New York crime

NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. — A Manhattan man has been arrested for allegedly using counterfeit money to purchase a cellphone in Nassau County, according to police. Authorities said Luis Cruz Homs, …

WINDSOR, N.Y. — A Tioga County man has been convicted following a jury trial related to theft incidents that occurred over several months in 2023 and 2024, according to the …

TOWN OF UNION, N.Y. — A man has been convicted in connection with a residential burglary that occurred in the Town of Union earlier this year, according to the Broome …

SAVANNAH, N.Y. — A Town of Clyde man was arrested following a larceny complaint involving stolen firewood in the Town of Savannah, according to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies …

NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. — A North Merrick man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for plotting to detonate an explosive device outside the Nassau County Department of Social …

For years, the 1997 killing of a young woman whose dismembered body was found in a Long Island state park remained a haunting mystery. She was known only by a …

ELMIRA, N.Y. — Three people were arrested on animal abuse charges after authorities discovered a small dog had been forced to eat coins and thumbtacks over several months. In October, …

SUMMERHILL, N.Y. — Joseph A. Frost, 38, was arrested on November 27 after a Thanksgiving domestic violence incident in Summerhill resulted in multiple charges, including a felony. Deputies responded to …

A Cayuga County Jail search on November 23 led to the discovery of suspected fentanyl, resulting in felony charges for two incarcerated men. George Burgman, 47, and Jayson Clark, 45, …

UTICA, N.Y. — Joshua Bartlett, 49, a former Mid-State Correctional Facility guard previously implicated in the fatal beating of inmate Messiah Nantwi, has been charged with multiple sex crimes, State …