🌱 Murder Charges From Botched Home Invasion + Weekend Weather Report

Good morning, Huntington! I'm here in your inbox per usual to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town, including news about...

• Four charged with murder after failed 2021 Suffolk home invasion.
• Weekend weather brings colder temperatures.
• ICYMI: Escape Pod Comics celebrates 10 years.

But first, today's weather:

Breezy and colder. High: 37 low: 30.

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Here are the top three stories in Huntington today:

1. Four people were charged with murder after a failed 2021 Suffolk home invasion. The two teen boys and two women were charged with second-degree murder for the botched home invasion that led to the fatal shooting of Louis Lombardo, 28, of Dix Hills, said Raymond Tierney, the Suffolk County district attorney. “These defendants allegedly conspired to commit a violent armed robbery, and needlessly took the life of an occupant in the home in the process,” Tierney stated. “Now, they will have to answer for this senseless killing.” (Huntington Patch)
2. Weekend weather brings colder temperatures. The high today will be 37 and Sunday will only reach 40 degrees. The good news is there is no rain or snow in the forecast. (Weather.com)
3. ICYMI: Escape Pod Comics celebrates 10 years. Menachem Luchins opened Escape Pod Comics in February 2013 at 302 Main Street and the business is still successful in 2023. "A big thing that we strive for is that we’re really trying to be a shop where anyone who walks in can discover what the medium of comics offers," Luchins said. "That means someone who thinks they know comics really well because they have collected them for 20 years should see things they’ve never seen or never thought of, and people who never read a comic book should see a large amount of stuff that actually looks interesting to them. That’s a little bit different than just trying to make sure someone walks out buying some piece of pop culture." (Huntington Patch)

Today in Huntington:

• Spend Your long weekend #intheshed. (9 a.m.)
• Snow Globe Family Workshop - The Whaling Museum. (9 a.m.)
• Enjoy your 3-day getaway at BESITO! (Noon)
• The Kingdom I - Cinema Arts Centre. (Noon)
• The Paramount Party Series Presents Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Huntington Union Free School District: Rohan Murphy inspires sixth graders. Rohan lost his legs at birth and wrestled successfully at Penn State and is also an accomplished powerlifter. See photos from Rohan's visit in the link. (Huntington Union Free School District via Facebook)
• Helping Hand Rescue Mission: The Rescue Mission will be collecting canned soup this month and next month. Last year they collected over 3,500 cans of delicious soup, which helped to keep their food pantry bags full through the winter
  months! (Helping Hand Rescue Mission via Facebook)
• Huntington Public Library: The library will now have a monthly True Crime Club. Click the link to learn more information. (Huntington Public Library via Facebook)

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