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Melville man facing child porn charges in “sextortion” scheme, Sini says
A Melville man was indicted on charges of child pornography in connection with a "sextortion" scheme carried out on social media, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini said Thursday. Bradley Garyn, 27, faces 27 counts after his indictment Wednesday before...
Sini: Manhattan couple falsifies COVID-19 results to delay drug case
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini in 2019. A Manhattan couple who allegedly falsified positive coronavirus test results to delay the husband’s drug case have been indicted on forgery and other criminal charges, Suffolk County prosecutors said Monday....
Brentwood gas station owner exploited immigrant employees, Suffolk DA says
A Brentwood gas station owner paid 18 employees below minimum wage and deprived them of overtime while threatening to call immigration on undocumented staffers who reported labor violations to law enforcement, Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini said Tuesday. Jernail...
Cuomo signs law, sparked by LI case, making illegal dumping a felony
Illegally dumped dirt mounds at Brentwood State Park during a press event at Brentwood State Park in Brentwood on July 17, 2018. Following up on Operation Pay Dirt, the undercover operation on Long Island and in New York City that the state's top environmental...
Suffolk DA: Melville man used social media to solicit child porn
Melville man charged in alleged crimes targeting underage girls The Suffolk County district attorney says Bradley Garyn, 27, used social media to pay underage girls to send him inappropriate sexual photos and videos. A Melville man faces up to 15 years...
Suffolk DA: Hicksville woman arrested in drug bust at Melville hotel
A drug bust at a Hilton hotel in Melville led to the arrest of a woman found with nearly 1 pound of crystal methamphetamine and more than "a hundred assorted pills," Suffolk prosecutors said Friday, saying the seizure fits a recent pattern of rising meth sales....
Feds: 6 charged in ‘birth tourism’ scheme on Long Island
Federal prosecutors have announced charges against six people in a “birth tourism” fraud and money laundering scheme on Long Island. According to authorities, the scheme had been going on for more than three years. They say the international ring brought pregnant...
Hempstead sex trafficker was ‘true predator,’ forced multiple women into prostitution, Suffolk DA says
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini, speaks during a news conference outside the Suffolk County district attorney's office in Hauppauge on Wednesday. A Hempstead sex trafficker coerced his female victims into prostitution through threats of violence,...
Suffolk DA: Centereach massage parlors were actually brothels that laundered money
A pair of Centereach brothels, masquerading as massage parlors, forced Chinese sex workers to work 14-hour days and have unprotected sex while the business' operator earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit income, Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini said...
Sini: Amityville man convicted in case linked to fatal OD in Lindenhurst
A Suffolk jury convicted an Amityville man on charges linked to a fatal fentanyl overdose, the first time county prosecutors used a toxicology report as key evidence rather than seized drugs, authorities said Tuesday. Austin Hunter, 43, was convicted Monday on three...
DA: South Shore car salesman scammed would-be buyers, sellers
A car salesman used "reputable" dealerships where he worked to scam would-be buyers and sellers, many of them members of the Hispanic community, gaining their trust and then stealing their money, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini said Thursday --...
14 LIers charged with participating in ring that distributed heroin, cocaine and other drugs, Suffolk DA says
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini in front of First District Court in Central Islip on Oct. 21. Fourteen Long Island residents accused of participating in a drug ring that sold and distributed heroin, cocaine, Oxycodone, methamphetamine and marijuana...
Water Mill man twice sought absentee ballot for his dead mom, Suffolk DA says
A son who twice requested an absentee ballot for his deceased mother has been charged with felony voter fraud, and if convicted could spend as much as 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison, the Suffolk district attorney said Friday. Wayne Tappe, 57, of Water Mill, also twice...
Cleanup of LI toxic dumping sites begins
Illegally dumped material, such as mounds of dirt, filled with large chunks of metal and other contaminants, that were discovered during "Operation Pay Dirt" began to be removed Wednesday from John Kerrigan's half-acre property on Wilson Boulevard in Central Islip....
