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Marine cops rescue dog owner stranded in creek

Suffolk County Marine Bureau officers rescued a woman who was stranded on an island in an East Patchogue creek after chasing her dog onto the ice Thursday afternoon.

Merry Locurto, 63, of East Patchogue, became stranded after she chased her dog, a Bijon-mix named Blueberry, out onto the iced-over Abets Creek behind her home, Suffolk County police said. She fell through, then managed to pull...

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