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Man pleads guilty in fatal Patchogue DWI

A man accused of drunken driving and causing an accident that killed his friend pleaded guilty Friday. Joseph Keleher, of Ronkonkoma, will be sentenced in September to 2 2/3 to 8 years in prison.

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Jun 19, 2015, 9:31 PM

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