Deadly Shooting+ Help For Vets+ Man Beaten By Cops Charge Dropped

Morning, Merrick! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

A Freeport man who was filmed being beaten by police has had his last remaining charge dropped. Live theater is back in Nassau County. Police are looking for a homicide suspect. And Nassau County is trying to help veterans with additional mental health resources.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 69 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Newsday updates us on Akbar Rogers, who was filmed being beaten by police during a 2019 arrest. The last charge related to the arrest, a harassment charge, was dropped by the Nassau DA office this week. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Madeline Armstrong checks out the Plaza Organization, which is bringing live theater to Nassau County at Elmont's library. (LI Herald)
3. The Daily Voiced reports that police are looking for information about a homicide last week. On Friday, Sept. 24, Khasiem Jafar Woton, age 20, was found shot in the rear parking lot of Saint Vincent DePaul’s Church in Elmont. (Daily Voice)
4. Alex Costello writes that Nassau County is launching a new program to help veterans get in contact with licensed social workers specializing in helping them. The Veteran Services Agency (VSA) will be hiring two licensed social workers that will be on-site in the agency's East Meadow office. (Patch)

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Merrick Patch Notebook

• The Merrick Chorale is back and looking for new members for the holiday season.
  Directed by Cantor Dan Rosenfeld at Temple Beth Am in Merrick, the singing group will perform on Dec. 19, at 2:30 p.m., at the Freeport Memorial Library. (LI Herald)

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