<p>The alleged drunken driver who crashed into a Deer Park nail salon, killing three employees and a customer, bought liquor and drove around the area for about five hours before the crash.</p>


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  The veterinarian, Linda Pesek, 75, is facing animal abuse charges and authorities were removing animals, including birds, dogs and exotic species, from her home. 

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The attorney in the alleged drunken crash into a Deer Park nail salon, which killed four, said his client's preexisting leg injury may have been a factor. 

'That may have been a factor' 

The alleged drunken driver who crashed into a Deer Park nail salon, killing three employees and a customer, bought liquor and drove around the area for about five hours before the crash.

Police are investigating a stabbing in a parking lot behind several West Hempstead businesses. 

52-year-old woman stabbed to death in West Hempstead parking lot 

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Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran from West Islip, faces charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of a subway busker.

Jury in upcoming fatal subway chokehold trial can see video confession, bodycam recordings 

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The men are accused of using a torch igniter and road flares in an attempt to get propane tanks to explode and set the building on fire, police said.

2 charged with trying to light Nassau DSS building on fire with propane tanks

Michael Rainford McDougall, 65, was charged with manslaughter and Nichole McDougall Mullings, 55, with endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.

Roosevelt siblings arrested after probe into death of their elderly mother

"Crimes that target the homeless and mentally disabled are particularly heinous, as these victims are often isolated and lack the resources to defend themselves," Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

Man impersonated DSS worker, sexually abused homeless shelter resident, DA says

Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and used to tranquilize large mammals.

Investigation leads to first seizure of potentially deadly synthetic opioid in Suffolk, DA says

The former vice president of a now-disbanded Penn State fraternity chapter, and its former president, were both sentenced for their roles in a 2017 fatal hazing.

Former frat leader sentenced for hazing

Daniel Penny, a former Long Islander, was charged in the death of Jordan Neely, a subway performer, on a Manhattan F train in spring 2023.

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An East Quogue man beat his friend for six hours before stabbing him to death, prosecutors said at his arraignment in Southampton Town Justice Court.

East Quogue man accused of killing friend held without bail

John Gotti's grandson, Carmine G. Agnello, 38, of Smithtown, pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving over $1 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds. 

John Gotti's grandson faces up to 30 years in prison 

Ronald Schroeder, 41, pleaded not guilty to concealment of a human corpse in connection with the death of 31-year-old Seikeya Jones and felony drug charges at his arraignment on Wednesday.

Man pleads not guilty to stuffing woman's dead body into suitcase 

Investigators said they arrested Ryan Schroeder earlier this month after a search of his apartment revealed "a strong odor of human remains."

Grand jury indictment for man accused of hiding body in suitcase

According to sources Wednesday, entertainer Justin Timberlake is expected to plead guilty Friday to a lesser charge in his drunken driving case in Sag Harbor Justice Court. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Timberlake to plead guilty in Sag Harbor DWI case

Convicted killer John Bittrolff seeks DNA comparison of alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

'We believe that there is exculpatory information' 

Police searched Kellenberg H.S. in Uniondale Thursday after an anonymous threat, the third at the school that officials said came through a suicide hotline.

Tensions high at school

Noah Green, of Shirley, pleaded guilty Thursday in the drive-by shooting outside the home of then-Rep. Lee Zeldin in October 2022. 

Guilty plea in 2022 drive-by shooting 

Suffolk district attorney Ray Tierney formed the county's first cold case unit to solve homicides and review death investigations. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday courts reporter Grant Parpan report.

'An offshoot of the Gilgo investigation'

Babylon cardiologist Frank Pollaro had avoided prison time and a suspended license in 2009 for possessing child sex abuse images. On Monday, a judge handed him both following his second arrest.

Cops: Thousands of pictures of children found on doctor's laptop

The 44-year-old man will be sentenced in November, according to the Suffolk district attorney.

Ex-president of Dix Hills Soccer Club pleads guilty to stealing $77,000

Daniel Coppola, accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend, pleaded not guilty from a hospital bed. Coppola, who injured himself while under suicide watch, had surgery this week for a spinal cord injury, attorneys say.

Man accused in St. James double homicide pleads not guilty

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