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Coram man pleads guilty in screwdriver slaying

Darrell Scott, 26, has been charged with second-degree

Photo credit: SCPD | Darrell Scott, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Chauncey Scott, 32, Suffolk County police said. (Aug. 10, 2011)

A Coram man admitted in court Tuesday that he killed another man by stabbing him in the chest several times with a screwdriver.

Darrell Scott, 26, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Chauncey Scott, 32, also of Coram. They are not related.

In return for the plea, Suffolk County Court Judge Stephen Braslow promised to sentence Darrell Scott to between 17 and 22...

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