Crime

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 […]

Eight people have been indicted for allegedly operating an illegal narcotics and mail order scheme, in which they allegedly used the United States Postal Service to ship cocaine from Puerto Rico to Long Island. “As […]

Suffolk County police have arrested six people in connection with a series of incidents involving burglary, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass at a former Dowling College building in Oakdale back in May. Sometime between May […]