Sea turtle rescued in Long Island Sound
Photo credit: SCPD | Suffolk County police officers from the Marine Bureau and members of the Riverhead Foundation's Rescue Program freed this 6-foot long, 1,000 pound Leatherback sea turtle entangled in the lines of several lobster pots one mile north of Mount Sinai Harbor. (July 30, 2012)
Suffolk County police officers from the Marine Bureau 
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Matthew Funaro and David Goldstein, police officers with Suffolk County's Marine Bureau, were on routine patrol on Long Island Sound when the urgent call came in.
"We pulled up and saw this very large turtle trapped in a couple of lobster pot lines," Funaro said Tuesday.
The leatherback sea turtle, an endangered species, was at least 6 feet long and 1,000 pounds. And it became more...
