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Top 5 News Stories in Long Island Press This Week: Cop Shot, Chokehold Case and More

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Suffolk Cop Shot in Coram By Robbery Suspect and Gang Member Who Is Now in Custody

A Suffolk County Police officer was shot in the thigh by a robbery suspect he and other officers were pursuing in Coram on Thursday, according to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison.

Hundreds Cram Courthouse After 2 Roslyn 14-year-olds Killed in Jericho Collision

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Amandeep Singh, 34, of Roslyn, was arraigned Thursday for the drunk driving collision that killed two teenagers.Photo by Claude Solnik

Hundreds of Roslyn residents, friends, and family members of two 14-year-old Roslyn Middle School students killed when a wrong-way driver hit their vehicle crammed the hearing room and hallways of the district court in Hempstead Thursday when the driver was arraigned.

Ex-Marine Who Put Homeless Man in Chokehold on NYC Subway is a West Islip Native

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A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York. Neely, a locally-known Michael Jackson impersonator who friends say suffered from worsening mental health, died Monday, May 1, when a fellow rider pulled him to the floor and pinned him with a hold taught in Marine combat training. (AP Photo/Brooke Lansdale)

Protests erupted in New York City on Monday over homeless man Jordan Neely’s death, which medical examiners have ruled a homicide. Neely was captured on video being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine and West Islip native, but the video does not show what occurred before his death.

ITA Kitchen to Open Third Restaurant Location in East Moriches

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Salvatore and Christina Sorrentino, owners of ITA Kitchen

ITA Kitchen’s founders Salvatore and Christina Sorrentino likely couldn’t have predicted they would be in a position to open a third location just a few years after the restaurant’s Bay Shore venue opened in 2019.

Long Islander Crowned Ms. New York Senior America 2023 at Annual Talent Pageant

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Mae Caime, of Coram, is Ms. New York Senior America for 2023Photo by Joe Abate

Mae Caime, of Coram, was crowned the 2023 Ms. New York Senior America during the 38th annual Ms. New York Senior America Pageant and Gala Dinner Dance at the Bayway Arts Theater in East Islip on May 7.