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	A Nassau County judge on Tuesday rejected a defense request to dismiss Tyler Flach&rsquo;s second-degree murder conviction or reduce it to manslaughter, sentencing&nbsp;the Lido Beach man to the maximum sentence for the 2019 fatal stabbing of Khaseen Morris. NewsdayTV&#39;s Shari Einhorn reports.
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NCPD homicide captain Stephen Fitzpatrick on Friday said Jacob Alvarenga Mejia, 28, was arrested and charged for allegedly stabbing to death one of three men attempting to steal the rims from his SUV at his Bellerose home on May 13.

NCPD homicide captain provides details on fatal stabbing in Bellerose

Janell Funderburke, 20, who is accused of shooting Suffolk County Police Officer Michael Lafauci in Coram, appeared in court Thursday in Riverhead to be arraigned on a 13-count indictment. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Attorney: Defendant 'did not intend to kill' SCPD officer

A federal judge on Wednesday in Central Islip sentenced hip-hop artist Willie Junior Maxwell II, better known as Fetty Wap, to 6 years in prison at his drug trafficking sentencing. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

'I hurt my family, I hurt my children and I hurt myself'

Former FDNY firefighter Joseph Norris pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving drunk in the wrong direction on the Sunken Meadow Parkway in 2020 before crashing into a car driven by Anthony Mariano, a Queens teacher, killing him instantly. 

Former FDNY firefighter pleads guilty to DWI killing of Queens teacher

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"There is little doubt that the suretors will suffer some unnecessary form of retaliation if their identities and employment are revealed," his attorney wrote in court papers filed Monday.

George Santos trying to shield identity of people who bailed him out, court papers show

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The report found that the department's Neighborhood Safety Teams — which were rolled out last year to combat a spike in shootings — didn't have legal justification to make stops in about a quarter of the cases.

NYPD monitor: Anti-crime units continue unconstitutional stop and frisks

Huntington Supervisor Ed Smyth said the town had to make repairs to the bathrooms near the playground at Heckscher Park after teens put rocks into a plumbing vent, affecting both the men's and women's restrooms.

Hecksher Park bathroom vandalism prompts extra patrols in Huntington

Prosecutors said Faustino Marquez Cruz choked Carmelina Velasquez-Zhau to death after she confronted him about a greenhouse door left shut at the Manorville farm where they worked.

Man sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2020 farm killing

The goal of "Play it Forward" is to provide students and other WUSB listeners information about the dangers of opioid abuse and about treatment and support, its founder said.

Grieving sister took to LI airwaves to warn about the danger of drugs, alcohol abuse

Deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff''s Department took Joseph Scalafani into custody shortly before 7 a.m., Suffolk police said.

Cops: Man wanted in Mastic Beach killing apprehended in Florida

The incident has raised issues about the effectiveness of the school's security, how open the district has been with parents, and whether administrators too harshly disciplined a student who said he randomly came into contact with the intruders.

Armed intruders and a suspended student: Great Neck wrestles with security breach fallout

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Nicholas D'Agostino, 20, plead not guilty to charges related to a fatal shooting on a LIRR train in Ronkonkoma in 2022. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

Yonkers man charged in fatal LIRR shooting

Suffolk County police officer Michael LaFauci, who was shot by suspect Janell Funderburke in Coram on May 11, left Stony Brook University Hospital on Thursday, NewsdayTV Cecilia Dowd reports.

A grateful day for wounded SCPD officer

Janell Funderburke is accused of shooting Suffolk County Police Officer Michael Lafauci in Coram Thursday. In court Friday prosecutors said the shooting was caught on the officer's body camera and said the defendant's face is identifiable on that footage. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

'I'm sorry': Cop shooting suspect in court

Suffolk police commissioner Rodney Harrison said officers were conducting surveillance outside a home on Norfleet Lane related to a prior robbery, when the cop was shot by an alleged Bloods gang member. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Suffolk County police officer shot in Coram is in stable condition

The Holbrook man convicted of driving drunk into a group of Boy Scouts and killing a seventh-grader is seeking to overturn his conviction. Andrew McMorris' parents and Thomas Murphy's attorney spoke outside of the Brooklyn Appellate Courthouse on Thursday. 

Conviction appeal: 'We have 100% confidence in the DA's office'

The lawmaker pleaded not guilty to fraud, money laundering, theft charges in Central Islip Federal Court on Wednesday. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

Mad scene at court as Santos pleads not guilty

An ex-employee of Stop & Shop was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the April 2021 shooting spree at a West Hempstead store that killed a manager and left two other employees severely injured.

'What a relief:' Guilty verdict in Stop & Shop shootings

The trial of accused Stop & Shop shooter Gabriel Wilson is in the hands of the jury after Tuesday's closing arguments in Mineola. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Stop & Shop shooting case goes to the jury

Nassau police said Sunday that a dead body was found in the detached garage of a Hempstead home Saturday night after firefighters put out a fire in the structure.

Body found in garage after fire, police say

Suffolk County residents can now report bias incidents to a new hate crime hotline, 631-852-HATE, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced at a news conference Tuesday.

Bellone announces new hate crime hotline for Suffolk County

The store manager testified Tuesday in Mineola in the trial of Gabriel Wilson, the alleged gunman in the deadly 2021 West Hempstead Stop & Shop store shooting. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Stop & Shop trial testimony: 'I remember a flash and a bang'

Bouncer David Cruz was convicted Monday in the death of a bar patron, Jake Scott, who he beat with his fists after using his shirt to cover up a security camera outside a bar in Holbrook last August.

Bouncer manslaughter verdict: 'I think it's just a tragedy for everyone'

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