🌱 Man Pistol Whipped, Robbed + 'Ghost Gun,' DWI At Jail

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mainly cloudy and cold. High: 31 Low: 25.

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

1. A man was pistol whipped and robbed by three assailants in Gordon Heights early Thursday on West Yaphank Road. A man with a handgun tried to rob him of his wallet before the three fled the scene. (Patch)
2. Daniel Apolinario was arrested and charged with DWI and possession of a “ghost gun” Friday after he attempted to enter the Riverhead Correctional Facility parking lot. Apolinario, 24, of Bay Shore, was stopped by a deputy sheriff at the the security booth and he appeared intoxicated. (smithtownmatters.com)
3. Brentwood beat Miller Place's boys varsity wrestling team, 34-28, in Saturday’s Suffolk Division I wrestling dual meet championship in Bay Shore. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Long Island Winter Restaurant Week, various restaurants

From my notebook:

• St. Anthony of Padua CYO Basketball, Rocky Point's eighth-grade boys team won over undefeated St. Anthony of Padua of East Northport. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Calling any health care worker who lost their jobs due to vaccine mandate… I have a 95-year-year old mother who is being released from a rehab facility back to her home. I will need an overnight care taker." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "We live in SweetgumLlane. We would like to inform you that there are people kicking in fences. Our fence has even kicked for the past few nights between 9 and 11 p.m." (Nextdoor)

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