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A former Rockville Centre restaurateur was arrested last week, charged with the July 30 shooting death of his girlfriend. Police in Nassau County say they arrested Mark E. Small, 55, of Elmont, after a car reportedly struck him along the Long Island Expressway as he was chasing after a small dog. That dog, according to published reports, belonged to Marivel Estevez, the 39-year-old woman who police found dead inside her Mineola apartment on July 30. Small reportedly owned and operated GrotCONTINUED ON PAGE 16
MARK SMALL HAS been charged with seconddegree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the July 30 murder of Marivel Estevez in Mineola.
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MARK SMALL, WHO police have accused of murdering his girlfriend, was said to have owned the Caribbean-themed Grotto restaurant on Sunrise Highway, which closed down last month.
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