Crime

A Middle Island man has been arrested for committing a lewd act at a Middle Island nature preserve. On July 20, a woman was walking her dog on a path in Prosser Pines Nature Preserve, […]

An East Islip woman has been indicted on grand larceny and other charges for allegedly stealing more than $420,000 from a Seaford church. Between June 2019 and January 2022, Iris Gomez, 43, embezzled $35,574 from […]

A Queens woman has been convicted of assault after a domestic abuse incident with her boyfriend on the Long Island Expressway. On July 23, 2022, Claudia Garcia Vargas, 54, picked up her boyfriend from his […]

A Wantagh man has been indicted for allegedly driving while intoxicated and striking and killing a pedestrian outside of a diner in Woodbury. On January 28, Joseph Devito, 61, was standing on the sidewalk in […]

A Riverhead man has been indicted after attempting to bribe a minor with money in exchange for sexual acts. On July 10, the victim and his father went to get haircuts at a barbershop owned […]

A Ridge man has pleaded guilty to gun possession and robbery after shooting a victim in the face. In the early morning hours of June 22, 2022, Wilfredo Figueroa, 29, shot a 27-year-old male in […]

A Westbury man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for selling illegal firearms. Between October 2020 and January 2022, Gerald Pierre, 40, sold a total of 14 illegal firearms, which included semi-automatic rifles, […]

A Port Jefferson man has pleaded guilty to murder and other related charges after hiding in Florida for three years following a shooting in 2018. On July 22, 2018, Alejandro Vargas-Diaz, 41, and Albert Luis […]

Suffolk County police arrested a Huntington Station man for driving while intoxicated following a single-vehicle crash which seriously injured him and his twin brother. On July 19, Terhon Legros, 28, was driving a 2014 Infiniti […]