Nassau County

A Long Island homeowner is facing multiple criminal charges after shooting at people tampering with his car, according to Nassau County police. The homeowner, David Leary, 62, allegedly fired multiple rounds after witnessing several people tampering with his car in his driveway, police said. Leary is accused of exiting his home and discharging several rounds from a gun. Police who…

Suffolk County officials say they have another rabid raccoon case, nearly two months after reporting their first such case in more than 15 years. Health officials say a dead raccoon found in Amityville on March 4, 2025, tested positive for rabies. The confirmation was received from the Wadsworth Center at the New York State Department of Health three days later….

Exclusive video showed chaos inside a Nassau County courtroom on Monday, as 18-year-old Jeremias Ferrufino Rodriguez faced a judge on a murder charge. Court officers removed a man, said to be a member of the defendant’s family, who was subdued after shouting words of encouragement to the accused killer. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

After a judge ordered a teen murder suspect held without bail, a young man sitting in the courtroom shouted several times to the defendant, telling him to “hold your head up.” As court officers tried to remove the unidentified man, the confrontation turned violent

Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an “illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia.”

A New York roller derby league has lost its bid to temporarily block a local ban on transgender female athletes. A Nassau County Supreme Court judge denied a request by the Long Island Roller Rebels to prevent Nassau County from enforcing its ban while its lawsuit is considered by the court.

Officials on Long Island are raising concern amid a spike in animals testing positive for rabies, and are pinning at least some of the blame for that rise on New York City.

For the first time in years, Nassau County is seeing a rise in the number of animals testing positive for rabies — and officials claim that it’s due to something that New York City isn’t doing. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A 9-year-old girl was punched in the head and slashed on her hands as she tried to break up a fight that escalated into an attempted murder inside a Long Island home, according to police.

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. 

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…

It should be the season of giving but it’s the season for package thieves too. In one of the most brazen cases in recent memory, police said a thief came running onto the doorstep of a home on Long Island to swipe a package in the middle of a delivery. And it was all caught on camera. NBC New York’s...

As a delivery worker was in the process of leaving a box on the front steps of a Long Island home, a thief came running up from the sidewalk and swiped the package before running off in the middle of the day, with the UPS worker and family chasing after him.

Prosecutors in New York dropped charges against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among the first people arrested under a local face mask ban that’s stirred free speech concerns.

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.