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Audit: Suffolk paid employees to sleep on the job
The shelter operator acknowledged workers were allowed sleep during overnight hours, but were paid a reduced flat $30 rate and still provided supervision that was less expensive than putting on a shift at full pay.
Convict Assets Fund Anti-Drug Program
Think your kid is using drugs? Parents in Suffolk can find out, and money is no object.
Suffolk gives out drug test kits for concerned parents
The kits, bought with money seized from drug dealers and available at the Suffolk sheriff's office, allow people to home-test urine for traces of six categories of drugs, said Suffolk Sheriff Vincent DeMarco .
Legislators force cop infusion
Suffolk lawmakers voted 16 to 1 with one abstention Tuesday to override a county executive budget veto on law enforcement hiring.
LIMBA prez pitches maglev train system
Cheap speed in all weather, Fazio says; build 'em here, too A well-known Long Island business advocate pitched the benefits of superconducting magnetic-levitation trains for the local economy to Suffolk lawmakers Friday.
Suffolk attorney arraigned on second indictment alleging mortgage fraud
A Dix Hills attorney, arrested for his involvement in a mortgage fraud ring four months ago, pleaded not guilty to additional grand larceny and forgery charges this morning at his arraignment on a grand jury indictment in Suffolk County court Riverhead.
Keith Romaine, Brookhaven councilman, dies
Republican Keith Romaine, who won re-election to the Brookhaven Town council in the Sixth District on Nov.
In Southampton, councilwoman edges incumbent for supervisor
Southampton town supervisor Linda Kabot holds her first town board meeting since her arrest.
Man who shot wife in Middle Island says he was 'on autopilot'
Former New York Police Department cop Darryl Fowler described himself to investigators as "on autopilot" when he broke into his wife's Middle Island home and shot her multiple times, a Suffolk prosecutor said during Mr.
Charge: Southold man admits he supplied gun in teen's killing
The felony criminal complaint filed against Jose Fuentes-Ochoa, 20, who was in federal custody before being brought to Suffolk County last week, charges him with criminal facilitation for supplying a gun to another man.
1 of 7 teens accused in Lucero slay pleads guilty
Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead earlier this year. Thursday, he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the hate killing of Marcelo Lucero .
Polls close on LI, Dem chair not feeling 'warm and fuzzy'
Shanon Burns votes on Tuesday at Finley Middle School in Glen Cove. Polls have closed in New York State, leaving Long Island election officials to count votes in a variety of county, town and city races.
Prosecutor: Ex-cop shot wife after losing job
Fowler, 46, was arraigned in Riverhead on a grand jury indictment, charging him with attempted murder, burglary, assault and other charges.
Pol facing DWI charge loses in Southampton
Southampton town supervisor Linda Kabot holds her first town board meeting since her arrest.
All Legislature Seats, Nassau County Exec and More Up for Grabs on Election Day 2009
If you still aren't sure who you're voting for today, you don't have a lot of time left to make up your mind.
LIers ready to vote in hot races Tuesday
Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi campaigns for re-election Friday at the LIRR station in Baldwin.
Psych exam sought for murder suspect
Kathleen Prisco has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of her husband, Ralph Prisco, on Oct.
Suffolk panel told of abuses in 'sober homes'
At many other homes, a lack of supervision and adequate resources allows many residents to continue addictions and cause a variety of problems, including felonies, in neighborhoods, said Suffolk Legis.
Waiter where bouncer was choked says he tried to help him
Police mug shot of Anthony Oddone, 25, of Farmingville . A trial for Oddone started Oct.
Judge orders Suffolk DA to probe claims in Kabot case
Kabot was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. She refused to take a Breathalyzer test and later said she was unaware that she would not be permitted to drive because of her refusal.
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