Suffolk County

DA Blasts Long Island Serial Killer Rumors

The Huffington Post | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Thomas Spota, Tom Spota, John Ray, Suffolk County District Attorney, Slidepollajax, Li Serial Killer, Gilgo-Beach-Killer, Serial Killers, Gilgo Beach, Suffolk County, Shannon-Gilbert, Long Island Serial Killer, Crime News

Officials investigating 11 dead bodies found on Long Island since 2010 are trying to tamp down rumors that they've identified a suspect. "Unfounde...

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Penniless Counties Repel Purchasers

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Taxes, Real Estate Crisis, Home Buyers, Long Island, Long Island Real Estate, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Taxes, Nassau County, Financial Crisis, Real Estate, Falling-Home-Prices, Suffolk County, Home Sellers, New York News

A chat with a house-hunt dropout added another anti-buy refrain to the song shunned home sellers are hearing. "Your county is broke, I'm not going to fix it. No one's getting my money to clear up your deficit."

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Once-Homeless Science Wiz Moves Into New Home

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Ny News, Intel Science Talent Search, Samantha Garvey, Samantha Garvey New Home, New York News, Suffolk County, Bay-Shore, New York News

BAY SHORE, N.Y. -- A New York teen who was living at a homeless shelter when she was picked as a semifinalist in a prestigious national science compet...

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Homeless Teen Attends State Of The Union

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Long Island, Video, Ny News, Intel Science Talent Search, Samantha Garvey, Representative Steve Israel, New York News, Suffolk County, State of the Union, New York News

Samantha Garvey-- the Long Island high school student nominated as a semi-finalist for the prestigious Intel science award while she and her family we...

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Homeless Teen Up For Prestigious Science Prize Gets House

AP | By FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Homelessness, Intel Science Talent Search, Ny News, Samantha Garvey, Homeless Teen, Brentwood-Ny, New York News, Suffolk County, Brentwood-High-School, New York News

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. -- Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a shelter for several days when they got word the 17-year-old aspiring marine bio...

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Homeless Teen Honored In Prestigious Science Competition

AP | Frank Eltman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Video, National Intel Science Competition, High School Science, Homeless Youth, Samantha Garvey, Brentwood High School, Amazing Teens, Teen Scientists, Suffolk County, Homeless Teens, High School News

By Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) -- Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a Long Island shelter for several days when they got ...

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Police Release Victim Sketch In Long Island Serial Killer Case

Reuters | Posted 03.09.2012

By Aman Ali NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Police released a sketch of a third unidentified victim in the hunt for a possible Long Islan...

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From Civil War to Public Service

Ted Hesson | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Tony Martinez, Antonio Martinez, Babylon Town Council, Babylon New York, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, Video, New York News

Image courtesy of Tony Martínez In 1982, Tony Martínez, then 13 years old, fled civil war in El Salvador with his parents and siblings and resettl...

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Three Years After Hate Crime, Community Attempts Reconciliation

HuffingtonPost.com | David Ramirez | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Video, Marcelo Lucero, Hate Crime, Immigration, Marcelo Lucero Case, Latino Immigrants, Suffolk County, Latino Voices News

Three years after Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death in a racially motivated attack in New York, residents and religious leaders...

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Suffolk Police Failing Residents With Limited English, Need Meaningful Changes [VIDEO]

Ted Hesson | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Hate Crimes, Scpd, Sepa Mujer, Suffolk County Police Department, Language Access, Long Island Immigrant Alliance, Immigration, Department of Justice, Limited English Proficiency, Justice Department, Empire Justice Center, Suffolk County, Long Island Wins, Video, New York News

Despite touting new translation tools and cursory Spanish-language trainings, Suffolk County police consistently deny basic services to residents with limited English proficiency.

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Remains Found On Beach Tied To 1996 Homicide

AP/The Huffington Post | By FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Video, New York Crime, Homicide, Crime, Police, Suffolk County, New York News

By Frank Eltman, Associated Press YAPHANK, N.Y. -- An investigation into 10 bodies strewn along a remote New York beach parkway grew more perplexin...

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As Budget Problems Loom, Nassau County Sees Quick Fix In Privatizing Services

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Long Island, Mass Transit, Nassau County, Privatization, Ed Mangano, Mta, Suffolk County, Long Island Bus, New York News

NEW YORK -- Angela Davis is worried. Four or five times a month, whenever the 58 year old with cerebral palsy needs to visit her doctor or shop at a s...

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A Hate Crimes Commander Laid To Rest in Suffolk, But Questions Remain

Ted Hesson | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Long Island, Hate Crimes, Steve Levy, Suffolk County Police Department, Marcelo Lucero, Department of Justice, Robert Reecks, Southern Poverty Law Center, Splc, Justice Department, Suffolk County, Long Island Wins, New York News

Robert Reecks will be remembered as an accomplished leader within the Suffolk police department. But Reecks also faced criticism for his handling of hate crimes; specifically those perpetrated against Latinos.

