🌱 Woman Dead In Van Fire Id'ed + Second Arrest In Coram Murder

Happy Thursday, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Miller Place-Rocky Point today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 48 Low: 42.

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

1. Suffolk police released the name of the woman who died after a van burst into flames in Coram earlier this month. Hameedei Saad, 41, of Mount Sinai, was unable to escape the burning vehicle on County Road 83. (Patch)
2. Two men have now been charged with a recent Coram murder. Branzel Bonner Jr., 25, of Shirley was found shot to death in the woods on Dec. 2. Marcus Reid, 23, of Riverhead, was arrested on Dec. 13 and Monique Brown, 28, also of Riverhead, was arrested on Tuesday. (Patch)
3. Suffolk County plans to sell parts of a Port Jefferson Station Superfund site to recoup more than $17 million in unpaid back taxes and keep some of it for a possible railroad yard or train station. Lawrence Aviation Industries, a shuttered airplane parts manufacturing company on Sheep Pasture Road, contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos and other hazardous materials. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Police responded to a false alarm of gun shots fired on Granny Road in Gordon Heights on Tuesday. A day before, reports of shots at Smith Haven Mall were also found to be unfounded. (Patch)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• "Frozen Jr.," Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, Smithtown, 1 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Riverhead Police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who is missing from Little Flower Children’s Services in Wading River. Autumn Tucker left the Little Flower campus at 2450 North Wading River Road and was picked up by a gold Lexus four-door sedan, NY registration HGH8701. (RiverheadLOCAL)
• Long Island's Paws of War brought three dogs set to be euthanized after military service in the Middle East back to Long Island to be trained to become service companion dogs. (WABC-TV)
• Miller Place Wrestling's Panthers took first place at the prestigious Mid-Hudson tournament. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rustic Acres: "Any recommendations for a good duct/vent cleaning service? A company that will actually clean the ducts properly." (Nextdoor)

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