No one ever thinks it will happen to them, but death and serious injury due to a drunk or drugged driver happens far too frequently. In an effort to make sure every resident makes it home safely this holiday season, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart announced the department will be increasing patrols, starting the week of Thanksgiving and going throughout the rest of the year, to enforce the department’s zero-tolerance policy when it com

Suffolk County Police are warning residents, specifically women, of a group of people who are engaging in deception larcenies in retail parking lots. In the most recent incident, which occurred on August 10, a woman was in the Costco parking lot in Commack when she was approached by a man who asked for directions. The woman then entered her vehicle and realized her wallet was missing from the passenger seat. At least four individuals, two men and two women, are involved in these crimes, which ha