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Cops: Port Jeff Station gym coach gave teen bottle of rum

A 14-year-old student was hospitalized after she drank from a bottle of rum a Port Jefferson Station gymnastics coach had given her as a reward for doing a difficult move, Suffolk police said Tuesday.

Steven Lamensdorf, 22, of Mount Sinai, was charged with unlawfully dealing with a child and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors. He posted $500 bail and was released, Sgt....

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