Center Moriches Man Fatally Stabbed Mother, Cops Say

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 18, 2017

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A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his 53-year-old mother to death in their Center Moriches home on Friday night, Suffolk County police said.

Christopher Storm Harrison, 26, stabbed Joyce Skarka during a domestic dispute at their Union Avenue home at 9:41 p.m., police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide Squad detectives charged Harrison with second-degree murder.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Sunday at First District Court in Central Islip.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.