Suffolk County

Teens on their way to school made a horrific discovery in a Long Island park: A human arm, that police say hadn’t been there very long before the kids found it. Later in the day, a leg and a second arm were found not far away in the same park. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

First, two children on their way to school found a human arm. Then the leg turned up.

Two men are facing charges after a string of burglaries at businesses and multiple fires at PSEG substations on Long Island, according to the district attorney.

A small plane made an emergency landing on the Southern State Parkway in Long Island, officials said, leading to a robust response from first responders. The emergency landing took place in East Farmingdale near Exit 34 in Suffolk County. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that the single-engine aircraft, a Piper Cherokee Archer, landed on the highway…

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A man who allegedly attacked a police officer, stabbing him in the snowy front yard of a Long Island home, was fatally shot and killed Saturday morning, police said. Three officers from the Suffolk County Police Department responded to a home on Udall Road in Bay Shore around 9 a.m. for a 911 call reporting a domestic disturbance, Acting Commissioner…

Police say a man armed with a knife allegedly attacked an officer, stabbing him in the arm repeatedly. 

Four young children were on board a mini school bus that overturned after hitting a highway guardrail. Fortunately, none of the children were hurt, and two adults suffered only minor injuries NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports. 

A school minibus with four special needs children on board overturned Tuesday morning on a Long Island Expressway offramp, Suffolk County Police said. The incident occurred around 10:35 a.m., according to police, when the mini bus struck a guardrail and landed on its side on Express Drive South, west of Wicks Road. Four children — all between the ages of…

A Long Island mother was sentenced to two decades in prison for the June 2019 deaths of her 2-year-old twin daughters, who were found suffocated in their car seats near a county park.

Two people from Queens are dead in a violent Long Island wreck that left their vehicle flattened on its side against a tree, authorities say. The victims, 19-year-old Jevon Lyken, of South Richmond, and 18-year-old Debarpita Dey, of Corona, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:40 a.m. Sunday crash on the Southern State Parkway in Babylon. State…

Both victims are from Queens.

In a tragic case on Long Island, a 14-month-old boy died in what is believed to have been a fentanyl overdose, and now the parents are facing charges in the toddler’s death.

A tragedy on Long Island has led to the parents of a 14-month-old boy being charged after his suspected fentanyl overdose death. Here’s what initial tests revealed. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A 51-year-old homeless woman faces grand larceny and other charges for allegedly stealing a running car — with a child inside — when the mother stopped at a Long Island stationery store on Christmas Day, authorities say. The woman told investigators she parked her 2016 Ford Fusion in a parking space in the lot on East Main Street around 11…

A retired Long Island elementary school teacher was arrested after being accused of sexually abusing students in cases that date back to the 1980s, and investigators are looking for other potential victims to come forward.

Investigators say they’ve arrested a retired elementary school teacher on Long Island who was accuse of sexually abusing students. Dozens of others are accusing him of abuse from as far back as the 1980s. Now, police are asking for any other victims to come forward. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Police are looking to track down a man who allegedly walked off with boxes of silver bars worth more than $90,000 from a UPS store on Long Island.

Suffolk County police are trying to find the robbers behind the theft of $91,000 in silver bars from a UPS facility. News 4’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A Long Island mother pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder charges in the June 2019 deaths of her 2-year-old twin daughters, who were found suffocated in their car seats near a county park. Tenia Campbell, 28, is expected to be sentenced to 20 years to life in prison when she returns to court in late January. Police were alerted to…