Community rallies in support of fired school custodian
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By DAN BOWENS, @danbowensfox5
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Hundreds of people turned out to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Wantagh, Long Island, School Board. They were not there to discuss any specific policy or budget item but to rally in support of a former part-time custodian whom many says was wrongly terminated from his job.
Mel Turner, 45, has autism. He spent 5 years cleaning cleaning the middle school. But he was let go after he was recorded making threats against the school. But he has apologized and said that he was reacting to being bullied by a group of teens.
UPDATE: The school board announced late Thursday that it will allow Mel Turner to attend homecoming and will revisit the case on Friday.
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The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison.
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An emotional funeral service has been held for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.
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Authorities say one person is dead and another was injured when the vehicle they were in ran off the road and crashed into Huntington harbor on Long Island Saturday evening.
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