Three Suffolk residents charged with welfare fraud, district attorney’s office says
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini Three Suffolk County residents were arrested and charged with committing welfare fraud after they allegedly stole more than $197,000 combined in public assistance benefits from the county Department of Social...
Contracting company, owner plead guilty to labor crimes, Suffolk DA says
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini A contracting company and its owner in Northport have pleaded guilty in connection with several labor-related crimes and were ordered to pay more than $85,000 in restitution, the Suffolk County district attorney’s...
Feds, Sini: 11 union officials indicted on racketeering, bribery and fraud
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini at the William J. Lindsay County Complex in Hauppauge in December. Eleven top union officials in the construction industry on Long Island have been indicted by federal authorities on allegations of accepting bribes...
Driver Gets Max in Scout Death
Thursday, October 1st, I announced the conviction of a Holbrook man for driving while intoxicated and killing 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris, of Wading River, in a motor vehicle crash on Sept. 30, 2018. On the two-year anniversary of the crash, the defendant...
Sound Beach man who operated ‘sex dungeon’ sentenced to more than 9 years in prison
Sound Beach man who operated 'sex dungeon' sentenced to more than 9 years in prison Raymond Rodio, a Sound Beach man who officials said used drugs to push at least 20 women into prostitution, was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison on Tuesday. Credit: Howard...
Thieves stole more than $1 million in ‘synthetic identity’ fraud scheme, Suffolk DA Timothy Sini says
Authorities: Over $1 million stolen from financial institutions in identity fraud scheme Authorities on Wednesday said more than $1 million was stolen from financial institutions in a nationwide synthetic identity fraud scheme that involved the theft of...
Mount Sinai man sentenced in scheme involving blind man, Suffolk prosecutors say
A Mount Sinai man was sentenced to up to 7½ years in prison for stealing nearly $4 million from two victims, including an elderly, blind Poughkeepsie man, through a fraudulent investment scheme, Suffolk County prosecutors said Friday. Joseph Prosa, 53, pleaded guilty...
Sini: West Babylon man ran 24/7 cocaine sales ring from his home
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini at the William J. Lindsay County Complex in Hauppauge. A West Babylon man ran a 24-hour "major cocaine trafficking operation" out of a window in his home, authorities said Tuesday in announcing his indictment on...
Sini: NYPD cop, others arrested in drug distribution ring
New York City Police Department officer Joseph Recca outside Central Islip courthouse on Wednesday. An NYPD officer from West Islip and two other Long Island men were arrested on drug and conspiracy charges Tuesday, the result of an investigation sparked by the fatal...
Father, son cross-country drug network busted, Suffolk DA says
Evidence seized in a takedown of an alleged multi-million dollar cross-country drug distribution network operating in Suffolk County. Suffolk County authorities say they've thwarted an alleged multi-million dollar cross-country drug distribution network involving a...
Patchogue man illegally possessed, sold weapons, Suffolk DA says
A search warrant executed Wednesday at defendant Mark Singh's home led to the recovery of seven illegal assault weapons, one of which was loaded, and three illegally configured receivers and parts in the process of being assembled, the Suffolk DA said Friday. A...
Farmingdale man pleads guilty in loan scheme that targeted small business owners
A Farmingdale man pleaded guilty in connection with a fee loan scheme that targeted small business owners and had more than 35 victims outside New York, prosecutors announced Saturday. Demetrios Boudourakis, 46, pleaded guilty Friday to grand larceny, Suffolk County...
LI man defrauded investors in $500G Ponzi scheme, Suffolk DA says
A Mount Sinai man has been charged with defrauding investors in a more than $500,000 Ponzi scheme, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Friday. Craig Clavin, 61, and his company, Lighthouse Futures Ltd., solicited investments into a fund known as...
The SCDA’s Office is investigating whether the presence of a deadly mixture of fentanyl-laced cocaine….
The Suffolk Count District Attorney's Office is investigating whether the presence of a deadly mixture of fentanyl-laced cocaine is responsible for causing recent overdoses in Suffolk County. In advance of the holiday weekend, we are issuing a critically important...
