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‘Andrew’s Top Gun Run’ 5K scheduled to honor late Wading River Boy Scout

by Dec 21, 2021
A 5K run on one of the runways at Calverton will honor Andrew McMorris, the Wading River Boy Scout killed by a drunk driver in 2018. Proceeds will benefit a foundation established in his name that works to advocate against drunk driving.

Convicted drunk driver who killed 12-year-old Wading River Boy Scout and injured three others gets maximum sentence

by Sep 30, 2020
The Holbrook man convicted of driving while intoxicated and killing 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris of Wading River in a motor vehicle crash in Manorville on Sept. 30, 2018, was sentenced today to the maximum sentence of eight and one-third to 25 years in prison.

Sentencing postponed a fourth time for drunk driver who killed Wading River Boy Scout in 2018

by Jun 27, 2020
Thomas Murphy, 60, convicted in December on multiple felonies in the drunk driving death of Andrew McMorris, 12, of Wading River, is now due to appear in court on July 31.

Pulaski students wear red to remember Boy Scout Andrew McMorris

by Jan 18, 2020
Pulaski Street Elementary School wore red to school Wednesday to honor the memory of Wading River Boy Scout Andrew McMorris, who was killed by a drunk driver in September 2018.

Drunk driver who struck and killed 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris convicted of all charges

by Dec 19, 2019
The drunk driver who struck and killed Andrew McMorris, 12, of Wading River in September 2018 was convicted of all charges yesterday after a six-week jury trial in Riverside.

Driver in fatal crash that killed Wading River Boy Scout pleads not guilty, will stand trial

by May 2, 2019
Thomas Murphy, the alleged drunk driver in the fatal crash that claimed the life of 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris of Wading River on Sept. 30 will stand trial on multiple felony charges.

Moms of Boy Scouts struck by alleged drunk driver ask for D.A.’s ‘Choices and Consequences’ program in Riverhead

by Mar 27, 2019
The mother of the Wading River Boy Scout killed by an allegedly drunk driver in September and the mothers of two other boys injured in the crash are asking the school district to bring the Suffolk D.A.'s program to Riverhead this spring.