HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — A garbage truck driver who caused a fatal crash two years ago has pleaded guilty to several charges, prosecutors announced Thursday.

COPIAGUE, N.Y. – Firefighters responded early Thursday morning to a house fire on South Strong Avenue that prompted a significant emergency response after reports of a person possibly trapped inside.

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – A Huntington Station man has been indicted on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash that killed a 24-year-old Stony Brook resident in February 2025.

EAST ISLIP, N.Y. – Firefighters responded to a basement fire early Friday morning on Marilynn Street, prompting several fire departments to respond.

EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Firefighters battled a fierce early-morning blaze that tore through a garage, shed, and metal storage container along Route 110 on Thursday.

BLUE POINT, N.Y. – A 69-year-old man was struck and killed when a driver swerved to avoid hitting two other pedestrians on Sunrise Highway late Saturday night.

LINDENHURST, N.Y. – A 53-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck by a motorcycle in a hit-and-run Saturday evening on Strong Avenue near 27th Street.

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. - Firefighters extinguished a fully-involved car fire on Eyre Place Sunday morning.

NORTH LINDENHURST, N.Y. – First responders rescued a resident after a fierce car fire ignited in the driveway of a home early Saturday morning.

EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - A cigarette dropped in a parked vehicle sparked the destructive fire that destroyed two cars and prompted the evacuation of an entire hotel on Sunday afternoon.

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced today that Wilkens Adonis, 39, of Holbrook, pleaded guilty to Manslaughter for his role in the fatal overdose of his 14-month-old son.

A wild getaway that could have been straight out of an action movie came to an end Sunday night when Suffolk County Police impounded a vehicle involved in recklessly fleeing from police at a car meet a night earlier.

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man responsible for a burglary at a local restaurant last November.

Suffolk County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating two individuals who used a stolen credit card to make a fraudulent purchase at a local store last year.

A family’s attempt to enjoy a backyard fire while making s’mores unintentionally ignited a series of wildfires that rapidly spread across eastern Suffolk County over the weekend, burning hundreds of acres in the pine barrens, officials confirmed Monday.

A police officer on patrol discovered smoke emanating from a business on Second Avenue, prompting a swift response from firefighters early Sunday morning. While working to contain the commercial blaze, a second fire engulfing a nearby residence was spotted by first responders just a few hundred feet away.

The last of the four wildfires that erupted on Long Island over the weekend, scorching 600 acres near the Hamptons, is now fully contained, officials confirmed Sunday. However, firefighters remain on high alert.