaGuardia crash: 'The pilots really saved all of us'

While reporting on Newsday's best burgers list, Newsday food writer Andi Berlin visited Reese's 1900 in Patchogue.

"If you get the vibe, it just makes everything better'

Experts said the progress is promising, if precarious. Hundreds on Long Island still die every year. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

LI overdoses plummet as opioid use declines

Body cam footage released by The Village of Sag Harbor shows Justin Timberlake being pulled over by police during his 2024 DWI arrest.

Body cam footage shows Justin Timberlake being pulled over in 2024 DWI arrest

Shaquille Coke planned the attack on Nafiah Ikram after they broke up and drove another man to her home to carry out the assault, prosecutors said. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Ex-boyfriend charged in acid attack on LI college student

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