Kyle Prato and his dog, Striker, were helped to safety from mud by Sergeant Katherine Kuzminski and Officer Richard Esposito at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown.

A Long Island man found himself in a precarious situation Thursday when he sank waist-deep into mud while walking his dog in ...

A man trying to retrieve his dog that had wandered onto the mud of a former Long Island lake ended up getting stuck himself, ...

A Long Island dog owner found himself sinking into chest-high mud while attempting to save his dog last week at Blydenburgh ...

A Long Island man ended up sinking waist-deep into mud in a Smithtown park Thursday, getting stuck for nearly an hour.

Police came to the rescue of a man who had gotten stuck in chest-high mud after trying to save his dog in Smithtown, New York ...

"I felt stuck and I thought I was going to keep sinking further so it was a little ... not to get too close and risk falling in the mud themselves. Although one officer lost his footing and ...