
Busting a gut became a criminal matter in Long Island, when Rockville Center (N.Y.) Police issued two summonses to a local man for laughing too loudly at his home.
Read More →A New York State trooper was stabbed in the neck inside of the state Capitol complex Sunday afternoon by an assailant who fled the scene and is still at large.
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An upstate New York mother is facing child-endangerment charges after she hired strippers to perform at her son's 16th birthday party in November. Judy Viger, 33, has been charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
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The truck driver who fatally struck and killed a Nassau County (N.Y.) Police officer while asleep at the wheel paid a $500 fine and lost his driving privilege.
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Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police detectives who detained two suspects, while officers searched a dwelling exceeded the scope of their search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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A Buffalo Police officer who was paralyzed by a suspect's bullet during a 2006 shooting has succumbed to wounds that ended her law enforcement career. Officer Patricia "Patty" Parete, 48, died early Saturday at her home.
Read More →New York's strict new gun law contains a provision that requires a mandatory life sentence for anyone convicted of killing a first responder in a state with a moratorium on the death penalty.
Read More →Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that New York needs an assault weapons ban, not just the increased penalties for illegal gun possession that Republicans are backing.
Read More →A civilian flipping off a police officer can't be cause for a vehicle stop or arrest, a federal appellate court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that the "ancient gesture of insult is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity."
Read More →An ex-con killed two firefighters with the same caliber and make military-style rifle used in the Connecticut school massacre after typing a note pledging to burn down his neighborhood and "do what I like doing best, killing people," police said Tuesday as another body, believed to be the gunman's missing sister, was found.
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