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Cops: Chef said he was OK 2 hours before being found dead

Originally published: August 16, 2012 1:23 PM
Updated: August 16, 2012 8:59 PM
By GARY DYMSKI  gary.dymski@newsday.com

Keith S. Greene, 35, of Hampton Bays, was

Keith S. Greene, 35, of Hampton Bays, was a chef for many of the area's best known restaurants. Officials say he drowned at a local beach Wednesday morning. (Aug. 15, 2012)

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Less than two hours before he was found dead in the water off Wyandanch Lane Beach, a popular Hampton Bays chef told a police officer he was OK, just swimming and hanging out in the water, Southampton Village Police said Thursday.

Police are investigating what happened Tuesday, from the time Keith S. Greene, 35, the executive chef at Schmidt's Food Market in Southampton, gave the officer a...

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