Memorial Day weekend may only be halfway done, but the Nassau and Suffolk County police department have already "arrested at least 60 people so far during the Memorial Day weekend on charges of drunken or drugged driving," according to Newsday. more ›

It's Memorial Day weekend, which means it's time to check out some beaches, but at Robert Moses State Park, officials are limiting visitors...because there's not much sand. more ›

A cat on Long Island died earlier this week after some miserable P.O.S. shot the poor thing with a bow and arrow. Now the Suffolk County SPCA is offering a $2,000 reward to help track down and convict the kitty killer. Because seriously, who does that? This isn't The Hunger Games people and you aren't Hawkeye. Put the bow and arrow down! more ›

A Long Island pizzeria owner was arrested yesterday as authorities allege that he was selling illegal prescription drugs from the eatery. Newsday reports, "Francesco Miceli of Miceli Brothers Pizzeria was charged with multiple counts of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance." more ›

So, the alleged Long Island "Hot Dog Hooker" was in court yesterday and she pleaded guilty to... prostitution. Catherine Scalia admitted that she agreed to serve up some pleasure after an undercover cop paid $50 for a hot dog, but then outside the courthouse, she told reporters, "Prostitution is sex. I’m not selling sex, I’m selling my cleavage." Confused? Yes, we are, too. more ›

Can you believe that someone selling hot dogs out of an RV on the side of the highway is less than scrupulous? the Post reports that Nassau County police arrested 45-year-old Catherine Scalia after she offered to perform sex acts on an undercover cop who bought two of her hot dogs. CBS calls the arrest "shocking," but a real bombshell would be finding a successful hot dog vender who uses a Winnebago and just sells hot dogs. more ›

What's worse than driving without a license? Driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.32—the legal limit is 0.08! State troopers say they arrested a Fishkill resident Heidi Herring, who was allegedly driving drunk and without a license on Long Island early yesterday morning more ›

The NY Times has a wonderful feature on 92-year-old Massapequa, Long Island resident Hyman Strachman who devotedly sends care packages to troops overseas. And what's in the packages? Bootlegged copies of Hollywood blockbusters, which troops receive sometimes before they are even in the States. Strachman admitted to violating copyright laws, but explained, "Every time I got back an emotional e-mail or letter [from a soldier], I sent them another box." more ›

You thought the donated kidney divorce was bad? An executive for a group of Long Island car dealerships is at the center of a strange lawsuit filed by a former employee who accuses her boss of firing her after she gave up a kidney to help save her life. According to a lawsuit filed with the New York State Human Rights commission, Debbie Stevens, a 47-year-old divorced mother of two, donated a kidney so that her boss, Jackie Brucia, 61, could get a transplant. Not long after she was terminated, the Post reports. "I decided to become a kidney donor to my boss, and she took my heart," says Stevens, who probably has a great future as a blues singer ahead of her. more ›

Police arrested a 20-year-old driver for driving while impaired by drugs, after his truck slammed into a tree, killing a 17-year-old boy and the driver's 19-year-old girlfriend. Thomas Smith, 20, allegedly told police that he fell asleep "and woke up to passengers screaming." The group had been returning from Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ. more ›

The Long Island mother who is accused of killing her 8-year-old disabled daughter with a poisonous dose of peanut M&M's pleaded not guilty to charges yesterday. Veronica Cirella has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of her daughter Julie, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant and was confined to a wheelchair. Julie was also apparently deathly allergic to peanuts—and she died July 23 after her mother had given her the peanut M&Ms as a special treat for her participation in their cousin's wedding the following day. more ›

New York City's sales tax hiatus on clothing less than $110 has led us to spend countless hours in the Croc store. But Long Island residents of Nassau and Suffolk counties can never taste the joy of having "Classic Digi Camo" polyurethane on their feet, tax-free: their counties are too poor to participate in the exemption. "When times are tight like they are now, you may find fighting between counties," a Hofstra Business School professor tells CBS. But that in turn helps Long Island's greatest export: YouTube videos. more ›

We know how much New Yorkers love their iPhones (and how much thieves love New Yorkers' iPhones)—the only subset of people who seem to love iPhones even more are teenagers. And if you take their iPhones away, they may very well choke you: a Long Island high schooler was arrested for allegedly choking a teacher after the instructor confiscated his iPhone. more ›

