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Suffolk County Police Cruiser (file/credit: Mike Xirinachs/WCBS 880)

Police: L.I. 13-Year-Old Boy Stabs Mom’s Ex-Boyfriend To Death In Domestic Dispute

Police said the man walked into his ex-girlfriend’s house on Selden Road and confronted her and her new boyfriend around 3:45 a.m. Monday.

2013/06/10

Supplies bound for Oklahoma are loaded into a trailer in Island Park, N.Y. - May 28, 2013 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Sandy-Ravaged L.I. Community Sends Aid To Tornado-Ravaged Oklahoma

In just a few short days, Sandy-ravaged Island Park residents raised thousands of dollars in supplies for Oklahoma tornado victims.

2013/05/28

Snow In Ossining (credit: CBS 2)

Winter Weather Advisory Remains In Effect As Round 2 Of Storm Continues

After several hours of flurries, the region was seeing heavy snowfall in some areas Thursday night. In Westchester County, plows were hitting the streets. Along the Jersey Shore, streets were inundated with rising waters.

2013/03/07

Top: James Donnellan, Sharmane Cromer; Bottom: Joseph Elardo, Nicole Johnson (credit: Suffolk County Police)

Police: Suspects Sold Stolen Frozen Shrimp To L.I. Restaurant To Support Drug Habit

The suspects had stolen at least $2,400 worth of frozen shrimp from supermarkets since December 2012 and sold it to the Tai Yu Chinese Restaurant in Mastic Beach, police said.

2013/02/05

Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Mastic Man’s Light Sentence In Fatal Hit And Run Infuriates Victim’s Family

Preston Mimms, 48, pleaded guilty last month to charges in connection with the accident that killed 24-year-old Erika Hughes on July 29, 2011.

2013/01/04

Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Family Outraged At Lenient Sentence Expected For Driver Who Killed Woman

Erika Hughes was in the prime of her life, with a great job and a beautiful daughter, when her life was snatched away by a hit-and-run driver last year. Now, a controversial plea deal could send the driver away for little more than a year in prison.

2012/12/05

Boardwalk in Long Beach, Long Island damaged by Sandy - Nov. 9, 2012 (credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Colorado Students Travel To Help Long Island Recover From Sandy

About a dozen Colorado State University students are spending their Thanksgiving holiday week in Mastic Beach helping residents ravaged by superstorm Sandy.

2012/11/20

Long Beach, New York (credit: Barbara Byrne Wagner)

Looting Becomes Problem On Long Island’s South Shore; LIPA Under Half A Million Outages

On Long Island, looting has become such a problem on the south shore that state police are on patrol.

2012/11/02

Robert Liguori (credit: New York State Sex Offender Registry)

New Charges For Mastic Beach Man Accused Of Placing Camera In Dressing Room

Robert Liguori is set to be arraigned on two additional indictments on Wednesday, authorities said.

2012/10/10

An alligator that was found walking in the parking lot of a Pathmark supermarket in Baldwin, NY on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 (credit: Handout via Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Fourth Alligator Discovered On L.I. Taken To Riverhead Aquarium

There’s a snappy mystery still unfolding on Long Island. Someone has been dumping gators in several neighborhoods. Yes, gators, as in alligators. And the thought of them roaming free has residents a little skittish.

2012/10/05

Alligator found on Mastic Beach lawn (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Alligator Found On Front Lawn Of Mastic Beach, L.I. Home

An alligator was found crawling on the front lawn of a home on Moriches Drive in Mastic Beach Friday morning.

2012/09/28

Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Mastic Man Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Hit-And-Run

Preston Mimms of Mastic was charged with leaving the scene of the July 29, 2011, accident.

2012/04/24

A vacant home on Lynbrook Road - Mastic Beach, NY - Aug 5, 2011 (credit: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880)

Number Of Vacant Homes On The Rise On Long Island

Currently, there are almost 40,000 vacant homes or apartments on the island.

2011/08/05

A snow plow pushes through snow banks. (Credit: AP)

Long Island Woman Fatally Struck By Snow Plow Pickup

Police on Long Island said a 64-year-old woman was struck and killed Wednesday by a pickup truck that was plowing a snow-covered parking lot.

2011/01/26

N.Y. High School To Double As Drug Rehab Clinic

First there was the heroin explosion plaguing the suburbs and killing kids. Now one Long Island school district has devised a plan, the first of its kind, to get its addicted students help.

2010/11/17

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