<p>Jairo Saenz, a top deputy in MS-13 on Long Island pleaded guilty in connection with seven&nbsp;murders, including the 2016 Brentwood killings of teens Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas. NewsdayTV&#39;s Virginia Huie reports.</p>


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  The Suffolk DA's Office is seeking a cheek swab of Schwally to serve as a comparative analysis to a DNA profile from a blood test of the driver.

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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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Jairo Saenz, a top deputy in MS-13 on Long Island pleaded guilty in connection with seven murders, including the 2016 Brentwood killings of teens Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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.

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Of the 40 people killed by trains during the first four months of 2022, one was shoved onto the tracks, according to an MTA study.

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Baribault was in his vehicle on the shoulder of the LIE when he was struck by a drunken driver, leaving him partially paralyzed with a severe brain injury.

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The defendant used violence and threats to force women and girls, some as young as 15 years old, to perform commercial sex acts for his financial benefit, according to federal officials.

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Brendon Gallagher, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, suffered severe trauma after a suspect knocked his police vehicle off the LIE.

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Blood work already shows Schwally was legally drunk when he crashed into the Deer Park salon, killing four, prosecutors say.

Police officers found the body in an ambulance from Marquis Ambulette in Inwood, the NYPD says.

NYPD: Body found in ambulance of Inwood service investigated as homicide

The two-week adjournment was sought to allow prosecutors time to respond to a defense request to exclude DNA evidence from the case.

Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's court appearance postponed

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Rex Heuermann's attorneys want to exclude certain DNA testing as evidence, arguing the technique used has not been generally accepted as reliable in the scientific community. 

'There's a lack of peer reviews about this particular science'

Police bodycam video shows Amandeep Singh, who pleaded guilty to killing two Roslyn teens in a wrong-way drunken crash, talking to Nassau police moments after the collision in May 2023.

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Amandeep Singh pleaded guilty Friday to causing the crash that took the lives of two young tennis stars from Roslyn. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

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Luigi Mangione, 26, pleaded not guilty Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court to federal murder and stalking charges. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Gilgo Beach Task Force investigators say accused Gilgo killer Rex Heuermann exhibited a "persistent interest" in the case before his arrest. Newsday Suffolk County Courts Reporter Grant Parpan has the story.

'He saved a newspaper article from 30 years before his arrest'

Luigi Mangione landed at MacArthur Airport on his way to New York City to face murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after waiving extradition Thursday. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Luigi Mangione ordered held without bail in NYC

Ex-LI teacher is facing new child pornography charges after investigators found negatives of nude photographs he took of a former student. 

Ex-LI teacher accused of sexual abuse facing new pornography charges

A settlement was reached in a lawsuit against the Bay Shore school district in an alleged sexual assault case involving former teacher Thomas Bernagozzi.

Update: Lawsuit against Bay Shore school district

Former Bay Shore teacher is at the center of 45 lawsuits against the school district under the Child Victims Act. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

Former teacher arraigned on sodomy, sexual conduct against a child charges

According to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, the first-degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione alleges the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was "an act of terrorism." NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

NYC officials: CEO killing an 'act of terrorism'

The newest murder charge against Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, is in connection with the 2000 slaying of Valerie Mack.

Rex Heuermann facing new murder charge

Mark Small was arraigned Tuesday in the death of his girlfriend. Marivel Estevez was found with gunshot wounds to her head and torso, in July in the luxury Mineola apartment building where she lived and worked. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

'It's a horrible thing that was done,' victim's sister says after court

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