Suffolk busts alleged drug and money laundering ring that spiked prices during pandemic
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, and the office's special narcotics bureau chief, Kate Wagner, talk about a large-scale local drug bust that resulted in the arrest of 15 people. Suffolk County authorities have busted a multimillion dollar drug...
Suffolk busts alleged drug and money laundering ring that spiked prices during pandemic
Play Video Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, and the office's special narcotics bureau chief, Kate Wagner, talk about a large-scale local drug bust that resulted in the arrest of 15 people. Suffolk County authorities have busted a multimillion dollar...
Blood Plasma Donations
The last two months have been full of trials and tribulations for all of us. New challenges most of us have never dreamed of seem to come fast and furious each and every day. One of those challenges for me, as many of you know, was contracting the virus last month. It...
Testimony Before the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice
Yesterday, I joined the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice to testify regarding my Office’s work to combat MS-13 and the area of electronic investigation and surveillance with a focus on the ever-increasing problem of the use...
Sini and Hart Testify About Gangs Before Presidential Panel
Suffolk District attorney Timothy Sini and Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart appear in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead in July. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini on Thursday urged the Department of Justice to continue pushing tech...
Patchogue woman guilty in activist Evelyn Rodriguez’s death
Ann Marie Drago guilty on all counts in activist Evelyn Rodriguez's death..... Jurors delivered a swift verdict Wednesday in the trial of a Patchogue woman after once again watching the graphic news video of her driving over Evelyn Rodriguez on the same Brentwood...
DA: Gang member gets 15 years in shooting inside Lake Ronkonkoma IHOP
Suffolk County police investigate the scene of a shooting at an IHOP restaurant on Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma in March. A Bloods gang member was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting five rounds, and wounding one man, inside an IHOP restaurant in Lake...
Smithtown man ran illegal health clinic, posed as medical professional, DA says
Law enforcement officials say this is the illegal clinic in Smithtown where Brian Kaufman worked. Prosecutors have charged a Smithtown man who is a felon with running an illegal health clinic, where they said he posed as a medical professional, selling steroids and...
LI IHOP Shooting: Bloods Gang Member Admits Attempted Murder
Deontrae Green, 20, of Islandia, a member of the Bloods gang, pleaded guilty to attempted murder after he shot inside a Lake Ronkonkoma IHOP in March, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney. ...
LI IHOP SHOOTING: BLOODS GANG MEMBER ADMITS ATTEMPTED MURDER
Deontrae Green, 20, of Islandia, a member of the Bloods gang, pleaded guilty to attempted murder after he shot inside a Lake Ronkonkoma IHOP in March, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney. A Bloods gang...
Illegal-Gun Sales Bust: Ronkonkoma sporting goods store owner charged with illegal weapons sales
Suffolk County authorities have charged the owner of a Ronkonkoma sporting goods store with selling illegal assault firearms and high-capacity gun magazines, including a rifle used in a murder-suicide in which a man killed his 2-year-old son and himself, officials...
DA says: 96 MS-13 gang members, associates charged in LI investigation
Nearly 100 MS-13 members and associates, including the leaders of nine local cliques, have been charged in the largest state takedown of the dangerous street gang that terrorized parts of Long Island for years, Suffolk officials announced Friday. The 23-month...
Sini: MS-13 members sentenced for Huntington Station shooting, conspiracy
Two MS-13 gang members have been sentenced to prison for a 2016 shooting that wounded a rival in Huntington Station and conspiracy to commit murder in a separate case, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced Tuesday. “By charging these murder...
Suffolk DA discusses grand jury recommendations on illegal dumping
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini discussed the grand jury's recommendations on illegal dumping, including felony charges for those accused of dumping contaminated materials on the properties of unwitting victims who think they're getting clean fill....
