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Cops: Driver in fatal Riverhead hit-run arrested

A Brookhaven man was killed early evening on

Photo credit: Johnny Milano | A Brookhaven man was killed early evening on Dec. 28th 2012, in Riverhead when he was struck by the drivers of two separate vehicles, one of whom fled the scene, police said. (Dec. 29, 2012)

A Middle Island man was being held without bail Wednesday after his arrest in a weekend fatal hit-and-run in Riverhead, and investigators seized the suspect's car as evidence, police said.

The victim in the case, Scott Wayte, of Brookhaven, had been trying to cross East Main Street in Riverhead to join his family at a restaurant for his 50th birthday celebration.

Joseph D. Plummer, 48,...

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