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01.17.2019 Columns

Column: Anthony Palumbo was ‘a shining star’ among detectives

On April 20, 1979, a 13-year-old Smithtown boy named John Pius was found dead in a patch of woods behind an elementary school. His death had been remarkably cruel:...

12.30.2017 Police

District Attorney Thomas Spota to resign after indictment

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, who was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, announced he will resign “at the earliest opportunity.”

10.25.2017 Police

County DA Thomas Spota, aide indicted by federal grand jury

Outgoing Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and top aide Christopher McPartland were both indicted Wednesday on federal charges at U.S. Eastern District Court in Central Islip.

04.26.2017 Police

Romeo pleads guilty to lesser charges in fatal limo crash

The Peconic man accused of drunken driving in the fatal 2015 limousine crash that led to the death of four young women in Cutchogue pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving...

12.19.2016 Uncategorized

Grand jury report: Traffic light at limo crash intersection ‘inadequate’

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota is expected Tuesday to release the findings of a special grand jury investigation into the July 2015 limo crash that resulted in the...

11.01.2016 Police

Judge grants motion in favor of driver in fatal Cutchogue crash

A Suffolk judge has granted a motion requested by the pickup driver involved in the fatal limousine crash in Cutchogue last year to hold a hearing to determine whether...

07.18.2016 Police

DA: Fourteen arrested in ‘dismantling’ of heroin, cocaine distribution networks

Update: The following people have been arrested in connection with the investigation announced Tuesday.

05.12.2016 Government

County Executive to DA: ‘You must resign from office’

Citing a “culture of corruption,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone demanded district attorney Thomas Spota, who he described as the head of a “criminal enterprise,” resign following the latest investigative...

03.16.2016 Police

Grand jury finds limo driver at fault, indicts him for criminally negligent homicide

The limousine driver involved in last summer’s fatal crash in Cutchogue has been indicted by a special grand jury on four counts of criminally negligent homicide.

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