The FBI has indicted 20 alleged heroin dealers who flooded Queens and Long Island with over 20 kilograms of junk over the course of the nine-month joint investigation, which was dubbed "Operation County Connection." In an early-morning raid, federal agents swooped in and made arrests at homes in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, as well as in Brooklyn and Queens. The distribution ring, which slung smack to a mostly suburban clientele, was allegedly run by 26-year-old Jose Perez, whom feds say imported the horse from the Dominican Republic and Mexico, then distributed from his headquarters in Woodhaven, Queens. And Perez had an eclectic cast of characters helping him, according to the indictment. more ›

A retired cop on Long Island who showed up at a crime scene and allegedly started "barking orders" is being sued by the widow of another cop who killed by friendly fire that night. It was a chaotic night; former cop John Cafarella was driving nearby where police had fatally shot a knife-wielding emotionally disturbed man in his parents' Massapequa home. Hearing the report over the police scanner, Cafarella pulled over to pitch in, and he was not alone. The property was soon swarming with cops still trying to assess the situation. Among them was Nassau County police officer Geoffrey Breitkopf, who arrived in plainclothes, without his shield displayed, and wielding an assault rifle. Minutes later he was shot dead. more ›

MTA workers cleaning near the Deer Park Long Island Rail Road station made a horrifying find: Apparently 12 black plastic bags had the remains of goats, chickens and roosters. Suffolk County SPCA chief Roy Gross told WCBS 2, "All of the animals were decapitated. Approximately 20 in all.” more ›

Police are searching for a man who was captured on surveillance video brutally beating and abducting a woman outside an LIRR station last weekend. In the video below, you can see the man punch the victim in the stomach after she exited a train at the LIRR's Ronkonkoma Station on Sunday, March 4, at approximately 7:40 a.m.—and then he proceeds to harass and physically hurt the woman for several minutes around the station before throwing her in the back of his car. more ›

While Nassau County authorities are calling Marc Ringel a "potential madman" after cops found, oh, an arsenal ("Fifteen improvised grenades, approximately 100 handguns, 20 long guns, approximately 50 pounds of ingredients that could be used to make explosives. There was enough explosive material in there to level that house and possible the entire block") in his parents' Woodmere home, his lawyer has a perfectly reasonable explanation for the cache of weapons: "This is a hobby that got out of control." more ›

Dude, have you ever heard of these "Barstool Blackout" parties? Oh, they sound siiiiiick! Basically, this company Barstool Blackout will come to a college town and throw the most epic rager ever, and everybody gets slaughtered because no buzzkill wet blankets from the college administration are involved. Some critics say these parties encourage young adults to drink to excess, but c'mon—check out this video of the Barstool Blackout party in Miami! more ›

Two Western journalists were among the more than 80 people killed during a bombardment in the city of Homs earlier today, one of which was the acclaimed combat journalist and Long Island native Marie Colvin. In one of her last dispatches to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper last night, Colvin describes the death of a baby who had died at the hands of the government forces, led by the dictator Bashir al-Assad, and the ruthlessness with which he kills his own people. "It's a complete and utter lie they’re only going after terrorists. The Syrian Army is simply shelling a city of cold, starving civilians.” more ›

Careful walking dogs in Long Island, you never know when you might find human remains. At the end of last week another set of remains were found in Manorville, Long Island—the fourth set to be found in the same general area since 2000. Two of the previous bodies found have been linked to the corpses uncovered on Gilgo Beach over the last year. more ›

One Long Islander is about to have a very unpleasant meeting with the Secret Service. Because of a bank mixup, $100k in counterfeit cash was recently discovered at a Chase in Huntington. And they would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for an old man's innocent error! more ›

Ten days after being shot in the head while pursuing a suspect at the Bushwick Houses, police officer Kevin Brennan was released from Bellevue Hospital today. Wearing a #91 Justin Tuck Giants jersey, he told reporters, "It feels great," and that his first order of business at home in Long Island would be to hug his two-month-old daughter. And look at how cute he, his wife and daughter are! more ›

Nassau County police said that they arrested a 28-year-old man who allegedly touched the feet of teenage girls on two separate occasions in Farmingdale. Carlos Sanchez, a Massapequa resident, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. more ›

A memo that was accidentally posted to the Nassau County DA's website reveals a different version of events surrounding the killing of an ATF agent who was trying to stop a pharmacy holdup in Seaford, Long Island. ATF agent John Capano was killed by a shot fired by a retired Nassau County cop, and the memo suggests the cop fired without asking who the perpetrator was. more ›