DA: Ludovino Correia, owner of concrete company charged with illegal dumping in county preserve
A Farmingville man who owns a concrete construction company was arrested and charged this week after, prosecutors said, he illegally dumped solid waste onto the Suffolk County Nature Preserve in Yaphank. Ludovino Correia, 54, owner of Sunshine of East Coast Inc. in...
Patchogue man, Joseph Allgood, gets 16 years to life in botched robbery at Center Moriches 7-Eleven
A Patchogue man received a stiff prison sentence for an attempted robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Center Moriches in which he stabbed two employees with a box cutter in 2018, officials said. A Suffolk County jury convicted Joseph Allgood, 50, of two counts of...
Sini: Contractor, Robert Heinrich, bilked Brookhaven Town out of more than $6,000
A Mount Sinai contractor was arraigned Thursday in Suffolk County District Court on charges that he fleeced more than $6,000 from Brookhaven Town by falsifying claim vouchers while upgrading the town's vehicle fueling systems. Robert Heinrich, 65, was charged with...
Gang member who drove at police cruiser gets 17-21 years, Suffolk DA says
gets 17-21 years, Suffolk DA says Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini, shown in a file photo, announced the sentencing of a Bloods gang member to 17 and one-half to 21 years in prison A Bloods gang member was sentenced to 17 to 21 years in prison for driving...
Two dozen people arrested in major Suffolk drug ring bust, officials say
Authorities on Thursday announced the arrests of two dozen people who allegedly sold fentanyl-laced heroin -- the deadly opioid linked to at least five fatal overdoses -- and other drugs as part of a drug-trafficking network centered on the Shinnecock Reservation in...
Suffolk officials unveil new tool in opioids war
Suffolk County officials showed off their newest tool in the battle against opioids Tuesday, a $400,000 device to help authorities in prosecutions by analyzing and identifying previously undetectable deadly substances. “With the unveiling of this new technology, we...
Suffolk DA to use federal grants to probe claims of innocence
Keith Bush at his home in Bridgeport, CT on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. Bush served 32 years in prison for the murder of Sharese Watson, a crime he says he did not commit. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. Reacting to the exoneration of Keith Bush, wrongly convicted...
Riverhead man sentenced to 4-6 years in prison in fatal overdose case
A Riverhead man was sentenced to 4 to 6 years in prison on Thursday for selling a potent mix of heroin and fentanyl that authorities said led to the fatal overdose of a local man. John Brophy, 50, was sentenced for his manslaughter conviction at a Suffolk County Court...
Long Island lawmakers to propose tougher anti-dumping rules
Long Island state lawmakers introduced sweeping legislation Wednesday they said would make it easier to prosecute and punish individuals suspected of illegally dumping toxic materials and better protect the region's sole-source aquifer. The bipartisan legislation...
Smithtown man sentenced to 2-4 years in massive contaminated fill scheme
Anthony "Rock" Grazio, 54, of Smithtown, was sentenced Monday to 2 to 4 years in prison for being the ringleader of an illegal scheme to supply construction sites with contaminated fill. Credit: James Carbone A “dirt broker” who Suffolk prosecutors said led a massive...
Garbage carter, driver get conditional release in corruption case
Two Smithtown garbage carters were sentenced to three years conditional release Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, after pleading guilty in May to a scheme to defraud the town of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mario and Robert Garofalo pleaded guilty to attempted...
Ex-Sachem football coach convicted of stealing money from district
A former Sachem High School North football coach has been convicted of stealing funds from the district. Prosecutors say David Falco filed eight false claim forms totaling more than $5,700 for work he did not do. It happened between December of 2017 and June of 2018....
Driver charged in death of Kings Park teacher-coach was high on fentanyl, DA says
A Mattituck man was high on fentanyl when he plowed into a Kings Park teacher and coach, then drove for almost a half-hour with a hole in his windshield and blood on his car, Suffolk prosecutors said Wednesday. Keith Clancy, 32, left the scene in St. James on July...
Driver who killed five in high-speed crash in Ridge sentenced after delay in coming to court
A convicted Bellport drug dealer who rocketed down Middle Country Road in Ridge at 154 mph in a stolen car was excoriated Tuesday by a Suffolk judge and prosecutors for lacking the courage to come to court to be sentenced for killing five people in a crash last year....
