Politics
Crime Alert: Wanted for Port Jefferson Station Petit Larceny
Crime
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Crime
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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 woman who allegedly stole merchandise from a Port Jefferson Station store. [...]
Can the Affordability Crisis Be Solved?
Long Island News
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Long Island News
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By Hank Russell On January 13, Governor Kathy Hochul made affordability one of the major themes in her State of the State address. She laid out a platform that she said will “put money back [...]
Crime
Ex-Probation Officer Jailed for Falsifying Records, Inappropriate Relationship with Probationer
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Crime
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A former Nassau County Probation Officer was sentenced on January 14 to jail time for his conviction of official misconduct and false filing charges related to a sexual relationship he engaged in with a probationer [...]
Business
Transportation Company Owner Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Business
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Collected $1 Million through Fake Billing, Kickback Schemes The owner of a transportation company has been sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from New York’s Medicaid program [...]
Crime
Trio Pleads Guilty to Killing Homeless Man
Three South American nationals pleaded guilty to killing a homeless man who was originally from El Salvador. The trio beat, strangled and stabbed the victim before he died. On February 18, 2025, Suffolk County Police [...]







