Long Island

A 27-year-old man was arrested and ordered held without bail on Long Island for the Christmas Eve stabbing of his mother. Jeremy Ramirez was walked to a Nassau County cop car in handcuffs on Saturday, charged with committing the horrific holiday murder. “On this particular evening, it was just him and his mother at the house, Jeremy and his mom….

A judge ordered a 27-year-old suspect to be held without bail for allegedly stabbing his own mother multiple times on Christmas Eve. NBC New York’s Brittany Miller reports from Long Island. 

Police are now identifying the woman who was fatally stabbed on Christmas Eve on Long Island. Josefina Ramirez Montero, 57, was stabbed multiple times in Massapequa on Tuesday, according to Nassau County police. Officers found Ramirez Montero unresponsive on Old Sunrise Highway near Clocks Blvd. around 7 p.m. Christmas Eve, police said. She was taken to a nearby hospital, but…

A Long Island firefighter was taken to the hospital Thursday evening after fighting a fire in Old Bethpage, Nassau County police said. Fire crews responded to the house fire on Round Swamp Road around 6:15 p.m. Thursday. Plainview firefighters were able to get the fire under control with the help of other nearby departments. One first responder was taken to…

Three firefighters were hurt battling a blaze that engulfed a condominium complex on Long Island late Christmas night, according to police. Nassau County police say the fire at the gated Vista Drive complex in Jericho broke out around 10:20 p.m. No major injuries were reported — and the three firefighters are expected to be OK — but two other connecting…

Two firefighters were hurt, but both are expected to be OK. 

New York State troopers are investigating after a series of swastikas were found in graffiti at a Long Island park. East Hampton Town police and New York State Park Police officers responded for complaints of graffiti on multiple signs at the Shadmoor State Park in Montauk on Dec. 19, police said. After arriving on the scene, officers saw numerous signs…

News 4 New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng follows up on the nursing home that will be closing on Long Island. 

The drone mystery has everyone scratching their heads. But Authorities in Nassau County are not as concerned. News 4 New York’s Greg Cergol reports. 

The victim was a 74-year-old volunteer firefighter and those who k new him say he was a very caring man. News 4 New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports. 

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was charged with a seventh murder. Valerie Mack vanished back in 2000, and Heuermann was named a suspect in her death in June after prosecutors said a document referencing the site where her body was found was found on his personal computer. Now they say more evidence has linked him to the crime. NBC...

The new murder charge against suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann prompted reaction at the Jersey Shore — especially in Port Republic, the town where the seventh victim, Valerie Mack, called home. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

Romney Smith brings us the latest. 

For years, women had been disappearing on Long Island. Then in 2010, investigators searching for a missing woman began finding 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway, not far from the sands of New York’s remote Gilgo Beach. Police almost immediately feared some were left by a serial killer. Over the years, investigators used…

The New York City architect arrested last year in connection with a string of cold case bodies found on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach has been charged with another woman’s murder, bringing the body count against him thus far to seven, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday. Rex Heuermann is accused of murdering Valerie Mack, an escort who vanished...

 The New York architect charged in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings is set to appear in court Tuesday, with prosecutors saying they will announce a “significant development” in the investigation. Rex Heuermann is charged with killing six women whose remains were found on Long Island, and has pleaded not guilty. But investigators are still looking into the deaths...

Investigators are trying to track down two men behind a violent Long Island robbery. A delivery driver was setup with a bogus order, beaten, and robbed of his SUV. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports. 

A Long Island high school is giving students the opportunity to decompress with a separate space of their own. News 4 New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports. 

In a shocking story, a woman allegedly practiced unlicensed dentistry in a Long Island apartment kitchen — and even pulled people’s teeth. She is now facing charges. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A 70-year-old Long Island woman has been charged with practicing unlicensed dentistry from the kitchen of her one-bedroom apartment, authorities say. Gladys Serrano pleaded not guilty Monday to unauthorized practice of a profession, a felony, and was released to pre-trial services with electronic monitoring. She was also ordered to surrender her passport and told not to leave the state. According…