Crime & Safety
DA: Teenager Accused of Killing Another Teen to be Arraigned
The arraignment will take place on Tuesday in Riverhead.
A teenager arrested last month for stabbing and killing another teen during a fight at a Mastic intersection will be arraigned on an indictment on Tuesday, according to Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota.
Michael Dennis, 19, was charged with manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Trevor Bender, according to the DA.
Bender was in a car stuck in traffic when he and the driver started to argue with a group gathered at the corner of Mastic Road and Moriches Avenue on May 29, according to the DA.
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When Bender and the driver left the car to confront the group, a man stabbed Bender in the chest and ran away, according to the DA.
He was pronounced dead at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center.
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Dennis was arrested the next day, according to the DA.
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