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Motorcyclist Critically Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash Westbound Long Island Expressway, West of Exit 51, Dix Hills

September 12, 2021 4:33 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that critically injured a motorcyclist this morning of Friday, September 10, 2021 at 6:22 a.m.
Leon Bassene was riding a 2021 Suzuki motorcycle on the westbound Long Island Expressway, just west of exit 51, when he failed to slow for traffic and the motorcycle struck […]

SCPD Canine Dies From Sudden Illness

September 6, 2021 3:52 pm Comments Off

Dallas V served the residents of Suffolk for more than 5 years
The Suffolk County Police Department is mourning the loss of active duty canine Dallas V, a 6-year old German Shepherd that died from a sudden illness on September 1, 2021.
Dallas V joined the SCPD in 2016, training with handler Kenneth Michaels, and was named […]

Dirt Bike Operator Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash, Pulaski/Larkfield Road

September 6, 2021 3:32 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a dirt bike operator in East Northport last night, Saturday, September 4, 2021 at approximately 11:30 p.m..
A male was operating a Honda dirt bike when he went through a traffic light at the intersection of Larkfield Road and Pulaski Road and […]

Pedestrian Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash Northbound New York Avenue, North of East 12th Street, Huntington Station

September 6, 2021 3:26 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Huntington Station early this morning, Sunday, September 5, 2021 at approximately 2:30 a.m..
Ishmael Haughten was driving a 2017 Toyota Highlander northbound on New York Avenue, just north of East 12th Street, when his vehicle struck a male pedestrian who […]

Man Seriously Injured in Motor-Vehicle Crash Eastbound Long Island Expressway, near Exit 52, Dix Hills

August 29, 2021 3:55 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor-vehicle crash that seriously injured a man in Dix Hills the morning of Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 1:35 a.m..
Koray Kurulgan was operating a 2005 MINI Cooper eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, near Exit 52, when the vehicle crashed into the back of a tractor […]

DIX HILLS ATTORNEY, CLIENT INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING $395K FROM FRAUDULENT SALE OF HOUSE

August 28, 2021 3:38 pm Comments Off

Defendants Allegedly Falsified Documents to Sell Property Belonging to Client’s Relatives

Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini today announced the indictment of an attorney and his client for allegedly selling a property belonging to the client’s relatives and stealing $395,000 from the sale of the house.
Jerome Binder, 38, of Patchogue, is charged with Grand Larceny […]

Two Men Arrested for Attempting to Scam Elderly Woman

August 27, 2021 3:14 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested two men in West Babylon for attempting to scam an elderly woman.
An 82-year-old Michigan woman received a call that her grandson had been arrested following a motor vehicle crash and needed bail money. The woman sent $10,000 cash to an address in Brooklyn on August 20, 2021. A man later […]

Who Was In The Town SUV That Cut a Telephone Pole

August 18, 2021 9:26 am Comments Off

It was early in the morning on Monday, August 8, 2021 around 12:45am when a town of Huntington vehicle took out a pole on West Hills Road. See picture below.

Usually when someone hits a pole a field sobriety test is performed. But according to SCPD there was no such test performed because the individual involved in the accident […]

Incident, Man Critically Injured Falling Off Ladder in West Hills

July 26, 2021 2:05 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a man who was injured after he fell off a ladder in West Hills this morning,
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at approximately 11:45 a.m. at 51 Green Meadow Lane, West Hills.
A 55-year-old man was cleaning windows on an extension ladder at 51 Green Meadow Lane when […]

Man Arrested for Leandra’s Law Deer Park Road and Alyssum Avenue, Dix Hills

July 25, 2021 2:01 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police last night arrested a man for Leandra’s Law for driving while intoxicated with two children in his vehicle in Dix Hills, Friday, July 16, at approximately 3:30 p.m.
A 911 caller, reported a man driving a 2010 Hyundai Sonata recklessly in Dix Hills, when a Suffolk County Police Second Precinct Patrol officer initiated a […]