Sandra Peddie

1 month ago | newsday.com | Joshua Solomon |Sandra Peddie |Anastasia Valeeva

Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine has ordered a county "Child Fatality Review Team" to convene for the first time, a move publicly announced after a Newsday investigation into the death of a Middle Island boy whose mother was investigated numerous times by Child Protective Services. The team was established by the county legislature nearly a decade ago, but was never put into action, Romaine's office said in a statement.

1 month ago | newsday.com | Sandra Peddie |Anastasia Valeeva

Kerri Bedrick wandered into the Middle Island Fire Department in January 2023 showing signs of hallucinations, paranoia and rage. Emergency personnel took the 30-year-old single mother to the hospital and sent her then-7-year-old son to live with his grandmotherwhile she underwent treatment. The incident was reported to Suffolk County Child Protective Services whose workersdidn’t follow up with the fire department or people concerned she wasn’t ready to be released from the hospital.

2 months ago | newsday.com | Sandra Peddie |Brianne Ledda

The resignation last month of Long Island MacArthur Airport's security director marked the third time in less than three years the position turned over and follows at least three security breaches at the facility, including equipment thefts and a passenger entering a restricted area. Brian Murphy, who began in the Town of Islip job on Apr. 8, 2024, resigned Jan. 3, town records show.

Oct 11, 2024 | newsday.com | Sandra Peddie

Tynesha Brewster dropped out of Central Islip High School in the 10th grade. She started dancing at a strip club in Hempstead. But she had made a pact with her sister Lachelle Brewster to go back to school and get her diploma. Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, Tynesha didn’t come home. Although Tynesha sometimes stayed out all night, her sister Shamika Vinson worried when she didn't come home the next day.

Aug 23, 2024 | newsday.com | Sandra Peddie |Mark Harrington

A former Suffolk County attorney who signed off on an amendment to the county's contract with BusPatrol America in the waning days of the Bellone administration has taken a job at that company, Newsday has learned. Christiana Stover McSloy, who was chief deputy county attorney, was appointed in-house counsel for BusPatrol. McSloy on Nov. 21 signed an amendment to the BusPatrol contract that limits the county's ability to end the contract, according to a copy of the contract obtained by Newsday.