Hank Russell, Author at Long Island Life & Politics

It’s Time to Finally Declare Sanctuary Cities Illegal

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Steve Levy Kudos to the Trump administration for initiating litigation against various blue cities and states that have instituted sanctuary venues. I often scratch my head wondering how these elected officials, sworn to uphold […]

Man Dies of Apparent Medical Incident Following Motor Vehicle Crash

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man from an apparent medical incident following a single-vehicle crash in Holbrook. A man was driving a 2005 Mercury Sable on the North […]

Port Washington Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

A Port Washington man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a victim at his home for approximately five years, beginning when she was four years old and attending Pre-K. The defendant’s […]

Crime Alert: Wanted for Commack Petit Larceny

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who stole merchandise from a Commack store. A woman stole clothing […]

Crime Alert: Wanted for Setauket Grand Larceny

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the man who allegedly stole merchandise from a Setauket store last month. […]

Crime Rates Drop Nationally, Locally

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell The FBI recently released its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Summary of Reported Crimes in the Nation, 2024, which announced that this year’s violent crime, murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault rates fell […]

Romaine Announces Suffolk’s ‘America 250’ Celebration

August 8, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine was joined by local officials, community members, historical societies and members of the County’s 250th Anniversary Commemorative Planning Committee on August 6 to officially launch Suffolk County’s “America 250” celebration […]

Articles by Hank Russell

It’s Time to Finally Declare Sanctuary Cities Illegal

Man Dies of Apparent Medical Incident Following Motor Vehicle Crash

Port Washington Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse

Crime Alert: Wanted for Commack Petit Larceny

Crime Alert: Wanted for Setauket Grand Larceny

Crime Rates Drop Nationally, Locally

Romaine Announces Suffolk’s ‘America 250’ Celebration

Back-to-School Shoppers Warned to Look out for Scams

Hochul Teases Redistricting to Combat Texas Gerrymander

Third LI School District Failed to Properly Report Lead Levels