Michael O'Keeffe

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Michael O'Keeffe |Janon Fisher

A 92-year-old school bus attendant accused of striking a student with Down syndrome in March pleaded not guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and other charges during an arraignment in Hempstead on Wednesday. Nassau District Judge Veronica Renta-Irwin released Louis Cadet, of Hicksville, on his own recognizance and ordered Cadet to return to court on May 7.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Grant Parpan |Michael O'Keeffe

Nassau police on Wednesday will announce the identity of Gilgo Beach homicide victim Jane Doe No. 3 and her toddler, multiple law enforcement sources told Newsday. Partial remains of the woman, commonly referred to as "Peaches" based on a tattoo of the fruit on her body, was discovered stuffed inside a Rubbermaid container at Hempstead Lake State Park in Lakeview in June 1997, police said at the time.