Articles by Hank Russell

Charges Include Murder, Shootings, Sex Trafficking The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced on January 22 a 53-count indictment of nine alleged members and associates of the “Lowndes Block Gang,” also known as “LBG,” a […]

A Selden man has been indicted for allegedly selling pressed fentanyl pills to a man from Bohemia that resulted in his fatal overdose.   “This case is a stark reminder of the deadly deception behind counterfeit […]

A Centereach woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a narcotics business over the dark web out of her home.   From September 2024 to March 2025, Carolyn Tolin possessed […]

An East Quogue man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for torturing and murdering his longtime friend. On September 27, 2024, Jeremy Allen and Christopher Hahn, 43, spent the […]

A disbarred attorney with a registered office address in Great Neck was charged with grand larceny and scheme to defraud for allegedly withholding more than $133,000 in down payments from real estate transactions he was […]

Suffolk County Police arrested a man for promoting prostitution.  Following an investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Human Trafficking  Investigations Unit, in conjunction with the New York City Police Department and Suffolk County  Police […]

Suffolk County Police arrested a Wyandanch-based home health aide who allegedly stole money from her patient last year.   A 72-year-old Wyandanch woman reported to police on August 11 that an unknown person had allegedly used […]