Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class

Wednesdays, 7-8pm, starting February 8th to May 24th, 14 sessions (no classes April 5th and 12th for Passover)

Busy doing something else when you were 13? No problem!

It’s never too late to have a bar or bat mitzvah. Study for 14 weeks with Rabbi Benson and learn the basics about Jewish texts, history, practices, Hebrew and Torah reading. The class will have their B’nai Mitzvah on Saturday, May 27th which is the holiday of Shavuot.

Mount Sinai Elementary School

118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766

RSVP by to 631-928-3737 or rabbi.benson@nsjc.org.

$100 for all 14 classes. Need 4 students to run the class. ©126720

The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police: Selden woman dies in car crash

Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a woman in Yaphank on Jan. 22. Fay Vella was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, with her one-year-old daughter as a passenger, on the southbound William Floyd exit ramp to Express Drive North when she lost control of the vehicle, crashed through a chain link fence, overturned, and came to a stop in the woods off the roadway at approximately 1:20 a.m. Vella, 41, of Selden, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Her daughter was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead where she was evaluated and released to a family member. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.

Pedestrian struck by two cars in Coram

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Coram on Jan. 22. Jose Franco was standing in the eastbound lane of Middle Country Road, near Country Club Drive, when he was struck by a 2004 Toyota Camry being operated by Kevin Williams at 5:33 p.m. The driver of a 2007 Toyota Camry that was driving behind Williams, Freya Syeda Siddiqua, attempted to swerve out of the way but also struck Franco. Franco, 28, of Middle Island, was transported via Coram Fire Department Ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Neither of the drivers involved, Williams, 64, of Coram, and Siddiqua, 23, of Wading River, were injured. Both Toyota vehicles were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to contact the Sixth Squad at 631854-8652.

Three people arrested for burglaries

Suffolk County Police arrested three people on Jan. 20 in connection with burglaries at Dunkin’ Donuts and other commercial establishments that have occurred since December. A pair allegedly broke into Dunkin’ Donuts on Horseblock Road in Farmingville, stole cash and fled to a waiting vehicle at approximately 3:40 a.m. A short time later, detectives pulled over the vehicle and arrested the driver, Michael Gruber, 54, and passengers Kristen Osmolia, 51, and Christopher Volpe, 44, of Holbrook.

Wanted for Medford grand larceny

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a group of people who allegedly stole merchandise from a Medford store this month.

Three females and a male entered Target, located at 2975 Horseblock Road, on January 7 at approximately 9 p.m. The group allegedly placed approximately $1200 worth of merchandise into a shopping cart. Two of the women distracted security personnel while the man and third woman fled the store with the merchandise.

A further investigation by Major Case Unit detectives determined Gruber and Volpe were also responsible for allegedly burglarizing Dunkin’ Donuts in Holbrook on Jan. 3; Dunkin’ Donuts in Smithtown on Jan. 20; Dunkin’ Donuts in Saint James on Dec. 29; and Dunkin’ Donuts in East Setauket on Dec. 27. Osmolia was charged for the January robberies and she and Volpe were found responsible for burglarizing Sunoco in Hauppauge on Dec. 15. Gruber and Volpe were also charged with burglarizing Toast Coffeehouse in Port Jefferson Station on Dec. 3.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.