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Community League honors two with awards By BRIAN PFAIl bpfail@liherald.com
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MARGE KEllY AwARDED Jake Chaminade a $200 Community League scholarship.
The Community League of Garden City South honored two residents for their unsung work for the organization and their community at the group’s monthly meeting. The league awarded Jake Chaminade, a student at H. Frank Carey High School and an Eagle Scout, a partial college scholarship. Chaminade has been a Boy Scout since second grade. and his goal was always to become an Eagle. According to community league officials, Chaminade “always did the right thing, always cared for others and how Continued on page 8
Police: Former restaurant owner murdered girlfriend By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
Courtesy Nassau County police
MARK SMAll, 55, of Elmont, was arraigned on second-degree murder charges related to the shooting death of Marivel Estevez, 39.
A former Rockville Centre restaurateur was arrested last week and charged with the July 30 shooting death of his girlfriend, authorities said. Nassau County police captured the suspect, identified as Mark E. Small, 55, of Elmont, after a car struck him along the Long Island Expressway as he was chasing after a small dog, which he took from the victim’s apartment, according to published reports. Small was ar raigned on charges of second-degree mur-
der and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of Marivel Estevez, 39, who lived in the Allure apartments, at 140 Old Country Road in Mineola, police said. Small was the owner and operator of Grotto, a Carribeanthemed restaurant in the village that had closed in recent weeks, officials said. He had previously been in a relationship with the victim, who was the assistant manager of the luxury apartment complex, officials added. Officers conducted a wellness check on Estevez at her apartment on July 30, when they discovered her body with apparent
gunshot wounds, authorities said. She was pronounced dead by a police medic. After he allegedly fatally shot Estevez, Small fled in her vehicle and then collided with another vehicle on the LIE, police said. Published reports indicate that the dog then jumped out of the vehicle, and as Small chased it, another vehicle hit him, authori-
ties said. He was transported to a local hospital with multiple fractures. The dog has not been found. Small was discharged from the hospital on Aug. 3, and was arrested and then arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead. Details of what led to the Continued on page 5