Flanders man sold drugs to fatal-overdose victim, authorities say
A Flanders man was indicted as the dealer who sold heroin and fentanyl to a woman who died of an overdose last year, Suffolk County prosecutors said. Justin Adamo, 34, was tracked down after Southampton Town police got a call about a fatal overdose in East Quogue on...
After 33 years in prison new findings may clear his name
An innocent man. For the past 44 years, Keith Bush has made that claim to anyone who’d listen — ever since he was accused and convicted of a 1975 Suffolk County sex-related murder. At every step in his long journey through New York’s criminal justice system, Bush...
Sini: Oxy dealer resold pills from people with legitimate prescriptions
Complaints from his Shirley neighbors in March led to the indictment this week of an accused oxycodone dealer with an arsenal of assault rifles, Suffolk police and prosecutors said Tuesday. Suffolk police targeted Daniel Hassler, 39, after neighbors alerted officers...
Ringleader of dumping scheme that left contaminated fill on LI properties pleads guilty, DA says
Anthony "Rock" Grazio, 54, of Smithtown will serve 2 to 4 years in prison and pay $500,000 restitution for his part in an illegal dumping scheme. The ringleader of a dumping scheme that led to contaminated fill being left at homes, business and schools across...
Suffolk man used drugs to force women into prostitution, officials say
A Sound Beach man used the addictive lure of heroin and crack cocaine to force nearly two dozen women into a prostitution ring he operated out of the basement of his parents’ home, Suffolk County prosecutors said Thursday. Raymond Rodio III, 47, pleaded not guilty at...
2 MS-13 gang members killed Greenlawn teen, Suffolk prosecutors say
Two MS-13 gang members have been charged with killing a Greenlawn teen whose mutilated body was found next to a concession stand at a Little League baseball complex in the community, Suffolk prosecutors said Friday. Elmer Gilberto Santos Contreras, 23, of Roosevelt...
Jamel Turner, driver in crash that killed 5, finally accepts plea deal for 27 years
Jamel Turner in court in Central Islip in 2018. Photo Credit: James Carbone Twice on Wednesday, a Bellport man charged with killing five people while fleeing from police in a stolen car rejected plea offers before finally pleading guilty in a deal that will...
DA: Tax preparers, business owners charged with ‘gaming the system’
Five Suffolk business owners and three tax preparers have been charged with “gaming the system” by failing to report and pay thousands in personal income taxes, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Wednesday. The arrests, part of a joint investigation...
Arrests Prevented Slayings, D.A. Says
DA: ‘Significant drug dealers’ charged with manslaughter in deadly overdose
These are significant drug dealers," Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini said Monday, referring to 35-year-old Lashawn Lawrence, 52-year-old Bryan Hale and 49-year-old John Brophy, who were arraigned on an indictment in connection with the sale of heroin and fentanyl....
Editorial: With overdose arrests, history has been made.
In a very real sense, history was made again March 11 when two men were arraigned on manslaughter charges for allegedly supplying heroin cut with fentanyl to a Riverhead man who died after using this deadly mix. In the nightmare that is America’s opioid crisis,...
Suffolk prosecutors: Cocaine trafficking indictment nets three conspirators
Suffolk prosecutors unsealed a 27-count indictment Wednesday that accuses three men of participating in a drug trafficking ring that sold cocaine across Long Island. The arrests were the result of a nearly yearlong investigation by Suffolk County police that...
Judge rules indictment stands against woman who ran over Evelyn Rodriguez
AnnMarie Drago in Central Islip Court, where she attended a status conference in her case. Photo Credit: James Carbone A Suffolk judge refused Monday to dismiss an indictment against the woman who ran over and killed anti-gang activist Evelyn Rodriguez, ruling that...
