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Ex-con gets maximum sentence for death of elderly woman at Riverhead library

A convicted felon who mugged and killed an 85-year-old woman at the Riverhead Public Library was sentenced to 25 years to life Wednesday.Last May, Garner Allen, 31, shoved Ruth Seybolt, of Flanders to

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