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Massive LA-To-NY Cocaine Ring Busted

Patch | Judy Mottl | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Luxury Cars, Cocaine, West Hollywood, New York, Suffolk County, California, Crime News

The eight-month investigation netted 32 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated $3 million, nearly $900,000 in cash, illegal steroids, a cocaine press for...

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(WATCH) Manhunt Continues In NY Pharmacy Slaying

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Ny Pharmacy Killing, Ny Pharmacy Shooting, Long Island Pharmacy Killing, Jamie Taccetta, Long Island, Bryon Sheffield, Medford, Raymond Ferguson, Long Island Pharmacy Shooting, Suffolk County, Jennifer Mejia, Video, Crime News

YAPHANK, N.Y. — Four people killed during a pharmacy store robbery in suburban New York City, including a teenager due to graduate high school this ...

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Four Dead In Pharmacy Massacre

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Shootings, Crime, Haven Drugs Pharmacy, Gun Control, Medford, Pharmacy Massacre, New York, Gun Violence, Long Island, Pharmacy Shooting, Suffolk County Police Department, New York Shooting, Haven Drugs, Suffolk County, New York News

MEDFORD, N.Y. — A gunman shot four people inside a pharmacy in a New York suburb Sunday morning, killing everyone inside the store in what polic...

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Sharks! Westhampton Beaches Closed To Swimmers

Hampton Bays, NY Patch | Erica Jackson | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Long-Island-Shark, Hamptons, Basking Shark, Ny News, Cupsogue, Westhampton-Beach-New-York, Smith Point, New York News, Suffolk County, Sharks, New York News

Local shark enthusiasts and New York media outlets set their sights on Cupsogue Beach Wednesday, as several sharks could still be spotted off the shor...

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Suffolk County Bans Bath Salts

Riverhead, NY Patch | Joseph Pinciaro | Email the Author | 1:18pm | Posted 06.27.2011

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The Suffolk County Legislature banned the sale of bath salts on Tuesday, a product it determined was "powdered synthetic cocaine" and has been ingeste...

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Top Cop Stepping Down After Mishandling L.I. Serial Killer Case [UPDATE]

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Long Island, New York News, Steve Levy, Ny News, Richard Dormer, Suffolk County, Long Island Serial Killer, New York News

UPDATE: CBS News says Steve Levy adamantly denies the New York Post's story. From CBS: “This story, it was made up. There’s no truth to it,” ...

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Long Island Serial Killer UPDATE: Bones Found At Jones Beach

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2011

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UPDATE: (AP) – Police have found what they suspect are human remains in two locations near a New York beach, bringing to 10 the number of potential ...

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Steve Levy's Career May Be Over, But Hate Crime Questions Still Need to Be Answered

Ted Hesson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Hate Crime, Long Island, Hate Crimes, Robert Reecks, Steve Levy, Suffolk County, New York News

While it was crooked fundraising that torpedoed Levy's political career, the county executive continues to face scrutiny over his handling of hate crimes.

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Feud Over Hate Crime Enforcement on Long Island Signals Problems

Ted Hesson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island, Hate Crimes, Patchogue, Undocumented Immigrants, Steve Levy, Marcelo Lucero, Robert Reecks, Immigration, Southern Poverty Law Center, Justice Department, Center for American Progress, Civil Rights, Suffolk County, New York News

Levy and his longtime hate crimes commander have embarked in a war-of-words, and the resulting feud serves as an indictment of the way Suffolk has handled such crimes.

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Long Island Mom Pleads Guilty To Animal Torture

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Torture, Long Island, Animal Cruelty, Sharon McDonough, Pets, Ny News, New York Crime, Animals, Suffolk County, Pet Cruelty, New York News

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A woman tearfully admitted Thursday that she abused her children and dozens of pets, sometimes torturing dogs and cats to deat...

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Tobacco Co. Gave Black Children Free Cigarettes In The 1950s, Jury Finds

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Cigarettes Black Children, Tobacco Lawsuits, Lorrilard Lawsuit, Lorrilard Tobacco, Kent, Marie Evans, Old Gold, Free Cigarettes, Greensboro North Carolina, Suffolk County, Business News

BOSTON — A jury has ruled the Lorillard Tobacco Co. tried to entice black children to become smokers by handing out free cigarettes and has awar...

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Police Investigating Possible Serial Killer After Four Bodies Found On Beach

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prostitution, New York Crime, Beach, Ny News, Suffolk County, Babylon, New York News

BABYLON, N.Y. — A serial killer may have abandoned four bodies, each apparently dumped from a vehicle, along a desolate, wind-swept stretch of h...

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