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Northport man charged in fatal hit-and-run

A dragnet of thousands of vehicles -- winnowed down by the crime lab, anonymous tips and tedious detective work -- helped cops crack a months-old fatal hit-and-run that killed a construction worker on a Fort Salonga roadside, Suffolk police said Saturday.

That search led detectives to John Pappias of Northport and his black 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe, and Saturday afternoon he was arrested and charged...

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