Hempstead Village Chief of Police Paul Johnson, former village trustee Perry Pettus and others were indicted Wednesday on corruption charges, court documents show.


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Rebecca Browell is one of 12 people who prosecutors say are connected to a sex trafficking case involving a missing teen from East Patchogue. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

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Keyli Gomez, 23, of Central Islip, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for luring four young men to their deaths at the hands of MS-13.  

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The indictment was sealed so details were not immediately known, but the man, Anthony Wright, 40, of Amityville, pleaded not guilty earlier this week to second-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child, according to court records.

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The suit says a liquor store owner sold alcohol to alleged drunken driver Steven Schwally, even though he was visibly intoxicated.

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Duntrell Thomas, 30, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Feb. 12 death of Cheray Jenkins.

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The investigation into the fatal shooting of Jeremy Bennett, 37, of Queens, is ongoing, the state Attorney General's Office said.

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A 20-minute interview with FBI agents, which makes up the key evidence in the case, ended with them informing Hector Rosario that lying to federal agents was a crime.

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The woman forged her husband's signature, depositing his benefit checks into their joint account for years after his 2018 death, officials said.

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Deshaun McClean, a mental health therapist aide who worked at Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center, was in court facing sexual misconduct charges. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

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Ralph Knowles, one of the 12 defendants in the case of a missing East Patchogue teen, is now facing more than a dozen new drug charges. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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An appeals court has reversed two counts in the former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's corruption conviction. The charges include bribery and conspiracy charges. 

2 counts reversed in Mangano corruption case 

The nine defendants were arraigned on a 75-count indictment charging them with child sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape.

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The worker was responsible for five children between 4 and 18 months old, police said.

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The indictment includes allegations of child sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape in connection with the 25-day disappearance of the girl, who was found on a boat last month. Newsday courts reporter Grant Parpan has details.

75-count grand jury indictment in case of missing girl

Kevin McDonald, 20, of Medford, is the eighth person to have been charged in the case involving the missing 14-year-old East Patchogue girl. 

LI man the eighth arrest made in missing 14-year-old girl case

Jacquelyn Comiskey, 52, and Elizabeth Hunter, 34, were arrested Monday and charged with multiple counts in the case of the East Patchogue teen who had been missing for 25 days. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

2 LI women charged with sex trafficking in missing girl case

Suffolk police have arrested and charged Daniel Burke, 63, of Bohemia, and Robert Eccleston, 61, of Islip, in connection with the alleged rape and kidnapping of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl who disappeared last month, court records show.

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Bunice Knight, 47, of Copiague, is alleged to have had sex with the teen in his home the evening of Jan. 2, according to a criminal complaint. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Francis Buckheit, of East Islip, is charged with the kidnapping and rape of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl who was found at an Islip marina, where she had been held for 25 days.

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64-year-old Francis Buckheit was indicted by a Suffolk grand jury in the rape and kidnapping of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl, whose 25-day disappearance gained widespread social media attention. NewdsayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

The girl was missing for 25 days

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