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Long Island Man Charged With Arson For Storage Unit Fire, Police Say Long Island Man Charged With Arson For Storage Unit Fire, Police Say
Long Island Man Charged With Arson For Storage Unit Fire, Police Say A Long Island man was arrested for allegedly starting a fire inside a storage unit. The fire was discovered around 1:45 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 15, when a Riverhead Town Police officer on patrol noticed smoke in the area of Mill Road and West Main Street in Riverhead. During an investigation, the officer located a fire inside one of the CubeSmart Storage Units located at 99 Mill Road along with a man screaming for help outside of the unit.  The man, identified as Robert Lazazzaro, age 60, undomiciled, uninjured from the fire was transported to the Peconic Bay Medical Cent…

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Long Island Man Killed In Crash After Running Stop Sign, Police Say Long Island Man Killed In Crash After Running Stop Sign, Police Say
Long Island Man Killed In Crash After Running Stop Sign, Police Say A Long Island man was killed during a crash with a dump truck after allegedly running a stop sign. The crash took place around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, in Suffolk County at the intersection of Horton and Reeves avenues in Riverhead, police said. According to the Riverhead Police, Patrick Welby age 85, of Calverton, was driving a 2017 Buick SUV when it was hit by the 1998 Freightliner dump truck driven by Christopher Watts, age 26, of Wading River. Police said the dump truck was traveling northbound on Horton Avenue going through the intersection when the SUV apparently failed to stop at …

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by Kathy Reakes