Long Island News

A Shirley man has pleaded guilty to stealing his deceased brother’s identity and using it to work and collect Social Security benefits. From February 2015 to January 2023, Stavros Tsakonis, 61, stole more than $160,000 […]

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a shooting in Medford that injured an eight-year-old child. On July 26, several gunshots were fired from the street into a residence located on Cedar Lane, between […]

Suffolk County police have arrested a Lake Grove woman for stealing from her clients at a jewelry store. Between September 2019 and December 2022, Laura Bee, 59, was an employee at Ever Love Jewelers, located […]

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 […]