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Melville Fire Department Responds to Northern State Car Fire

June 15, 2017 12:41 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department was dispatched for a car fire on the Northern State Parkway in the eastbound lanes between exits 40 and 41 (Route 110 and Wolf Hill Road) on Wednesday, June 14, at about 6:55 p.m. Firefighters responded with an engine and heavy rescue truck, and extinguished a working fire in a Volkswagen. The […]

Fire at Apex Rehab Center

June 15, 2017 12:04 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to a fire at the Apex Rehabilitation Center on Birchwood Drive in South Huntington on Wednesday morning, June 14, 2017 at about 7 a.m. The fire occurred in the attic on one of the facility’s buildings, and was quickly extinguished by firefighters. Huntington Manor firefighters were assisted by the Dix […]

Police Search for Missing Kayaker in Long Island Sound

June 12, 2017 11:57 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police are searching for a kayaker who was reported missing in Northport yesterday June 11, 2017.
Selvin Vasquez-Enamorado launched his kayak from a beach near Crab Meadow Beach to go fishing sometime between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. When Vasquez, 24, of Huntington Station, did not return home, a friend called 911 at approximately […]

Three Injured in Melville Crash

June 12, 2017 10:48 am Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle crash on New York Avenue near Wolf Hill Road in Melville, on Sunday afternoon, June 11, 2017, at around 4:30 p.m. Three people suffered injuries including a pregnant woman, and were transported to Huntington Hospital by the Melville Rescue Squad. Melville firefighters used heavy rescue extrication tools to remove […]

Tanner Park Beach, Benjamin Beach and Centerport Yacht Club Beach Closures Lifted

June 9, 2017 4:51 pm Comments Off

James L. Tomarken, MD, MSW, MPH, MBA, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, says today that that the beach closures issued for the following beaches have been lifted, as results of recent samples collected show the water quality to be within acceptable levels:

Tanner Park Beach in Copiague
Benjamin Beach in Bayshore
Centerport Yacht Club […]

Centerport Yacht Club Beach Closed to Bathing

June 8, 2017 12:16 pm Comments Off

James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, said that due to a relatively small amount of sewage discharged to surface waters caused by a malfunctioning pump-out station in Northport Harbor, an advisory against bathing has been issued to Centerport Yacht Club Beach.

The advisory is based on […]

Bar Fight At Colony Leads to Arrest of Gang Member

June 8, 2017 12:09 pm Comments Off

On Saturday May 27, 2017 a 911 call came in to SCPD at 2:20 am that there was a fight at the Colony Lounge on Depot Road in Huntington Station. Police responded to the scene found the victim had already left. Saying that he had driven himself to Good Samaritan Hospital with serious injuries.

On further investigation detectives […]

Possible Gang Related Shooting In Front Of 283A Broadway, Greenlawn

June 7, 2017 12:40 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating the shooting of a man in Greenlawn early this morning.

Omar Fuentes was standing with a group of people in front of 283A Broadway when a man approached the group, fired shots then fled on foot south of Broadway. Fuentes, 30, of Greenlawn, was struck twice in the […]

Scam at Dunkin Doughnuts Huntington Station

June 3, 2017 1:33 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Second Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man who scammed money from a store in Huntington Station last month.

On May 17, 2017 a man told employees at Dunkin Donuts located at 281 Walt Whitman Road that he was a “Fire Suppression Inspector” who was […]

Huntington Station Man Arrested for DWI with Daughter in Car

May 31, 2017 3:33 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Huntington Station man for driving while intoxicated with his teenage daughter in the vehicle.
On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at approximately 2:40 a.m. at 5th Avenue South and West Hills Road, Huntington Station, while conducting STOP DWI patrol, Second Precinct Police Officer Joshua Parsons pulled over a 2006 Toyota Tundra, driven […]