Newsday

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Boy, 11, drowns in Brentwood pool

June 3, 2008

An 11-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool in Brentwood Monday after he tried to swim in the deep end of the pool with two friends, police and neighbors said.

The boy was identified as Dashaunte Baskerville, of Brentwood, police said.

Neighbors said he went to Laurel Park Elementary School in Brentwood.

The victim and two other boys, including one who...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

buy & sell it