New charges filed in illegal dumping case that is largest in state history; Suffolk DA says
Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini said most of those victimized lived in low-income neighborhoods, but that the crime affects all Long Islanders because the toxic fill could contaminate drinking water rom underground aquifers. Suffolk District Attorney Timothy...
Separate Suffolk busts take down multiple drug rings, authorities say
Separate raids involving Suffolk County and federal law enforcement have led to the take down of multiple drug trafficking rings and the arrest of 18 East End and Huntington Station residents on narcotics and other charges, authorities said Wednesday. An indictment...
Timothy D. Sini announces newly-created Conviction Integrity Bureau
On Thursday, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced the formation of the Conviction Integrity Bureau, which will examine whether convictions were based on valid evidence and testimony. (Credit: James Carbone) Original article and credits can be found...
Coram taxi company owner defrauded Medicaid of $200,000, DA says
Suffolk County district attorney Tim Sini speaks at a press conference at his office in Hauppauge. A Coram taxi company owner lied about his annual salary to fraudulently receive more than $200,000 in Medicaid benefits that he was ineligible for, Suffolk County...
LI drug Trafficking ring busted; officials say.
Some of the individuals who were indicted for allegedly trafficking narcotics throughout Long Island and New York City, on display at a news conference in Hauppauge. Suffolk authorities say they have indicted 19 people in connection with an alleged drug trafficking...
Three indicted on narcotics charges; sold drugs out of barbershop!
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Wednesday three men have been indicted on charges of selling fentanyl, heroin and cocaine out of the Man Cave barbershop on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station. Search warrants led to the seizure of evidence including...
Sini: Three men sold narcotics out of Port Jefferson Station barbershop
Three Suffolk County men have been indicted on charges they used a Port Jefferson Station barbershop to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the deadly narcotics fentanyl, heroin and cocaine — even as legitimate customers paid for haircuts, officials said...
Top prosecutor Howard Master joins Suffolk DA’s office
Master will report directly to Suffolk DA Timothy Sini in three separate roles - special counsel, chief of the Special Investigations Division and chief of the Conviction Integrity Bureau. The Suffolk County district attorney's office is the next stop for the man who...
Dumping case cracked through undercover stakeouts, surveillance, Sini says
Fill dirt place in the front yard of a Central Islip home. The homeowner said he was unaware the soil was contaminated. The property is part of an illegal dumping case being investigated by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Stakeouts. Surveillance....
Illegal dumping investigation leads to three more arrests, Sini says
Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini talks about new arrests in an investigation into alleged illegal dumping. Three more people were arrested in one of the largest busts of alleged illegal dumping in the state’s history, Suffolk County District Attorney...
Illegal dumping scheme put debris in parks, backyards, officials say
Illegally dumped dirt mounds adjacent to Brentwood State Park discussed at a news conference about Operation Pay Dirt, the undercover investigation on Long Island and in New York City that the state's top environmental official described as the "largest-ever bust of...
Brooklyn man sentenced in Center Moriches home invasion
A state Supreme Court justice sentenced a Brooklyn man to 25 years in prison Wednesday in a 2016 armed burglary of a Center Moriches home, the Suffolk district attorney’s office said. Alexander Vaughn, 30, and two co-conspirators used duct tape to restrain three...
Central Islip man sentenced to 50 years to life for cop stabbing.
Mark Caraway, left, was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison on Wednesday for the 2016 stabbing of Suffolk Police Officer Michael Cummings, who attended the hearing. Photo Credit: Joseph D. Sullivan A schizophrenic Central Islip man who nearly sliced off a...
Former Commack baby-sitter sentenced for abusing kids in his care, DA says
Benjamin Fielman, 27, now of Century, Florida. The victims were three unrelated children between the ages of 7 and 11 years old who were living in Fielman's care in Commack between 2009 and 2014, officials said. A former Commack resident and private baby-sitter was...
DA Sini seizes 27 vehicles in illegal dumping bust.
Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini talked on Thursday, July 19, about how two days earlier officials seized 27 vehicles from Operation Pay Dirt, the undercover investigation on Long Island and in New York City that the state’s top environmental official...
