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Miller Place
Cops: Substitute Teacher Had Sexual Relationship With Student
Suffolk County police have arrested a Mt. Sinai man whom they say had a sexual encounter with a 16-year-old student earlier this year while working as a substitute teacher at Eastport South Manor High School.
Allan Concepcion, 38, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with third-degree rape, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.

Port Jefferson
Police Dog Helps Track Port Jefferson Station Pair Charged With Larceny
Canine Officer John Mallia and his dog, Blue, helped track down two alleged Port Jefferson Station quad thieves early Tuesday morning. According to police, Jonathan Delrio and Ray Pena, of Port Jefferson Station, were charged with fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property and fourth degree attempted grand larceny, both felonies, for allegedly attempting to steal a quad and possessing a stolen motorcycle after Officer Malia and Blue tracked the suspects for two miles.

Hauppauge
 Sheraton Gets Town's Approval for New Hotel, But Holds Off
Sheraton Long Island will hold off on building a new hotel in the Hauppauge Industrial Park, despite waiting more than a year for the town's approval.
Smithtown Town Board approved the Sheraton's proposed plans to build a four-story hotel, the Springhill Suites Marriott, off Motor Parkway in Hauppauge on April 25. The hotel chain has no plans to move forward with construction at this time.   

Smithtown
FBI: Smithtown Hacker Bent on Revenge After Losing Promotion
A Smithtown man was arrested Thursday after the FBI said he hacked into his former employer's computer network and caused $90,000 in damages – all because he lost out on a promotion.The FBI said Michael Meneses, 41, was a software engineer at a local manufacturer of high-voltage power supplies when he resigned in December 2011 after getting upset about not moving up the company chain.
 
Three Village
Teacher Hopes to Erase Social Cruelty with Get.A.Voice Foundation
The idea of bullying is not a new one, but Laurie Mendel has a new name for it: social cruelty. "Language used today is so much more powerful and vicious at school," said Mendel, an art teacher at Murphy Junior High School. "Teasing and bullying have been around forever, we know that. With technology and the media ... the social cruelty crisis has really escalated." Mendel is the founder and CEO of the Get.A.Voice Foundation, an organization she established in 2003 to tackle the growing problem of bullying in schools.

Motorcyclist Killed in Commack Crash
A motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Thursday morning at the intersection of Vanderbilt Parkway and Commack Road in Commack.


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