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Cops arrest East Patchogue man after highway car chase

An East Patchogue man swiped a Jeep and sped down a highway Wednesday with officers in pursuit, police said - the second time he's commandeered a vehicle and led police on a chase, records show. Matthew Zerafa, 19, was arrested more than 30 minutes and 20 miles after a Riverhead Town police sergeant spotted him in Aquebogue at the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee a family member had reported stolen earlier...

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