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Huntington Station Teen Reported Missing Found Unharmed

October 24, 2017 12:57 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to locate a Huntington Station teen who was reported missing last week has been located and is unharmed.
Wendy Velasquez, 16, who was last seen at her residence in Huntington Station on October 10, was reported missing on October 12. She is Hispanic, 5 feet […]

Huntington Station Teen Reported Missing

October 19, 2017 12:11 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to locate a Huntington Station teen who was reported missing last week.
Wendy Velasquez, 16, who was last seen at her residence in Huntington Station on October 10, was reported missing on October 12. She is Hispanic, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 120 pounds with […]

Greenlawn Fire Department Responds to Overturn Crash On Cuba Hill Road

October 11, 2017 1:48 pm Comments Off

Greenlawn Fire Department volunteers were dispatched to a reported Motor Vehicle Accident Overturn at Cuba Hill Road and Elbomar Drive near Elwood Park, on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 1:02 a.m. The single vehicle was found to have veered off the road hitting an embankment, striking a tree and overturning back into the roadway. The single occupant was able to self […]

Missing Kayaker Rescued from Long Island Sound By The Marine Bureau

October 10, 2017 8:35 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers rescued a Huntington man who was stranded in the Long Island Sound for approximately 17 hours after his kayak capsized.
Michael Diaz went fishing in a kayak in the Long Island Sound off of Lloyd Harbor Village Park on the morning of October 7, 2017. After Diaz failed to return […]

Suffolk County Reports a Second Death Associated with West Nile Virus

October 8, 2017 5:19 pm Comments Off

Another individual with West Nile virus is recovering
Three new mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus

Suffolk County Commissioner of Health Dr. James Tomarken reported today that New York State has confirmed that an adult who died last month has tested positive for West Nile virus.

The Town of Brookhaven resident, who was over the age […]

Woman Arrested for Stealing Lizards from Selmer’s Pet Land

October 6, 2017 3:19 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Mount Sinai woman for stealing four pet lizards from a Huntington Station, New York pet store in August.
A woman entered Selmer’s Pet Land, located at 125 East Jericho Turnpike, on August 23, 2017 at approximately 1 p.m. with her twin 14-year-old sons. She cut open the top screen of […]

Melville Overturn Crash and Fire On Bagatelle Road

October 5, 2017 2:59 pm Comments Off

Melville Fire Department volunteers responded to a motor vehicle accident with a car fire on Bagatelle Road near Tamara Court on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at about 5:15 a.m. The two-vehicle crash involved a car that struck an SUV an overturned, setting the car on fire. The occupants of the car were able to self-extricate […]

Huntington Manor Fire Department Battles Car Fire On East 8th Street

October 5, 2017 2:48 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to a car fire on East 8th Street on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at about 2 a.m. The Mercedes-Benz sedan was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. The blaze was quickly brought under control and there were no injuries reported. Units were under the command of […]

Melville FD Rescues Crash Victim On Half Hallow Road

October 5, 2017 2:18 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department and Suffolk Police responded to a crash on Half Hollow Road near Blossom Street on Wednesday night, October 4, 2017 at about 11:05 p.m. Firefighters used heavy rescue tools to remove the windshield and extricate the driver of a Honda SUV that overturned onto its side. The woman was transported to Huntington Hospital with non-life threatening […]

School Bus and Car Collide in Melville

October 4, 2017 7:02 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a crash involving a school bus and a car on New York Avenue near Rainer Street on Tuesday morning, October 3, 2017, at about 8:53 a.m. There were 18 children aboard the bus on their way to the Signal Hill Elementary School in Dix Hills. There were no reported injuries, […]