🌱 Woman Admits To Gang Killing Of Teen + Man Left Dog In Hot Car

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Thunderstorm. High: 79 Low: 66.

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

1. An MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty to participating in the 2019 fatal ambush of a 15-year-old boy in Central Islip. Lidia DelCarmen-Rodriguez, an associate of the Leeward Locos Salvatruchas clique of MS-13, was part of a group that targeted victim Jasson Medrano-Molina because they believed he was a member of the rival 18th Street Gang. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. A Hampton Bays man was arrested for leaving his dog in a car that hit 103.8 degrees. Someone saw the dog showing signs of "severe distress" in a vehicle parked at Tony's Tubs on Montauk Highway. (Patch)
3. A red-tailed hawk has attacked two more people on Wednesday in Northport. The principal of the Weekday Nursery School located at a Northport church said the bird has held the school hostage. (News 12)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

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From my notebook:

• Kids can now swim with a mermaid at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead. The Shark Reef Lagoon, filled with tropical fish from all over the world, is now open for the interactive experience. (LongIsland.com)
• Suffolk County Police today arrested two men for burglary and multiple prior grand larcenies for burglarizing storage units in Islandia on Thursday. Jonathan Luciano and a 17-year-old minor male burglarized three units at Extra Space Storage, at 1960 Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia, at approximately 4:15 a.m. (Smithtown Matters)
• More than 200 young people attended a prom hosted by the LGBT Network in Hauppauge on Thursday night. (Subscription: Newsday)

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