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Cops: Mom got involved in girls' fight

Published: September 13, 2011 10:34 PM
By MATTHEW CHAYES AND BILL MASON. matthew.chayes@newsday.com,, bill.mason@newsday.com

Daphne Melin, 32, on the porch of her

Photo credit: Kevin P Coughlin | Daphne Melin, 32, on the porch of her home in Shirley, encouraged her daughter to fight with another 12-year-old girl, police say. (Sept. 13, 2011)

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A dispute between two 12-year-old girls on Facebook turned into a fight after which the mother of one of the girls attacked a preteen spectator who demanded she stop the brawl, authorities said Tuesday.

The mother, Daphne Melin, 32, and her attorney, Michael Brown, defended her actions, saying she went to the fight to ensure it was fair, no weapons were used and it was not "a 10-on-1...

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