Nassau County

Callers told a Long Island woman she needed to pay $8,000 to bail out her grandson from jail after a drunken car crash. The grandmother of seven knew instantly it was a scam, but she had an idea, and set a trap with the help of police.

Dina Lohan, actor Lindsay Lohan’s mother, was sentenced Friday to 18 days in jail and five years’ probation after pleading guilty to felony DWI in connection with a 2020 crash where she rear-ended a car near a Long Island mall, officials said. Lohan, 59, also pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without reporting it in the Jan….

Officials say a 57-year-old Florida man who served as the music minister at a church is accused of fatally shooting his wife and two adult children

The winner wanted to remain anonymous, so he asked his cousin to cash the ticket in for him in exchange for $50,000.

Officials say a 35-year-old man wanted in the fatal shooting of a north Florida sheriff’s deputy has been captured after a wide manhunt

 A north Florida sheriff’s deputy who was recently shot twice during a traffic stop died Sunday afternoon. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said via Twitter that Deputy Joshua Moyers, 29, died at a Jacksonville hospital. “Please keep Josh’s family and fiancé in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate this terrible tragedy,” Leeper said. Meanwhile hundreds of officers were...

A North Florida sheriff’s deputy who was recently shot twice during a traffic stop is not going to survive his injuries, authorities announced Saturday. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said doctors at UF Health Jacksonville did their best to save Deputy Joshua Moyers, 29, but “there was just nothing they could do for Josh.” Leeper said the deputy’s family...

Officials say a sheriff’s deputy is in critical condition following a shooting during a traffic stop in north Florida

Ann Mazze is a spunky 95-year-old woman who resides in Levittown — as she has for more than 50 years. However, an unexpected Nassau County mistake has put her in a financial bind. Recently, the Nassau County Department of Assessment mistakenly reported due to a clerical error that Mazze had died, causing her to lose her Enhanced STAR for low-income seniors,…

A Long Island doctor is facing murder charges after five patients allegedly died between 2016 and 2018 due to prescriptions he wrote. George Blatti, 75, was arraigned Thursday on five counts of murder in the second degree and 11 counts of reckless endangerment in the first degree. Blatti was remanded and is due back in court on March 30. If…

Authorities in Nassau County have made an arrest in the hit-run death of rapper Nicki Minaj’s 64-year-old father, who was killed on Long Island less than a week ago, a police source with knowledge of the case told News 4 Wednesday. Robert Maraj was walking on a road in Mineola at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a…

Authorities say an assistant manager of a convenience store is accused of stealing Florida Lottery scratch-off tickets

Jelani Maraj, brother of rapper Nicki Minaj, was sentenced Monday morning to 25 years to life in prison for repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl at his Long Island home, a spokesperson for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office told NBC News. Maraj was convicted in November 2017 of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a…

Eight teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fatal attack on a Long Island high school student during an after-school fight.

A car smashed into the lobby of a Trump building in New Rochelle, police said.

A Florida couple arrested on DUI and other charges are accused of having sex in the back of a patrol car after they were taken into custody.

Gary Ray Bowles, 57, drew the death sentence for his conviction in the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach — one of the six known killings in 1994 that terrorized the Interstate 95 corridor.

Police in the New York City suburbs say they’ve arrested a fake cop who tried to pull over real detectives. Nassau County police said Valiery Portlock sounded a horn and flashed emergency lights Friday morning as he an attempt to pull over a van in Hicksville, Long Island. The unmarked van turned out to be occupied by detectives from the...