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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 —...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Greetings, and thank you all for being a part of this special occasion. There are so many people to thank. First, I want to thank the County Executive for his inspiring words and for agreeing to MC today’s event. I want to thank the legendary U.S. Senator Chuck...

Long Island law enforcement officials — spurred by an opioid epidemic that killed more than 500 people in Nassau and Suffolk counties last year — have started to escalate tactics, charging some alleged dealers linked to the deaths of drug users with manslaughter and...

New crime-fighting tools, including an additional 23 police officers, are being added to the Second Precinct in Huntington, officials said Wednesday. In a news conference at the precinct on Park Avenue, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini, Legis. William...

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy Sini, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, at a news conference in Ronkonkoma, unveiled $116,000 in new equipment designed to fight terror attacks in the wake of mass shootings as in Las Vegas, where 58 people were killed and nearly...

The federal government is giving Suffolk County $500,000 for its fight against the MS-13 street gang — money that will pay for targeted police patrols, and school and community intervention programs, officials announced Thursday. The U.S. Department of Justice is...

Suffolk County police have arrested two men who they said were responsible for several bank robberies, officials said on Thursday. Michael Hantzidiamantis of Kew Gardens, Queens, and Corey Suozzo, 25, were caught by detectives using fingerprint technology after they...

Three members and an associate of the Bloods street gang were arrested late Tuesday after one of them drove a Dodge Durango head-on into an undercover police vehicle, Suffolk authorities said. Police recovered a half-ounce of heroin and a loaded handgun that had been...

The widow of fallen Suffolk County police Sgt. Timothy J. Henck was left deeply moved Saturday following the dedication of the newly renovated Sayville Athletic Turf Field in his honor 22 years after his death. “It’s an incredible feeling. We’re truly touched,” said...

A search of a Deer Park home turned up “enough fentanyl to kill a dozen people,” Suffolk police Commissioner Timothy Sini said Saturday, referring to one of the drugs found in the house. Three men — including one authorities said was linked to a fatal overdose in July...

Crime is down across Long Island so far this year, with Suffolk and Nassau counties each on track to record fewer homicides than 2016, despite a series of killings attributed to the MS-13 street gang. In Suffolk, major crime — which includes homicide, burglary and...

New York State, Suffolk County and Brookhaven officials joined Thursday to combat what they said is Long Island’s biggest problem — opioid addiction. “It’s very important that we make significant investments on all fronts to get Suffolk County and the country out of...

A $1.1 million grant is expected to improve how police and emergency departments on the East End communicate with each other during peak summer times and natural disasters, Suffolk County officials said this week in awarding the funds. Suffolk County Executive Steve...

Suffolk County police arrested five people and detained two others on immigration holds during a raid of two Patchogue bars they said were MS-13 hangouts. Suffolk police and the state liquor authority raided Cuscatlon Lounge at 290 East Main St. and at El Capitan...

A Ronkonkoma man who police said is a heavy heroin addict has been charged in four armed robberies over the past week at various establishments in Suffolk County — all to fuel his drug habit, authorities said Saturday. Daniel Flinn, 34, was arrested Friday and charged...

A youth expo in Central Islip on Saturday attracted its young attendees with live music and sports tournaments, but sent them home with information about college and possible careers. The primary purpose of the expo at the Central Islip Recreation Center, which also...

A Long Island fugitive wanted for possessing child pornography was arrested in Texas last month and extradited to Suffolk County Thursday to face criminal charges. Roberto Cardoza — wanted for allegedly downloading videos of child pornography from the internet — was...

YAPHANK, NY — He served the police department as a detective, and did so with distinction, even though his tenure with the department was for less than seven hours. Sean Dixon, 16, had both a swearing in and retirement ceremony on Tuesday. In between, he worked with...

Suffolk County and Huntington Town officials are working on a comprehensive strategy to combat gang violence and reduce crime, the town announced Thursday. County Executive Steve Bellone, Police Commissioner Tim Sini, Town Supervisor Frank P. Petrone and town board...

As CBS2’s Jessica Borg reported, the gang has been charged with using young female associates to lure several victims to their deaths. Members of the Long Island Gang Task Force strode into the U.S. federal courthouse in Central Islip on Wednesday to detail the latest...

CENTRAL ISLIP -  Suffolk Police Commissioner Tim Sini announced Wednesday that more than 15 alleged members of MS-13 – including six juveniles – have been arrested for five murders this year in Suffolk County. He says the majority of the arrests were made on July 13...

An expected Republican primary for Suffolk district attorney failed to materialize Thursday as former prosecutor William Ferris exited the race against GOP designated candidate Ray Perini and endorsed Police Commissioner Timothy Sini, the Democratic candidate....

Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini announced Monday the department has placed a network of a dozen overt surveillance cameras across the county in trouble spots as both a crime deterrent and investigative tool. “The message here is think twice before doing...

The Suffolk County Police Department is equipping its DWI enforcement team with body cameras — a first foray into the controversial technology that department officials say will increase public trust. All the officers in the 10-member SAFE-T Section in the Highway...

