Barney The Bull Captured + Gabby Petito's Last Days

Hey, Miller Place-Rocky Point! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

A worker at the Northport VA was arrested for allegedly raping a coworker. Barney the Bull has finally ended his days on the run. A witness is claiming she saw Gabby Petito on Aug. 27, the most recent sighting so far. And Long Island's oldest diner has closed its doors after 89 years.

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First, today's weather:

Rain in the morning and afternoon. High: 70, low: 61.

Here are the top stories in Miller Place-Rocky Point today:

1. News 12 Long Island has an update on escaped Barney the bull. Two months after he fled a Moriches slaughterhouse, he was finally captured on a former duck farm in Moriches and sent to an animal rescue sanctuary in New Jersey. (News 12)
2. Patch breaks down the latest eyewitness claims in the Gabby Petito case. A woman says she saw her and boyfriend Brian Laundrie fighting with staff at a restaurant in Jackson Hole on Aug. 27, the latest claimed sighting of the late Blue Point native. (Patch)
3. Newsday announces that LI's oldest diner has closed, due to the pandemic. Sunny's in Riverhead operated from 1932 until Aug. 31, 2021. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Michael DeSantis reports that a former maintenance worker at the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman who also worked at the medical center: Tate Cruse, 38, of Mastic. (Patch)

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