A Long Island teen attending college in Rhode Island has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty for allegedly killing a rabbit with a hockey stick and then using the carcass as a puck. Nicholas Coyle, 19, a lacrosse player at Salve Regina University, faces a felony charge of malicious injury to an animal. “Any form of abuse or torture of an animal is completely unacceptable and is contrary to the values of Salve Regina University,” the university said in a statement. more ›

On Saturday, a Merrick woman and her boyfriend, a personal trainer, were charged with assaulting her 6-year-old son. Newsday reports that Nassau police knocked on their door and called, but no one answered, so "emergency services officers broke down the door and found the boy crying in a bedroom, with cuts and bruises on his leg, buttocks and groin area." It's believed he was beaten with a weight-lighting belt. Jessica Muniz, 29, is being held on $50,000 bond and Anthony Badalamenti, 31, (pictured) who gained some fame after helping a man lose 186 for The Biggest loser, is being held on $100,000 bond. Their landlord was the one who called; he said he had heard the boy crying for a month, but when he heard screams on Friday, "The child was pleading for mercy. I said, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore.'" more ›

Terrible trick: Police say that three men, wearing Halloween costumes, robbed a Merrick home. When the owner, whose wife and child were not home, opened the door, the robbers made their way in and struck him on the head. A police officer said, "As he opened his door, he saw he was about to be rushed, and he is rushed by Superman and two people who were following him." One of the robbers also showed a gun. The three men took cash and "went through other belongings", and then tied up the owner before leaving. The owner, who had a minor laceration to the hand according to WABC 7, managed to free himself and go to a neighbor for help. Nassau police are asking for people with information to call 1-800-244-TIPS. more ›

First iron gates, now bathtubs--scrap iron must be very valuable. Two men were caught stealing a designer bathtub from a Merrick, Long Island home under renovation. The tub, a Kohler cast-iron style weighing 300 pounds, was being taken out the front door by the robbers when police spotted them. more ›

A woman who was just married in September was charged with killing her husband in their Merrick home Wednesday morning. Police say Kelly Forbes, 29, called 911 after strangling 51-year-old Michael Forbes with an electrical cord. What's more, she made "incriminating statements to police," which led to a second-degree murder charge. On their wedding day, Michael Forbes had announced that the couple would be moving to Merrick, where he bought a split level home with... more ›