Last year, then-acting Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini said his department’s internal affairs bureau was flailing, and he pledged to fix it. Sini’s promise came weeks after James Burke, the chief of department, was indicted on a charge of assaulting a...

YAPHANK, Long Island (WABC) -- Police on Long Island have arrested four men after seizing illegal weapons and drugs from a home. A Medford home on Northfleet Lane connected with a "recent spike in drug overdoses" was searched recently, according to the Suffolk County...

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone Monday endorsed his police commissioner, Timothy Sini, for Suffolk district attorney. “In my mind, there is no candidate better equipped to go in and do what is necessary to end the culture of corruption and replace it with the...

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy Sini received a major boost in his bid for district attorney Wednesday, as the county’s major police unions and the group representing East End and village police endorsed him. Also, Michael Long, state Conservative Party...

ICYMI: The Smithtown News Declares: ‘Sini is a Solid DA Contender’ Editorial: Sini is a Solid DA Contender May 18, 2017 Anybody who tells you that they haven’t changed their mind from time to time is not being truthful. That Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy...

Suffolk Democrats Thursday named county police Commissioner Tim Sini to run for Suffolk District Attorney, as party chairman Richard Schaffer called him the candidate with “the best chance” to secure minor party cross-endorsements in the race. Democrats also named...

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Monday endorsed Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini for county district attorney. Sini, a Democrat who worked in Bharara’s office for five years, is one of the best and the brightest, but has a strong moral compass and...

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in a Sunday morning radio interview emphasized the county’s commitment “to eradicating” the MS-13 street gang that has terrorized some Long Island communities. “Our mission is to eradicate this criminal organization from our...

The Working Families Party has chosen Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy Sini as its candidate for district attorney, making it the first party to make an endorsement in the county’s top race this fall. The party’s screening committee, made up of union and...

A Coram man described as a neighborhood drug dealer was arrested Wednesday after authorities found “an enormous” amount of heroin in his home — as well as a cache of guns and more than $16,000 in cash, police said. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Timothy Sini...

Crime in Suffolk County, already at historic lows in 2016, is down 7.2 percent so far this year, Police Commissioner Timothy Sini said Wednesday. Violent crime categorized as murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault dropped by nearly 25 percent through March 11...

(CNN)More than a dozen members of the MS-13 gang were indicted Thursday on seven killings on Long Island spanning three years, including the deaths of several high school students last year. The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York said the 13...

Suffolk County police are using laser technology as a quick way to identify illegal drugs in the field, a strategy that department officials say keeps officers safer and saves time and money. Narcotics officers are now using a device called TruNarc, a computerized...

At 36, Timothy Sini is the youngest commissioner in the Suffolk County Police Department’s history an appointment that some viewed with skepticism. But the former federal prosecutor, now finishing his first official year as commissioner, also is a fresh face for a...

A crime fighting strategy that includes collaboration between police, town leaders and residents has helped drive down violent crime in Huntington Station, police and town officials said Monday. Year to date in the hamlet, violent crime is down 12.9 percent and...

The Suffolk County Police Department is partnering with the private sector to exchange information — including real-time surveillance video — on terrorism, active-shooter incidents and other crimes through a new website that launched Thursday. Police Commissioner...

Suffolk County police, with a new team focused on firearms-related offenses, are seizing guns at a record-setting pace this year, snatching dozens of weapons from drug dealers and gang members many of them trafficked illegally from Southern states, officials said....

Suffolk police said they acted on a tip to score the arrest of “a significant dealer” with copious amounts of illegal substances at a Sound Beach home as part of a larger initiative to target drug dealing in the county. Suffolk police Commissioner Timothy Sini said...

A local tip led to the arrest of a Sound Beach resident on drug charges. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini announced that an executed search warrant resulted in the recovery of drugs, cash and contraband, and the arrest of Robert Trent. Trent, 25, who lives...

Four people were arrested as authorities seized drugs, weapons and cash amid an ongoing war on street level drug dealers in Long Island, police announced Friday. Authorities in Suffolk County carried out search warrants in Huntington Station, Bellport, and West...

Suffolk County residents can now report neighborhood drug activity using a new hotline that police officials hope will help combat an opioid epidemic. Callers can remain anonymous and are eligible for a reward of up to $5,000 for a tip leading to an arrest, Police...

Long Island’s opiate epidemic is showing no signs of easing, with Nassau reporting a record number of fatal heroin overdoses in 2015 and Suffolk tallying more than 100 deaths for the third straight year. The grim statistics spurred both county police departments...

The Suffolk County Police Department in the wake of the federal indictment of its chief of department unveiled reforms this week to its internal affairs bureau that officials say are designed to add transparency and accountability to the investigation of corrupt...

(CNN)Nearly five years after the first body was found along a beach in Long Island, New York, police are renewing the search for a killer. In a press conference on Wednesday, the Suffolk County Police Deputy Commissioner announced that the FBI will join the...