The family of a Hofstra University student accidentally killed by a police officer during a hostage crisis has filed a wrongful death claim against the Nassau County Police Department.
The Nassau County SPCA is offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot a kitten with a pellet gun.
Federal officials are investigating what's causing an unusually high number of bottlenose dolphins to wash up on the East Coast this summer, with many of them showing up on beaches already badly decomposed.
Joshua Prince, Nakwan Hailey and Dillan Malebranche are facing robbery and gun charges in connection with the incidents, which took place in Manhasset, Great Neck and Elmont.
The bichon/shihtzu 'Cookie' had been missing ever since the home was burglarized but was returned after an anonymous call alerted police where to find the dog.
Officials announced Saturday that Midwood Road in West Babylon is now to be called Officer Peter Figoski Way. Figoski was shot and killed in December 2011 responding to a home invasion in Brooklyn's East New York section.
A former employee of a New York computer company was questioned after his workplace computer search history revealed inquiries for "pressure cooker bombs" and "backpacks," but no criminality was determined..
The bichon/shihtzu 'Cookie' has been missing ever since the home was burglarized on Monday. It is not clear if the dog was taken during the burglary or left after.
39-year-old Donato Sangemino tells Eyewitness News he had to do something on Wednesday when the driver of a blue Toyota SUV clearly took his own extreme measures.
Resembling the glowing flying saucer that took E.T. home, a 50-foot-wide electromagnet stopped pre-dawn traffic along a suburban Chicago interstate on Friday as it arrived - after a 3,200-mile trip over land and sea - at its new home.
Police say 39-year-old Francesco Santodonato, of West Babylon, was arrested at his home Thursday on charges of possession of a sexual performance of a child and promoting sexual performance by a child.