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Melville Fire Department Battles Another House Fire

April 20, 2017 1:30 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a fire in a house undergoing renovations on Phaetons Drive in Melville, at 6:47 a.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Sixty firefighters using eight trucks from Melville, Huntington Manor, Plainview, East Farmingdale and Greenlawn fire departments battled the blaze in the 5,000 square-foot home which was brought under control within 45 […]

Melville FD Responds to Smokey House

April 20, 2017 1:25 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to reports of an occupied house filling up with smoke on Faulkner Lane, Monday, April 17, 2017 at about 7:25 p.m. Three engines, a ladder truck, heavy rescue and ambulance were dispatched with 30 firefighters, under the command of Assistant Chief David Kaplan. Firefighters investigated a smoke odor and haze, and […]

Melville Fire Department Battles Easter Sunday Brush Fire

April 17, 2017 12:19 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a brush fire on Easter Sunday, April 16, at 12:01 p.m. on Burrs Lane. This was the third brush fire that Melville firefighters have handled in less then a week. The latest fire involved a 400×100 foot wooded area about the size of an acre. The fire came within […]

Four Injured in Melville Crash Arrest Made for DWI

April 15, 2017 12:56 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested a man for driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle crash that critically injured his passenger in Melville last night April 14, 2017.

Alvarado Barrios-Martinez was driving a 1996 Honda Accord northbound on Route 110 when he struck a 2014 Subaru Outback which was stopped at the red light at the […]

Four Injured in Melville Crash

April 15, 2017 12:38 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department and Suffolk Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Walt Whitman Road and Arrowood Lane in Melville on Friday night, April 14, 2017, at about 8:25 p.m. Four people suffered injuries, two serious, and were transported to Huntington and Plainview Hospitals. The Dix Hills and Plainview fire departments assisted with additional ambulances. […]

Drug Hotline Working in March as Three Searches Net Drugs.

April 14, 2017 5:06 pm Comments Off

Drug Hotline Working in March as Three Searches Net Drugs.
During March 2017 the police were very busy utilizing Tips from the community and the Drug Hotline 1(631)852-NARC (24 Hour drug hotline). To fight drug abuse in Suffolk County, a new tip hotline has been created for residents to report suspected drugs sales and drug activity in their neighborhoods.
The following Drug Dens were raided in […]

Women Shot and Murdered on Borroughs Avenue in Dix Hills

April 14, 2017 1:39 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested a Dix Hills man for fatally shooting his girlfriend in Dix Hills last night.
Eric Bermudez confronted his girlfriend, Regina Flecha, on Burroughs Avenue, north of Kenmore Street, at approximately 7:30 p.m. April 13, 2017 and shot her multiple times. Bermudez then pulled Flecha into his vehicle and drove away from […]

Huntington Fire Department Responds to Car into Huntington Harbor

April 10, 2017 3:41 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Fire Department was dispatched for a vehicle into Huntington Harbor on West Shore Road near Gold Star Beach, Saturday morning, April 8, 2017 at about 6:40 a.m. Huntington firefighters responded with their heavy rescue truck and zodiac boat, and searched the water and SUV for any possible victims. The driver was not reported […]

Huntington Community First Aid Squad Responds to Motor Vehicle Overturn Accident

April 10, 2017 3:21 pm Comments Off

Saturday, April 8, 2017 at approximately 4:30 PM The Huntington Community First Aid Squad was called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident at West Hills Road and West 22nd St. Upon arrival they found a SUV had hit a telephone pole snapping it off at the base and hanging by the wires. After hitting […]

Two Injured in Crash by Melville Postal Center

April 6, 2017 12:33 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department and Suffolk Police responded to an accident involving a pickup truck and a car in front of the U.S. Postal Service Processing Center on Duryea Road, Wednesday night, April 5, 2017, at about 10:30 p.m. Melville firefighters used heavy rescue tools to remove the door from a pickup truck and extricate the driver.
Both drivers were injured and transported to Plainview and […]