Nassau County

A Long Island man was sentenced and could spend the rest of his life behind bars for shooting his former fiancée to death inside a parking garage at the medical facility where she worked, according to the district attorney.

A pastor at a Long Island church has been arrested over accusations he sexually abused an adult male victim, according to police. Nassau County police allege Thomas Moriarty, 62, who is a pastor at the Holy Spirit Church in New Hyde Park sexually abused a 22-year-old victim. The alleged incident occurred Oct. 26 at 12:30 a.m. in Oceanside. Moriarty was…

A former DJ for Sirius XM was sentenced for his role in a million-dollar cocaine and fentanyl trafficking scheme that involved a U.S. Postal Service worker, according to a Long Island district attorney.

A Long Island man ended up getting Tased after teens crashed into his home and, in an odd twist, he started fighting a firefighter, according to police.

A young girl had to be airlifted to a hospital after suffering facial injuries during a dog attack on Long Island that also left two adults hurt, according to police.

A woman was found stabbed to death in the basement of a Long Island home, according to police, and a suspect has been charged in her murder. Police were called to a home on Botsford Street in Hempstead just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and found a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed multiple times, Nassau County police said. The woman,…

Two adult children of an 85-year-old Long Island woman were arrested and charged in connection with her death after she was found with injuries stemming from abuse, according to police.

Authorities are expected to return to a Long Island home Friday to clear more animals, after more than 200 birds and many cats were found in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen. The Nassau County SPCA was called after a service worker went to the Woodbury home on Wednesday and saw dead…

A tip led investigators to a pretty terrible hoarding situation at a Long Island home owned by a veterinarian, and what investigators found was so bad, the property is expected to be condemned. The Nassau County SPCA said they found over 200 animals cramped so tightly and among garbage, no more than two people at a time could even enter...

A house owned by a veterinarian on Long Island was found to be filled with more than 200 birds and other animals in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen.

A Long Island man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for striking and killing a diner patron while under the influence of alcohol as he tried to drive off with his soup takeout, the district attorney announced. Willem Specht, 63, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault and aggravated driving while intoxicated in the…

The Long Island congressman responded to what he called a “hit piece” in the New York Times. A report accused him of putting his lover and fiancée’s daughter on payroll, using money from taxpayers. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Long Island Congressman Anthony D’Esposito may have violated House ethics rules by hiring his mistress and his fiancée’s daughter at his district office, according to a new report by the New York Times.

A pro-Palestinian protester has been charged with violating a suburban New York City county’s new law banning face masks in public. Police in Nassau County say the 26-year-old was arrested Sunday afternoon during a protest in front of a synagogue in Cedarhurst. They say officers questioned the man because he had been concealing his face with a keffiyeh. Police say...

A man seen on doorbell camera footage is at the center of a hate crime investigation on Long Island after what he was allegedly caught doing and saying in front of the home in Plainview that left neighbors disgusted and outraged. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Police are looking for a man responsible for a lewd and hate-filled “ring and run” at a Long Island home that was caught on camera.

Long Island families are demanding answers after a batch of letters were sent out stating that their dead relatives had just registered to vote. The messages allegedly come from campaign offices, but elected officials say they get info from the state Board of Elections, which is disputing the claim. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Families on Long Island are confused and angry after receiving letters saying their relative has registered to vote. The problem? All those supposed new voters are dead.

Authorities in Nassau County arrested a man in connection with its new face mask ban over the weekend, a case believed to mark the first time a charge has been filed for violating the law. It also proves the ban works, they say. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the controversial bill into law on Aug. 15, one that bans…

A Long Island man pleaded guilty to striking and killing a man after driving away from a Long Island diner while drunk in 2023, the district attorney announced.