SUFFOLK COURT NEWS Riverhead, New York June 22, 2023 MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF SERIOUS FELONY CHARGES-FACED 25 YEARS IN STATE PRISON Earlier today a 12 person jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty before Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei on the matter of People v....

Jairon Gonzales Martinez, left, alleged MS-13 gang member, during a hearing Wednesday on a motion to overturn a 2013 murder conviction before Suffolk Supreme Court Justice Anthony S. Senft, Jr. Jairon Gonzales-Martinez had been convicted of second-degree murder for...

A man was sentenced to three years' probation on Wednesday after being found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Thomas Costas is accused of touching the young girl's inner thigh and sending inappropriate text messages. Costas was...

Angel Salas, 9, who was killed in a crash when the car he was in was rear-ended by a driver accused of being drunk, high and speeding. Credit: Juliana Salas Acting Supreme Court Justice Judge Richard I. Horowitz ordered Dickson held on $500,000 cash, $750,000 bond or...

David Olivari, a former New York State correction officer, is led out of the Suffolk police Fourth Precinct for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip in February. Credit: James Carbone A New York State correction officer who authorities said pulled over...

Suffolk County on Long Island aggressively uses the law to take guns from people in crisis in an effort to prevent shootings and suicides. Its experience could inform a national debate. By Andy Newman, Benjamin Weiser and Ashley Southall of the New York Times June 5,...

Long Island authorities said a joint law enforcement operation aimed at disrupting gang activity yielded results earlier this month by taking 69 gang targets off the streets. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone A joint law enforcement operation aimed at disrupting Long...

The mother of a 5-year-old boy who died last year in what Suffolk police Friday called “a shocking case of abuse” is facing a murder charge along with her boyfriend. Officers found victim King Owusu at a Brentwood apartment after a 911 call on April 1, 2021, Police...

Updated October 13, 2021 8:25 PM A Port Jefferson Station man was charged with driving while intoxicated after Suffolk police said his car struck and killed a pedestrian Tuesday night in Coram. Jason Hank, 24, was driving a 2009 Toyota Corolla north on Route 112,...

Defense attorneys say the prosecution team withheld evidence in the 2013 murder case that led to the conviction of a Brentwood man. Photo Credit: James Carbone By Nicole Fuller of Newsday Attorneys for a Brentwood man found...