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Suspect surrenders in hit-and-run death of girl, 11
Quick ReadA surveillance video and a hood emblem helped detectives track down a suspect.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Maureen Lambert, 20, of Stony Brook, leaves the Fourth Police Precinct in Hauppauge headed to arraignment in Central Islip Criminal Court on charges of leaving scene of accident that killed 11-year-old Courtney Sipes on Main Street near Lawrence Avenue in Smithtown. (Nov. 26, 2009)
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A surveillance video and a hood emblem from a sport utility vehicle led detectives to arrest a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Smithtown girl, a prosecutor said Thursday.
The suspect, Maureen Lambert, 20, of Stony Brook, had just finished a court-ordered driver safety course and had a suspended license when her 6,800-pound Chevrolet Avalanche hit Courtney Sipes, 11, Tuesday night.
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