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The 44-year-old man will be sentenced in November, according to the Suffolk district attorney.

Ex-president of Dix Hills Soccer Club pleads guilty to stealing $77,000

Daniel Coppola, accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend, pleaded not guilty from a hospital bed. Coppola, who injured himself while under suicide watch, had surgery this week for a spinal cord injury, attorneys say.

Man accused in St. James double homicide pleads not guilty

Police said a Lindenhurst teen was arrested after threatening in an online chat to shoot people at the school.

Tensions high at West Babylon's Brennan H.S.

Police say the victim is 31-year-old Seikeya Jones. There is no cause of death yet, but the investigation is ongoing. NewdayTV's Ken Buffa reports. 

Police ID victim found dead in suitcase 

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Former Santos campaign treasurer and Shirley resident Nancy Marks, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States last year, is now set to be sentenced on Feb. 18.

Sentencing of George Santos' former campaign treasurer delayed until February

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The latest period of downloading child sexual abuse images began in 2017, when he was still on probation for the previous conviction, an affidavit states.

Babylon cardiologist sentenced in 2nd child sex abuse images case

In the first week of the fall term, police have responded to a campus security breach and four school-related verbal or physical threats.

List of school security incidents grows

A sign in front of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center that reads "We Stand With Israel" and "Bring Them Home Now" was defaced last month.

Rabbi vows sign splashed with paint at Jewish center will be replaced

The deal resulted in the donations of masks, surgical gowns and ventilators to New York.

Indicted ex-state aide worked on deal for Chinese protective gear during pandemic

Samantha Garnier was five months pregnant when she was killed Wednesday night by Drew Garnier, who also stabbed their two girls in Masonville, state police said. 

Former LIer fatally stabbed upstate by husband, police say

Matthew Dickson, 44, of Dix Hills, pleaded guilty to stealing from the club, which offers soccer programs for children and teens, back in 2022, according to the Suffolk district attorney.

Ex-president admits to stealing over $70G from Dix Hills Soccer Club

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Police are asking anyone with information about the cause of death or the 31-year-old victim to call 1-800-220-TIPS (8477).

Police ID victim stuffed in suitcase in Huntington

A Centerport mother faces murder charge in wrong-way crash that killed her son. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Mother indicted on murder charge in wrong-way crash that killed her 9-year-old son

Police say a body was found on Nassau Road in Huntington inside a suitcase just before noon on Tuesday. Additional information about the body was not immediately available.

Police: Body found in Huntington inside suitcase

Linda Sun, former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Kathy Hochul, and her husband were both arrested and charged with acting as agents of the Chinese government. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

'Assisted law enforcement throughout this process' 

Daniel Coppola, who was charged with gunning down his ex-wife and her boyfriend, attempted to take his own life at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility, multiple sources told Newsday.

Man charged in LI double homicide attempts suicide in jail

Thomas Brienza, 20, of Centereach, allegedly told police at Charleston International Airport that he had a bomb and a gun. He was charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction for an act of terrorism, a police incident report shows. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Centereach man facing terrorism charge

Daniel Coppola, 50, has been charged in the murders of his former spouse, Kelly Coppola, 50, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Pohlman, Jr., 53. The two victims were remembered by Pohlman's father, who said the pair "were in love."

Double homicide in St. James

Daniel Coppola, of St. James, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder at his Friday arraignment. He was charged with gunning down his ex-wife and her boyfriend in their home with what Suffolk County prosecutors say was a planned attack. 

'I saw bullet holes yesterday in my brother's house'

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced the arrests of five different criminal networks trafficking guns and drugs. 

Drug, gun trafficking rings 'operating from Brooklyn to Montauk' busted

Police arrested an 18-year-old woman Tuesday after they say she tried to flee the scene of a North Babylon crash.

Cops: Pedestrian who tried to help seriously injured

Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced on Wednesday charges against the Long Beach man, saying, "He would package up high-powered weapons in duffel bags and even diaper boxes" for sale in front of his home.

'Brazenly sold them out in the open'

An 18-year-old was arrested for possessing a 14-inch knife and wearing a mask as he walked on a Levittown street, apparently the first arrest for allegedly violating Nassau's controversial mask ban.

Mask-ban arrest could be first of its kind since Nassau law

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