East Setauket man swindled senior citizens in Ponzi scheme, DA says
An East Setauket financial adviser accused of swindling at least a dozen senior citizens out of millions of dollars was arrested and charged with grand larceny, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Wednesday. Steven Pagartanis, 58, pleaded not guilty...
Illegal dumping investigation leads to three more arrests
Illegal dumping investigation leads to three more arrests, Sini says. Three more people were arrested in one of the largest busts of alleged illegal dumping in the state’s history, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Thursday. With the new arrests made...
16 arrested in Montauk drug ring bust
August 16, 2018 DA: 16 arrested, including bar employees, in Montauk drug ring bust A months long investigation that struck at the "heart" of Montauk's drug scene resulted in 16 arrests, authorities said on Thursday, as well as the seizure of cash and drugs after...
Suffolk’s New Plan To Help Drug Users
I am proud to announce that yesterday my office, in partnership with substance use experts, launched a new program to further incentivize drug treatment for those addicted to drugs and who are arrested for low-level non-violent crimes. This program is a seismic shift...
Central Islip man sentenced to 50 years to life for cop stabbing
A schizophrenic Central Islip man who nearly sliced off a police officer’s nose was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years to life in prison for the attack. Both Suffolk prosecutors and the defense agreed that Mark Caraway, 42, suffered from a severe mental illness on Aug....
DA: 5 with alleged gang ties indicted in sex trafficking ring
Defendants plied women with narcotics and forced them into prostitution to pay for the drugs, Suffolk district attorney says. Five suspected members and associates of the Bloods gang face multiple sex trafficking and other charges after their victims were “physically...
Man had ‘largest cache of child porn’ ever recovered in county, DA says
An Amityville man has been indicted on charges of harboring a collection of more than 6 million images and videos of child porn, some of which included images of children being raped, officials said Friday. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said David...
Suffolk program teaches teens the risks of drunken, drugged driving
Skits and stories are used to inform young motorists of dangers as the prom, graduation and summer party season approach. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini unveiled a program Monday aimed at educating high school students and their parents on the dangers...
DA Sini announces ‘largest opioid seizure in Suffolk history
U.S. DEA officials say they seized nearly 90 pounds of opioids, including fentanyl and heroin, along with $80,000 in cash Wednesday in Wyandanch. Sini says the operation was part of a joint investigation involving state and Suffolk police. William Velasquez, 38, was...
DA: Largest opioids seizure in Suffolk County history
William Velasquez, 38, of Wyandanch, was arrested and charged with operating as a major drug trafficker, prosecutors said. Federal agents seized more than 90 pounds of fentanyl and heroin with a $10 million street value — the largest opioid bust in Suffolk history —...
Suffolk DA: Gang recruiter convicted of attempted coercion
An “enforcer” in the MS-13 gang last year tried to recruit new members by threatening to kill those who refused, days after the bodies of four gang victims were discovered in Central Islip, authorities said Monday in announcing a conviction. Juan Lopez, 32, of...
Suffolk DA travels to El Salvador for MS-13 battle plan
The three-day trip sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has already paid dividends, Sini said. Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini traveled with state and local law-enforcement officials from New York and Maryland this week to El Salvador, where he met...
Suffolk announces big decrease in first-quarter crime statistics
Crime in Suffolk County dropped dramatically in the first quarter of 2018, with shootings down by nearly half and other violent crime declining by almost a fifth, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. And Suffolk police also appear to be gaining ground in the...
DA: Holtsville man extorted women into providing explicit images
Joseph Iorio, 21, attempted to extort more than 30 women, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said. Suffolk’s district attorney is ramping up efforts to fight “sextortion” and so-called “revenge porn,” starting Friday with the guilty plea of a Holtsville man...
New unit in Suffolk DA’s office to target MS-13, other gangs, Sini says
A team of prosecutors and investigators is now dedicated to going after the notorious street gang MS-13, which has killed more than two dozen people on Long Island in the last two years, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced Wednesday. The new Gang...