🌱 Centereach Woman Dead, Husband Charged + Drug Dealer To Prison

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

The missing Centereach woman was found dead in the Pine Barrens and an arrest for murder was made. A drug dealer who operated in Rocky Point got a lengthy prison sentence.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, showers around; windy. High: 58 Low: 44.

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

1. Patch reports that the Centereach woman who has been missing for weeks has been found dead in the woods and her husband was arrested, Marcello Molinari, 43, and charged with murder. Police found her body in Rocky Point Barrens State Forest off Currans Road in Middle Island. (Patch)
2. A Wading River woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for helping her boyfriend operate a large-scale drug dealing operation that trafficked in cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. Amber Schatz and her boyfriend, Curtis Prussick, sold drugs from parking lots around Rocky Point. (Dan's Papers)
3. News 12 talks to a Wading River family whose second baby needs a heart transplant. Everett Cotter, 11 months old, is getting an artificial heart. His parents, Brian and Ashley Cotter, have a daughter Ruby, who also needed a heart transplant two years ago. (News 12)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Season of Joy! Handbell concert, Middle Island Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m.
• 13th Annual Tree Lighting, Aliano Shopping Center, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The Miller Place Fire Department's Annual Polar Express is back today: Morning fire truck run begins at 10 a.m., evening 4:30 p.m. There are downloadable maps to track when Santa is coming. (Facebook)
• Miller Place Wrestling beat a good Sayville team. (Facebook)
• Two Miller Place High School students were named "Most Hireable at BOCES": Jordan Napolitano and Yassine Messaoudi. (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday! See you tomorrow for another update.

— Jackie