Upgraded Charges For Pair Accused of Running Down Cops, Teacher Charged With Theft, Kitten Saved From Storm Drain

SCPD Photos: Chad Morizsan (L) and Nicholas Franzone faces upgraded charges in a hit-and-run during a traffic stop in Huntington last month that seriously injured a Suffolk County police officer.

Here are some of the top headlines reported across Long Island Patch sites on Monday (click the links to read the full stories):

• Greenport High Teacher Accused of Theft, Faces Felony Charge
• DA: Upgraded Charges for Northport Men Who Ran Down Cops
• Man Found Guilty of Violent Rape, Robbery in E. Garden City Following Sandy
• Fundraiser Started for Family of Sachem Father Killed in Crash
• Kitten Saved From Storm Drain In Southold
• Cops: East Meadow Man Charged in Hit-and-Run That Hospitalized 2 Homeless People
• Commissioner King Visits East Meadow School District
• Tuesday at Book Revue Huntington: Author Dan Pashman
• Wantagh Names 2015 Valedictorian, Salutatorian
• Man with DWI History Found Guilty in Drunken Long Beach Crash
• League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset Candidate Forum is Oct. 7
• Port Washington Touts 25 Commended Students
• Police: Trio Arrested After Riverside Robbery, Assault
• Man Apprehended For Shooting On Friday Released On $25,000 Bail
• Tom Suozzi to Chair Glen Cove’s Morgan Park Summer Music Festival, as Marge Suozzi Retires
• Police: E. Patchogue Crash Seriously Injures Motorcylist, Sun Glare Believed to Be a Factor
• A Pledge for Peace in West Babylon
• Two Hospitalized After Armed Robbery on Huntington Station Street
• Police: Man With Gun Robs Hauppauge Gas Station
• Police Seeking Man Who Stole Frozen Pizza, Hamburger
• John F. Kennedy High School Nurses Receive ‘Septee’ Award

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